Iron Man was my favourite this year. Its glorification of machinery somehow tied 1930s machine age sensibilities with the American love of the car with the Japanese big armour subculture. And with some controversial ethics - gunrunning is bad - and some real, quirky humour provided by RDJr. (I personally thought the romantic aspect of it with Pepper Potss' shutdown of stark was perfectly done.)
The only downside was the Ironmonger showdown, which was disappointingly played out and which the climax of which I hven't understood despite watching it three times.