Iron Man

Director: Jon Favreau

Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Clark Gregg, Leslie Bibb, Paul Bettany

Distributed By: Paramount Pictures

Release Date: May 2008

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This is really clever and great fun!
Despite Tony Stark's egotistical and selfish tendencies Robert Downey Jr. absolutely nails his performance and makes Tony charming, intelligent and very likable.
Everything about this movie is brilliant from Tony trying to make his escape from the desert to deciding to become Iron Man for real. Tony's suit is amazing and all the scenes in his apartment are brilliant and often funny, I also love that Paul Bettany voices Jarvis his computer assistant.
The effects and the sets are extremely well laid out and really make every scene impressive.
Gwyneth Paltrow is excellent as Pepper Potts and shares great chemistry with Robert Downey Jr. that gives the movie a lovely touch of sensitivity. Jeff Bridges brings seriousness to Obadiah and is a good match against Stark and Clark Gregg begins the first of many meetings as Agent Coulson.
Full of well-placed humour and great action sequences, this movie lays the foundations for greater things to come with an intriguing cameo by Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury at the end. Just to keep things interesting... Perfect!!
~~Nikki~~