That's probably true, but I go to movies for escapism, not philosophy. I kind of like to watch a movie where they get the plot out of the way in the first ten minutes, and spend the rest of the time blowing stuff up. Iron Man looked like it was heavily influenced by the Transformers movie.
As a comics buff, I liked the old original Iron Man better than the gold and red later version. The old costume looked like an actual suit of armor, the new just looks like a super hero costume.
They apparently pay homage to the old versions in the movie:
