A flawless Start to the MCU

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2018)

With the start of what we know now as the MCU, Marvel's Iron Man makes a huge impact and starts up a beloved series perfectly in this first installment.
With now legendary director Jon Favreau as the director of epic. It proves that superhero movies can be so much more than just corny action flicks that leave the audience with more than just a sour taste in their mouths. Breaking off of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man series to a more serious and more unique story of the billionaire weapons dealer turned superhero after having his chest filled with lead and nearly killing him from it.
Every shot in this movie is beautiful and drives the movie and characters further with its great storytelling and various homages to the comics and even the various setups for the future movies to be released in the series. For this now lower budget movie in the MCU at just under $140 Million, it has become a huge influence on the rest of the series and for any future directors as well.
Talking about directors, Jon Favreau, he directs the hell out of this film. Every shot like I said is beautiful and each and every angle adds to the whole franchise as well. And with the balance of tones from light hearted comedy to deep metaphoric drama and action sprinkled throughout makes this movie feel real and puts the audience right in the front row to enjoy every second of this two hour film.
Acting wise, Robert Downey Jr. does his best acting ever, he is flawless in this film as the Iconic Tony Stark with his oversized ego to his scenes of groundedness too. And with Jon Favreau making a cameo throughout the series as the beloved Happy in it, he proves that he is just fantastic as an actor, writer, and director. Jeff Bridges returns as another beloved antagonist in this film looking extremely different spotting a bald head and thick beard. And of course the various middle-eastern soldiers also do amazing jobs with their comedy and sternness depending on what side has more power. And of course Gwyneth Paltrow kills it as Pepper Potts and sets up one of the best love stories in the MCU to date.
The action in this film is flawless, between the comedy bits and one liners used in the film to the overall rustiness of Tony using the suit and not knowing exactly how to control everything in it and what it's full strength is makes every action scene a nail biter for sure. And with the choice to remove any type of music in the major fight scenes makes the whole movie feel more grounded and gritty at the same time.
With the start of the MCU going as strong as it physically can, Iron Man is one of the best films in the industry and will stay like this for many many years.
Iron Man gets a 9.25/10