The first and the best in the short series. Downey Jr. is awesome as Tony Stark, and this movie was great as well. Not all comic book characters play well on the big screen, but if you have the right actor in the role it works. Downey is perfectly cast here as is Gwyneth Paltrow as his assistant Pepper Potts. You almost feel as if Downey is just being himself, and that's fine with me. It's a great role and he does a wonderful job.
Directed by Jon Favreau this film is slightly more action oriented then say..."Elf". It has loads of special effects and it is a lot of fun. Downey portrays Tony Stark, a playboy and owner of a large weapons manufacturing company, but also a brilliant engineer. Stark has worshipped his father and his company for years, but while on a "sales call" in Afghanistan he is kidnapped by insurgents. Forced to keep a battery attached to his heart to keep the shrapnel from a blast to enter his bloodstream, Stark sets about to build a missile for the insurgents. However what he builds instead is the first Iron Man suit, to get himself out of Afghanistan. He does this in spectacular fashion and returns home to find he is now second in command to his father's long time partner Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges). Once more Stark wants to stop making weapons and start healing the earth.
This is a bad move for him and for the company and what transpires is a fight for control of the company and the world. A great film here especially if you haven't seen it yet. It is not just another comic book movie, there are lots of good back stories and the relationship between Stark and Potts is interesting. Just Queue It !
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