Written by Mark Fergus And Hawk Ostby And Art Marcum And Matt Holloway
Directed by Jon Favreau
Tony (to the press): "I am Iron Man."
I've been doing this whole catching up with MCU movies that I didn't review first time around a bit backwards. I do apologise for that but anyways, on my Review pile was the first ever MCU movie and it's been an eternity since I've watched this one.
To think that instead of Spider-Man or the X-Men, the first entry into the biggest cinematic universe was Iron Man aka Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr). Imagine if this movie hadn't been a hit. How different things could've been for the MCU.
Fortunately, not only was the film a hit, but it's a bloody good first entry into this cinematic universe. Tony Stark might not be the more agreeable of people but he's perfected the lovable bastard trope quite a bit here. He's annoyingly charming and also annoying in near equal measures.
It's not hard to see why the people around him, including his personal assistant/love interest Virginia "Pepper" Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and best friend James "Rhodry" Rhodes (Terrence Howard) are both impressed and frustrated by him at times. It really would be a recurring feeling with Tony as a character.
This film delved into Tony's weapons dealing and for the most part, it did try to be rather critical of it. We had s enes with Tony being captured by terrorists, befriending/working with fellow captive Ho Yinsen (Shaun Toub) and of course, his origins as Iron Man and that electromagnet that Tony really needed.
Then there's the baddie of the piece. Villain wise, I guess the rather envious Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) did make for a good baddie with his own suit and determination to take Tony out by any means required. The fight scenes between the two actually hold up really good.
As for Tony outing himself as Iron Man. I absolutely loved that. It did seem like he was trying to counter ex-girlfriend, Christine Everhart (Leslie Bibb) but at the same time, he also knew he couldn't deny it either. Of course, outing himself as Iron Man did have consequences.
- The post credit scene did feature Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) reaching out to Tony Stark about the Avengers.
- Agent Colson (Clark Gregg) made his MCU debut here too, with his scenes being with Pepper Potts.
- Director Jon Favreau had a smaller role as Tony's chauffeur, Happy Hogan and we got Paul Bettany as Tony's AI JARVIS.
- At one point in the movie, Tony actually mistook Stan Lee for Hugh Heffner.
- In one of the original, Mandarin was supposed to be the baddie but it was changed to Obadiah Stane.
- Chronology: The film was primarily set in 2008 in both the US and Afghanistan.
Iron Man isn't my favourite MCU movie but it's a bloody good one and a bloody start to the MCU. Everything you love (and maybe don't) can be traced back to this movie .
Rating: 7 out of 10
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