The one that started it all

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2018)

In 2006-07, superhero movies were starting to go down the drain. With films like the boring Superman Returns, the absurd X-Men: The Last Stand, the cringy Spider-Man 3, and the cheesy Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, there didn't seem to be much hope for the superhero genre. That was until 2008, when the once popular Robert Downey Jr. made a welcome return to the big screen as the smirking playboy turned superhero Tony Stark. What came after were several more films in the Marvel franchise (over 20) in a mere 10 years... the film itself is fun and awesome, but the real "marvel" (no pun intended) is the success it started.