No, really. He DOES.

Folks, in case you’re not currently aware, the first five minutes of Iron Man 2 have been leaked to the internet.  And director Jon Favreau would really like you to watch and give him some feedback on his Twitter.

I caution you, the footage is not that great–it’s on YouTube and it’s in very much bootleg condition.  But the director seems happy about this.  It’s kind of odd to think of a director as being happy about a leaked bootleg, but considering that it’s footage from a convention, it’s not really that much of a leak.

However, I can say this much.  Based on the footage that I’ve seen so far, this ought to be a really, REALLY awesome movie.  If you weren’t already looking forward to Iron Man 2–and chances are, if you saw Iron Man, you were looking forward to Iron Man 2 about five minutes before Iron Man ended–you should be after seeing this footage.

And this may have been the point all along.