Review of Iron Man (2008) by Rafael M — 28 Jul 2014

Iron Man is still such a wonderful super hero movie that was the genesis of making these what they are today, it really kicked off the whole 'phase' thing that Marvel has going on fantastically and was just a taster of what was to come. Granted, there were many successful super hero movies before, like Spider-Man for example, but these were when they started to become something serious that people started to pay attention to as opposed to having the misconception that these were something silly for children to watch and also these were all building to something- The Avengers and not made by Sony, like Spider-Man was.

The whole movie just feels unique, there's very little of Tony Stark in his suit and yet it never got boring or never felt like, 'oh when is Iron Man going to show up' and when he does show up? Oh, it's just awesome. It's paced exceptionally well and I never felt the length. Every scene has room to breath and it all plays out very well. There's also a very original 30 minutes to this story that's pretty much set just in a cave. Iron Man's origin story is, again, original, it's a unique take on a super hero and has a really strong and intelligent message behind it all.

The whole thing is just really, really enjoyable and I loved it, a well chosen cast and a great director all make sure that this is a totally enjoyable and fun ride that also has a brain to it. Robert Downey Jr. is perfect casting, I can't see anyone being able to pull it of as well as he did, he's funny, he's clever, he's a show off and makes jokes that you wouldn't expect to come from a movie like this- they're actually funny! Was he just playing himself? (hahah forced joke hahah) but he's just so cool! Although, Terrence Howard didn't show up again for the sequels, something to do with money? Or acting ability? I still don't know, everything says something different. Jeff Bridges was a great choice for Obadiah Stane and everybody else is great, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. have great chemistry together and are a lot of fun to see on screen and it's all wrapped up in sweet looking visuals. I can't really think of anything to complain about, the movie even addresses its own crazy logic '...built this in a cave ...with a box of scraps' it was just plain awesome.