Iron Man (2008)

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• John M

  
  This was one of the best super hero movies ive seen yet. Robert Downey

• Christopher H

  
  The casting of Robert Downey Jr. as the lovable eccentric billionaire Tony Stark was absolute genius casting. Aside from summer action spectacle, the heart of the film is watching Tony Stark rebuilding himself as a person from a playboy weapon's manufacturer to a, well, a… More
  The casting of Robert Downey Jr. as the lovable eccentric billionaire Tony Stark was absolute genius casting. Aside from summer action spectacle, the heart of the film is watching Tony Stark rebuilding himself as a person from a playboy weapon's manufacturer to a, well, a playboy philanthropist. Not only is "Iron Man" a slick, funny, and exciting action summer blockbuster, but it is also a touching character study. Despite a rather weak villain, "Iron Man" stills comes out strong as one of the best superhero movies around.

• Joseph M

  
  Iron Man is an Epic, Action Packed yet Clever and Funny Mighty Marvel Adaptation. Robert Downing jr is brilliant as the Cocky, Arrogant, Self Obsessed "Tony Stark." There's also great supporting performances from "Terrence Howard" and "Jeff Bridges"… More
  Iron Man is an Epic, Action Packed yet Clever and Funny Mighty Marvel Adaptation. Robert Downing jr is brilliant as the Cocky, Arrogant, Self Obsessed "Tony Stark." There's also great supporting performances from "Terrence Howard" and "Jeff Bridges" The Film takes us from Small screen looking Iraqi Villages to Blockbuster style Houses which brings a different Dimension to the Film entirely. Iron Man is a Brilliant Summer Blockbuster and is right up there with the Best Super Hero films ever made.

• Directors C

  
  [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] The biggest pleasure of Iron Man is Robert Downey Jr. who fits into the role much better than most actors cast into comic book adaptions. It's a smart, action packed and quite memorable super hero movie.

• KJ P

  
  Having one of the most admirable backstories in the history of Marvel Studios, Iron Man comes out on top as an explosive action film that has so much heart. It has been a long time since I have had many great things to say about a superhero film. Robert Downey Jr. kills it as Tony… More
  Having one of the most admirable backstories in the history of Marvel Studios, Iron Man comes out on top as an explosive action film that has so much heart. It has been a long time since I have had many great things to say about a superhero film. Robert Downey Jr. kills it as Tony Stark, while the character alone sells himself. The visual effects are very impressive and the acting by the entire cast is great. This is a superhero film that anyone can become invested in. As far as super heroic scripts go, this film is superbly written and jaw-droppingly entertaining at the same time, and I admire Jon Favreau for directing such a fantastic feature. Sure, there are times that it can be a pretty cheesy and the film may seem to get old after a few times of viewing, but first hand, this film is downright phenomenal!

• EightThirty .

  
  02/05/2012 (DVD)

• Everett J

  
  "Iron Man" is probably the coolest of all the "Avenger" characters. Tony Stark(Robert Downey Jr.) is a playboy, millionaire who is the heir of a weapon manufacture company, Stark Industries. While overseas giving a demonstration of a new weapon, he comes under… More
  "Iron Man" is probably the coolest of all the "Avenger" characters. Tony Stark(Robert Downey Jr.) is a playboy, millionaire who is the heir of a weapon manufacture company, Stark Industries. While overseas giving a demonstration of a new weapon, he comes under attack and is held hostage. While held captive he creates a suit of armor to help him escape. After his escape he then perfects and enhances the suit and creates "Iron Man", and basically becomes a superhero. Downey is absolutely perfect as Stark, he's basically a cooler version of Bruce Wayne. He's cocky, arrogant, smart, funny, and he even has a stripper pole(with strippers) on his private plane. He's pretty badass. The rest of the cast is fantastic. Terrance Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges help mold the movie into not a standard super hero movies, but something special with substance. "Iron Man" has staying power, and after 5 years, continues to hold up. I loved number 2, and can't wait for "Avengers", mainly because of Stark. If you like superhero movies, action movies, or if you loved the Iron Man comics, then you will love this amazing movie.

• Kevin K

  
  Grade: A+ (98%) Once the credits begin to role, you start to look back at Robert Downey Jr.'s humor, the awesome actions sequences, and the creation of this machine. After a while you begin to wonder how a comic book could be transferred into such a great movie. I only say… More
  Grade: A+ (98%) Once the credits begin to role, you start to look back at Robert Downey Jr.'s humor, the awesome actions sequences, and the creation of this machine. After a while you begin to wonder how a comic book could be transferred into such a great movie. I only say this because Jon Favreau's "Iron Man" is one of the best comic book movies ever made. Tony Stark (Downey) is the CEO of Stark Industries that was created by his father before he passed. He begins to create power assets like stop-on targeting systems, missiles that separate into mini bombs, and weaponry that is beyond advanced. After testing out his new missile, Tony and his Marine guards are ambushed and Tony is taken by terrorists after being badly wounded. After a painful surgery, his life is saved by a doctor who places a battery into Stark's chest to keep him alive. It's not long after that that he begins to create his biggest machine of all, the Iron Man suit. The story is simple enough to keep us intrigued throughout the movie's run time. When Stark is not creating or improving upon his suit, he is flirting with famous people, seduces reporters and tries to improve his relationship with Virginia "Pepper" Pots (Gwyneth Paltrow). He is also fighting with his assistant Obadiah (Jeff Bridges) and what to do with the company. When Stark is in the Iron Man suit, the movie feels like an intense action film. These scenes are beautifully set. Whether it is an intense fight between Iron Man and hundreds of enemy soldiers, or a game of cat and mouse with two jet planes "Iron Man" never ceases to amaze and keep the audience on edge. The action sequences are great enough to make you see this film but Robert Downey Jr.'s overall performance should be the main attraction. As Tony, Downey gives it his all by nailing the comic relief and making the audience love him. He is absolutely fantastic as Tony Stark. You don't have to be a comic fan to love this film. "Iron Man" gives the audience what is wants: a main character that is funny but serious enough be the protagonist, amazing action sequences that keep the audience on edge, and an amazing performance by Robert Downey Jr. to keep the audience interested throughout. "Iron Man", as I said before, is one of the best comic book films of all time and deserves to be watched by all audiences.

• xGary X

  
  Playboy and weapons manufacturer Tony Stark is captured by terrorists and builds a robotic suit of armour to escape. When he returns to find his company has been selling it's arms to the bad guys, he sets about making things right. Iron Man was the first comic I bought as a kid,… More
  Playboy and weapons manufacturer Tony Stark is captured by terrorists and builds a robotic suit of armour to escape. When he returns to find his company has been selling it's arms to the bad guys, he sets about making things right. Iron Man was the first comic I bought as a kid, and I must say the big screen version really does do the character justice. Robert Downey Jr. does such a great job as Tony Stark, within 10 minutes I couldn't imagine anyone else playing the part. The suit looks fantastic and has a really cool manga-esque functionality about it. The action sequences are also really well staged, especially Iron Man's first "mission" in which he returns to take out the terrorist cell who imprisoned him, Iron Man coming across a super-cool, updated badass version of Robocop. The only real weakness of the film is the predictability of the plot; there's little here I hadn't seen before. The idea of a millionaire using military technology to go vigilante was covered by Batman, and it lacks the dark tone and intelligent psychology of Batman Begins. The comedy aspect involving his learning to use his new "powers" was very reminiscent of Spiderman, and the climactic battle bears more than a passing resemblance to the final battle of Robocop II. It also lacks a really strong villain, Jeff Bridges coming across as a kind of less charismatic version of Lex Luther. But one thing it most definitely is, is entertaining. A tried and tested formula executed with real panache.

• Alexander D

  
  IRON MAN was certainly enjoyable, but it was not what I expected. Most superhero films--especially those adapted from comic books--are straightforward, get to the plot, no nonsense whatsoever. This one, however, took a different route. As soon as the film begins, we hear "Back… More
  IRON MAN was certainly enjoyable, but it was not what I expected. Most superhero films--especially those adapted from comic books--are straightforward, get to the plot, no nonsense whatsoever. This one, however, took a different route. As soon as the film begins, we hear "Back in Black" by AC/DC playing loudly in the background. This surprised me, because usually in the superhero genre, you hear an amazing theme made especially for that particular film. But this was <i>rock</i> music! Shortly after that, Robert Downey, Jr. appeared formally, dressed like a businessman...but he was cracking jokes. Umm...??? That's the way it continued through the whole film. Again, I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I just think the new take on the superhero genre was a little more quirky than original.

• Michael E

  
  Many regard this as one of the greatest superhero films of all time, I wouldn't nessecarily go that far. Granted it is a good movie, but its not that good to me. I never heard of Robert Downey Jr. before this film so I'm happy that this film introduced me to him, and he did… More
  Many regard this as one of the greatest superhero films of all time, I wouldn't nessecarily go that far. Granted it is a good movie, but its not that good to me. I never heard of Robert Downey Jr. before this film so I'm happy that this film introduced me to him, and he did a fantastic job with this film, being a arrogant know it all, but smart person. The beginning of the film is like some of Jon Favreau's films, it has something not explained start the film and then they explain it right after. Jeff Bridges also does a fantastic job as the main villain, being a friend to Tony, I thought that added a lot of good reasons to have his butt kicked when he betrays him. I also have to say, for a film thats 2 hours it flies by pretty quick, sure the beginning is kind of slow, but once it gets moving, oh boy does it go fast, and the action and comedy make sure it doesn't feel like a film that is just for spectacle.

• Eric A

  
  I remember waiting for this movie for a good amount of time, and the wait was worth it. Action, plot, acting.....it's all there. RDJ kills as Iron Man......sir, you are the shit.

• Brad W

  
  One of the greatest superhero movies ever, Robert Downey Jr. almost sems like he was born to play Iron Man. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a world wide known genius and is the CEO of Stark Industries and has been creating weapons for the army for years, and lives his life as a… More
  One of the greatest superhero movies ever, Robert Downey Jr. almost sems like he was born to play Iron Man. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a world wide known genius and is the CEO of Stark Industries and has been creating weapons for the army for years, and lives his life as a playboy man, kind of like a Howard Hughes kind of man, and is good friends with his Secretary Pepper Potts (Gweneth Paltrow) and long time friend Lt. Colonel James Rhodes (Terrence Howards) and his fathers old friend and business partner Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges). After Tony is taken hostage by Iraqi weapons traders, he is forced to build a very powerful weapon for them for many month, being locked away with a kind older man named Yinsen (Shaun Toub). Yinsen has given Tony a power source in his stomach that is keeping him alive, and is avery valuable power source. Tony soon sees his weapons and inventions being used by these traders and they are being used to kill innocent people in nearby towns, and realizes that his inventions are being sold to these men and not just beng used for the army. Tony starts secretly making a suit of iron and weapons that will help him and Yinsen escape from this place and when he does, Yinsen is shot and before he dies he tells Tony he is going to see his family in the afterlife, and Tony kills most of the traders and brutally injures their leader before escaping. When the army finds him stranded in the desert, and his suit destroyed, he is sent back home and makes a announcement that he will no longer be making weapons for them to be used for evil. He then creates a new iron suit that he perfects and uses to take care of the rest of the traders who are terrorizing a town. He soons discovbers that Obadiah has been selling weapons to the Iraqis, and Obadiah earns that Tony is the Iron Man, and Tony must be able to stop Obadiah and his evil plans. Robert Downey Jr. was so perfect in this role that I was mad he wasn't nominated for an Oscar, and I think many people were mad with me that he wasn't either. The rest of the cast espically Jeff Bridges were also great and very believable in my honest opinion. The plot had every perfect aspect for a amazing superhero movie, comedy, action, great hero, amazing efects, and perfect plot, and this movie had all that and maybe more. The effects were tremendous and the Iron Man suit was beautiful. The action was awesome and even some people were cheering in the theatre at some points. Overall this was tied with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as my favorite superhero film ever.

• Kase V

  
  Jon Favreu's 'Iron Man' is a fun and exciting escape from the normal, bland superhero movies Hollywood seems to be churning out at an excessive rate. Although 'The Dark Knight' still stands as the greatest superhero film so far, 'Iron Man' should be… More
  Jon Favreu's 'Iron Man' is a fun and exciting escape from the normal, bland superhero movies Hollywood seems to be churning out at an excessive rate. Although 'The Dark Knight' still stands as the greatest superhero film so far, 'Iron Man' should be respected for different reasons. The movie finds the charm and excitement in the genre thanks to a brilliantly satisfying performance from Robert Downey Jr.. Favreu uses a unique blend of good story and good action, with building suspense and excellent visuals. This is the first (and still the only, i believe) superhero film that creates believable action sequences that are edited and cut to perfection, so the audience can experience every punch and every explosion (a problem that still seems to plague the Batman movies).This is due largely in part to Favreu's expertise behind the camera. Although the pacing may prove troublesome for a few, and the lack of more than a few action sequences, whatever the film does, it does well. 'Iron Man' is an almost perfect start to a franchise that should prove to be very successful.

• Jameson W

  
  Great film! Marvel's best since Spiderman 2! Ironman is an action packed, blockbuster movie that delivers on all levels. The special affects are beautiful and one of the best things of the film. The story is also highly engaging. Another favorite of mine. Gwyneth Paltrow is… More
  Great film! Marvel's best since Spiderman 2! Ironman is an action packed, blockbuster movie that delivers on all levels. The special affects are beautiful and one of the best things of the film. The story is also highly engaging. Another favorite of mine. Gwyneth Paltrow is absolutely perfect as Pepper. I love her in this film!

• Drake T

  
  I'm not surprised that Iron Man manages to come on top of Marvel's line of successful movies, the idea of a man becoming a "superhero" through technological means in a time where all we care about is the next Apple product is hardly alarming. Another thing this… More
  I'm not surprised that Iron Man manages to come on top of Marvel's line of successful movies, the idea of a man becoming a "superhero" through technological means in a time where all we care about is the next Apple product is hardly alarming. Another thing this movie did right was taking itself incredibly seriously, most notably during the first quarter of the movie when he's thrown into an active war zone and taken captive by generic anti-American terrorists. Oh wow look at that, it's so REAL. Combined with a stellar performance from RDJ as Tony Stark, a script littered with witty banter and action that almost always feels grounded by physics and you've got yourself a winner. The reason for my sarcasm is this, people always flock to realism like bees to honey. It constantly felt like this movie was chained down by the mass's inability to appreciate the "impossible" and as a result, we're all congratulating it for doing so.

• Ross C

  
  A superhero movie done right - it's fun and has some good sci-fi concepts, but the whole thing felt like a very long introduction, with a short climax giving way to a sequel. Robert Downey Jr. as always was great

• Saskia D

  
  My boyfriend totally digs this kind of stuff, so I'm ' forced' to watch these kind of movies every now and then, and this one every other 6 months. Iron Man is one of those rare superhero movies that's incredibly funny and full of entertaining action. Downey Jr. is… More
  My boyfriend totally digs this kind of stuff, so I'm ' forced' to watch these kind of movies every now and then, and this one every other 6 months. Iron Man is one of those rare superhero movies that's incredibly funny and full of entertaining action. Downey Jr. is fantastic and Bridges too of course.

• Nikhil N

  
  Hands down my favorite comic book film ever. Iron Man is a action-packed hilarious super-hit that is sure to go down as one of Marvel's greatest films ever. Robert Downy Jr. gave an outstanding performance. Some say The Dark Knight, of the same year, is better. I 100% completely… More
  Hands down my favorite comic book film ever. Iron Man is a action-packed hilarious super-hit that is sure to go down as one of Marvel's greatest films ever. Robert Downy Jr. gave an outstanding performance. Some say The Dark Knight, of the same year, is better. I 100% completely disagree.

• Kristijonas F

  
  We came in to this one for all the explosions, yet we left with a Downey, Jr. performance that is for the ages.

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