A movie that started an evolution of movie franchises.

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2016)

This is probably one of the most important superhero movies because it launched a franchise that would inspire a lot of other franchises to expand to cinematic universes. This started MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe).
If not the first cinematic universe, it's definitely the one that popularized the idea. But through the movie it doesn't even seem like it's setting up something big and that's why the story has space to breathe which is a great thing. It has a lesser- known Marvel hero because Marvel has sold out their most popular heroes at that time. Spider-Man to Sony, X-Men and Fantastic Four to Fox etc. It also stars Robert Downey Jr., who sank really deep down at that time so there wasn't as much of a possibility for this movie to succeed, but they definitely tried and when the movie came out, the tables were turned.
Robert Downey Jr. redeemed himself as the charismatic and witty scientist Tony Stark. He shines in the role and it seems like it was created just for him and no one else because trust me, after him, you will never be able to see anyone else as Tony Stark. The plot is typical for a superhero origin movie, but it's done in such a good way that it keeps you very interested. Jeff Bridges is very good as the villain in this movie and he's the second biggest star of the movie. After Downey, of course. It does include a little bit of foreshadowing, but it's nothing to distract you from the plot and those who are not familiar with the source material won't even notice it. But the post-credit scene shows us the biggest purpose of this movie, it shows us that it's just a start of something bigger and the post- credit scene is MCU's big bang moment.
Not many people expected this movie to be this much of a success. It has everything necessary:it's entertaining, it has good performances and visuals, it has a charismatic main character who is also a different kind of superhero and, the most important thing, it launches a franchises that won't just change superhero movies, but franchises themselves.