Iron Man is a Total Blast!

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2017)

As many of you probably know: Iron Man is the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which is a connection of multiple superhero movies in one shared universe. Directed by Jon Favreau, it stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwenyth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, and Jeff Bridges. I absolutely love this movie.
Billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is injured and captured by a terrorist organization called The Ten Rings to build a weapon. Tony builds a mechanical suit of armor to escape and is shortly rescued. When he gets back home, Tony decides to announce that his company will no longer make weapons. He makes a more advanced suit and decides to use it to fight evil.
My favorite scene of the movie is when Iron Man fights Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges), a co-worker who has made an even bigger mechanical suit of armor. The armor on armor action feels more personal than him blowing up a tank or outmaneuvering a couple of jets, which are also great scenes. Seeing them use their weapons against each other was exciting. Despite knowing how these movies usually go, there was tension in that fight that made it believable for Obadiah to defeat Iron Man.
I really enjoyed the story they told in this movie. The sound effects are great. It has excellent action scenes. The cast is overall very good. The designs of the Iron Man suits look amazing. Jeff Bridges as the main villain is really good. Jon Favreau should be very proud of the movie he made.
The actor that stands out the most in this movie is Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. He nails the personality of Iron Man and is often humorous. They couldn't have made a better casting choice and it's great to know he will be returning in many of the MCU films.
Iron Man is a great action-packed film with solid performances and entertaining scenes across the board. I highly recommend it to action and superhero fans who love a good story. For keen-eyed Marvel fans Stan Lee does make a cameo. In case you aren't familiar with Marvel its a tradition to have him appear briefly because he helped create a lot of the characters. Be sure to stay after the credits for an additional scene.