Movie Review: Iron Man (2008)

“The truth is… I am Iron Man” - Tony Stark

Title: Iron Man

Release Date (U.S.): May 2, 2008

Movie Studio/s: Paramount Pictures, Marvel Studios

Director: Jon Favreau

Lead Role: Robert Downey Jr.

Genre/s: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

Rating: PG-13

Budget: $140,000,000

Box Office (Worldwide): $585,200,000

Movie Series: Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)

Number Appeared in Series: 1

Plot Synopsis

    Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist and son of legendary inventor and weapons contractor Howard Stark (Gerard Sanders). When Tony Stark is assigned to give a weapons presentation to a U.S. military unit in Iraq led by Lt. Col. James Rhodes (Terrence Howard), Stark is given a ride on to enemy lines. That ride ends badly when Stark's Humvee is attacked by enemy terrorists by the name of the 10 Rings. He survives but suffers from a chest full of shrapnel and to stay alive a car battery is attached to his heart. In order to survive he comes up with a way to miniaturize the battery and figures out that the battery can power something else. This something else is the way he will escape the clutches of the 10 Rings. Thus Iron Man is born. He uses his first Iron Man suit to escape from the cave in Iraq. Once back home, Stark begins work on perfecting the Iron Man suit, But the man who was put in charge of Stark Industries has plans of his own to take over Stark’s technology for other more devious purposes.

Scoring (Out of 9)

• How Well the Movie Did (More the 500% profit 10/10, 400% 9/10, 300% 8/10, 200% 7/10, 100% 6/10, Break Even 5/10, Less than Break Even <5/10): 418%, 9.2/10
• How Well is the Lead Role’s Acting: 9/10
• How Well are the Supporting Role’s Acting: 8.5/10
• How Well is the Plot: 8/10
• How Appealing are the Special Effects: 9.5/10
• How Creative are the Special Effects (Practical EFX mixing with CGI EFX): 8/10
• How Relevant is the Movie 10+ Years After Release: N/A
• How Much did it Revolutionize its Genre of Film: 7/10
• How Well is the Music Score: 8/10
• How Well is the Writing: 8/10

Number of Likes (Each Like Adds 0.01 Points): 80, 0.8

Number of Dislikes (Each Dislike Subtracts 0.01 Points): 40, 0.4

Total Score: 8.36 + 0.4 = 8.76/10

Percentage: 88%

What I Think

    I first saw this movie in theaters when i was 10 years old and i thought it was a good movie. After watching it over and over again i loved it more and more. My favorite scene from the movie was the 1st time we see iron man in the mark I suit and he escapes from the 10 Rings terrorists.This is my 4th favorite MCU movie.  

Trailer for the Film

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hYlB38asDY  “Iron Man - Trailer [HD]”

Comment what you think of this movie and if you agree with me or not and stay tuned for my next movie review which will be The Incredible Hulk (2008).