What comic book movies should be

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2015)

After watching this for the third time, I can't believe I had never realized how incredible this movie is. Iron Man is amazing, probably the second or third best superhero movie ever. It has great acting, incredible effects, great directing from Jon Favreau, and of course, freaking Jeff Bridges.
The acting in Iron Man is really good, Robert Downey Jr. is amazing in this movie, after this movie, when you think Tony Stark, you'll think Robert Downey Jr., he really is Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow is great as his assistant, Pepper, Terrence Howard does a very good job as Rhodey, I prefer Don Cheadle, but that's just a matter of opinion, they're both really good as Tony's best friend. And of course, the amazing Jeff Bridges is in this movie. That guy is really an incredible actor, he is great as Obadiah Stane, the only problem I had was that he's the bad guy of the movie, Jeff made a great villain, but I like him way better as a good guy. This guy is great, even as a power-hungry maniac, he's really awesome, obviously, because he's Jeff Bridges.
The writing in the movie is very good, the characters were well written, the jokes are great, the movie's funny, witty, and action- packed. I really liked how they chose to play this origin story, I mean, half of the movie he's in captivity, the first time he flies is about 1 hour in the film, and that really worked.
The special effects of the movie are really amazing, seriously, him suiting up in the Mark III for the first time was incredible, it gave me goosebumps. Everything is so cool here, the technology in the universe is awesome, but what I think is the coolest thing, is that it's actually believable. That's what makes this movie better than the others, in my opinion. Iron Man 2 and 3 have really ridiculous technology, it's very cool and all, but it makes no sense, Iron Man 2 has those unbelievable holograms, and Iron Man 3 has suits that assimilate on the user, and the Mark 42, which is attracted by microchips in Tony's body. So yeah, the technology of the movie is great because it doesn't seem far away from where we are right now. Also, it has a lot more Iron Man action than the others, and some of the coolest ones, I mean the Middle East parts where freaking amazing, when he said "My turn" and blasted the terrorists with his flamethrowers, that gave me goosebumps.
The directing by Jon Favreau is great, he really made some exhilarating action, once again, the Middle East scenes were first-rate. But the final fight, wow, that was amazing too, Obadiah hitting Tony with a motorcycle, that was awesome. Also, the soundtrack is perfect, it goes incredibly well with the movie, ACDC with Iron Man, perfect combo.
Iron Man is a great movie, in my opinion, it's what comic book movies should be, they need awesome action, good characters and acting and humor. The Dark Knight is great, and it doesn't have that last item, but in my opinion it's a great movie, not just a comic book movie, if you know what I mean, I don't think you did, but whatever. Watch this movie, it's awesome. I give it a 10/10.