After 10 years Iron Man still holds up In the Marvel cinematic universe as a solid start a franchise

Rating: 9/10 (2 May 2018)

Hi everyone gavin.thelordofthefuture here and it's been ten years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe started and i will be reviewing the films starting with Iron Man.
Iron Man tells the story about Tony Stark an industrialist and master engineer, who builds a powered exoskeleton and becomes the technologically advanced superhero Iron Man to fight evil after being held captive in an afghan cave.
As a first installment of a cinematic universe, this is a solid comic book movie done right and is the best since Superman and Spider-Man. The performances are great with Robert Downey Jr giving charisma and relatability to Tony Stark and and Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane wasn't that bad at all. The other actors including Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts and Jon Favreau who directed the film and starred as Hogan did a great job. The story is great. Yes the beginning was a little bit slow, but as the film progressed it develops Tony into a really compelling superhero trying to use his technology to fight against evil while maintaining his humanity in the process.
Everything else is great. The directing from Jon Favreau is neat, the editing is solid, the cgi is great and fitted with the action sequences the best being where Iron Man saves a group of Afghanistan villagers from terrorists. Ramon Djawadi does a good job with his score by giving it atmosphere and intensity. And last but not least Samuel L Jackson's role as Nick Fury and other viewers might want to see what happens in the mid-credits when they watch the film on dvd and blu-ray because it's crucial to what would happen in the later films in the MCU.
Overall, Iron Man is not only a great film but it's a solid start to the cinematic franchise. This deserves a recommendation from me.