First step in a new universe

Rating: 7/10 (13 May 2020)

Growing up the best comic book movies we're Batman (1989) and Superman hands down because all other comic book movies up until Spiderman (2000) were all terrible, cheesy and were considered by many to still be childish movies not meant for adults investors saw comic book movies as a very risky investment and you can see why when looking at early comic book movies then.
In the early 2000s We were then given the (Sam Raimi) Spiderman trilogy that while not perfect opened the doors for what comic book movies had the potential to be then in a short span of time we had the new Batman movies which gave birth to The Dark Knight one of the best comic book movies ever made but marvel at the that time was knowhere to be seen after releasing disappointing movies like the Fantastic Four movies and Daredevil it seemed like DC and Batman were the only good movies we were ever going to get but that all changed when in 2008 Marvel released the first movie in a planned Marvel movie universe even fans of Iron Man thought the movie was gunna be bad and fail but fortunately we got one of the best comic book movies made in a very very long time and Marvel finally got it right after almost 30 years of trying.
I was absolutely blown away by Iron Man the first time I watched it and was happy to see more and more people taking an interest in comic books and comic book movies this one movie opened the doors for future comic book movies to be taken seriously and get a real budget now comic book movies are everywhere and honestly it's a great time to be a nerd and a comic book fan.
The cast is perfect especially Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man his personality matches the comic books pretty well.
The visuals are stunning and the special effects still hold up 12 years later they only got better in future movies but for a starter movie they are very impressive.
I highly recommend watching this movie if your a comic book fan or just a fan of comic book movies it's action packed and this movie was the very beginning for the MCU a strong start and it only got better.