Awesome movie; one of the MCU's finest

Rating: 9/10 (25 January 2017)

Overall: This movie is awesome. It's got great action, great acting, it's entertaining and just an all around great comic book movie. Definitely recommend.
Good: Robert Downey Jr does an absolutely phenomenal job as the star character and has left his mark on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. When he leaves, he shall be missed greatly. Gwyneth Paltrow is pretty good as Pepper Potts as are Terrence Howard and Clark Gregg as Rhodes and Coulson respectively. Jeff Bridges is excellent as Obadiah Shane even if his character was pretty poor. The story itself was pretty good and well written and (along with Batman Begins) shows an origin story can be excellent. It is funny when it needed to be and one particular joke had me almost in tears. The action was great and looked bad-ass. I loved the ending and its rapid cut to black was a very good call. Special effects, cinematography and music were all pretty good.
Bad: Despite a great performance, the villain himself was pretty weak and could be spotted from a mile off within seconds of meeting him. The finale had little build up and was just tacked in to make it qualify as an action movie. The final defeat of the villain was lazy and it would have been better with the first method.
Best Part: Tony Stark's first proper outing as Iron Man
MVP: Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man
9/10