Iron Man
was the first entry in Marvel´s Cinematic Universe, which currently consists of
six films. It was very important for the film to have both critical and
financial success or else the whole Cinematic Universe thing might not work
out. Luckily it succeeded on both levels. In Iron Man we meet Tony Stark, a
genius billionaire,, with possibly the worlds biggest ego. His family business
revolves around making weapons, mainly for the US military, however while on a
weapons demonstration in Afghanistan he is captured by a terrorist organization
and help hostage. Eventually he escapes, but in his time there he saw the true
effect his weapons had on the world and that they were not only used for good
and it changes him and he eventually becomes Iron Man to help the world.
Robert
Downey Jr. was born to play Tony Stark, it is impossible to imagine someone
else playing him. While Tony Stark is a character who for the most part is very
selfish and obsessed with his self-image while being a guy who mainly jokes around
constantly, it is interesting to see small hints of him having some darkness to
him. For the most part however, he is just very funny. This particular movie
does not explore his dark sides, but we can tell they are there.
The story
is very simple, however they have done a very good job of making it so much fun
to watch and that’s what really carries this film, its ability to be so much
fun. Director Jon Favreau, does a good job of telling Tony Starks story, with a
good mix of humour and exciting action. What is maybe one of the most
impressive things is how incredibly likable Tony Stark is, considering that
when you think about it, he is not a nice guy at all.
They took
some chances with the score, having a very unusual score for this kind of movie
however it paid off. The heavy metal music playing at times, really worked well
together with the images of Iron Man and with Tony Starks` cocky persona.
There were
a few issues I had with the film, first of all I felt the editing was sort of
choppy at times and the transitioning between scenes wasn’t as smooth as it
could have been. Secondly, the villain’s motivations were somewhat lacking,
because the few reasons that were hinted at really didn’t feel strong enough
for his actions. Also at times I felt certain technologies used in the film
were a bit too much, I mean robots with artificial intelligence is a bit too
much in my opinion, I can take the Iron Man suit, that’s fine, but certain
things were a bit too much.
Overall though,
this was a great introduction too Iron Man and Marvel´s Cinematic Universe. It is
an immensely entertaining popcorn movie with a pitch-perfect performance from
Downey Jr.
4/5
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