Iron Man (Movie Review) - Writ 1301
Iron Man by John Favereau captures the life and feeling of the marvel comic series, and furthermore succeeds in spearheading the phase one marvel cinematic series which plans to extend into the late 2010’s. Through excellent casting from top to bottom. Along with an outstanding script built and reinforced by the numerous precursor comics on which this movie capitalizes on and brings to life on the big screen.
The cast of the movie is outstanding, including the likes of Robery Downey Jr., Don Cheedle, Jeff Bridges, and Gweneth Paltrow. But the most crucial and biggest successes of any of the cast is Robert Downey Jr. who plays Tony Stark. Downey Jr. was meant to play this role, he plays a genius playboy, that runs the largest privatized weapons company in the world out of his luxurious Malibu home. Furthermore the casting of Jeff Bridges as the main antagonist and eventual villain in the film was equally as successfu. He provides and actual threat to what Tony is standing for, and also fits the mold of a villain in this movie perfectly, in the way he acts and communicates with others even from the onset of the movie.
The CGI and props in this movie are also outstanding, it puts you into real life scenarios that make you forget your in a theatre watching something that will never happen. Everything is lifelike and extremely vivid. The CGI for this time period is out of this world... CGI nowadays is rarely as lifelike and detailed as the CGI work on Iron Man's actual suit was throughout this movie. Furthermore the locations throughout the movie are simple but lifelike and for each and every situation and don't seem out of place, they all have a place and aren't just thrown. Finally the actual weapons and equipment Tony sells and characters wear throughout the movie could pass for real weapons and look like they could actually explode and shoot. Which overall makes the movie even more realistic and lifelike than you would expect from an early 2000’s superhero movie.
The soundtrack and audio of this movie is also outstanding, which primarily just includes AC-DC. But, furthermore the voices of the actors to the sound of vehicles and weapons. It all hits the nail right on the head and engages you and once again brings you out of the theatre and into a lifelike real scenario. The movie is synchronized and balanced in a way where you don't notice it unless the movie precisely intended you to do so. Furthermore the movie has a great way of making you actually listen, the audio isn't just being projected at you, you have to actively listen or you may miss something, which is a great feature to keep the audience engaged in such a dense sometimes overwhelming movie.
Finally the writing, it accomplishes the two major challenges when creating a superhero movie, enjoyable, and grounded. Throughout the movie humor and laughs are inserted. But the movie all remains in the realm of possibility which allows you to further connect to the situations and challenges presented throughout the movie. Also the movie succeeds in sticking to the comics but also making it into a movie, if you stick to close to the comics the movie can become boring and long, but if you just make a movie, you won't be using the excellent source material and lose focus and make something that doesn't need to be made since it's all in front of you.
Overall this movie is a resounding success from top to bottom, and will definitely set the precedent for movies, not just superhero movies for a long time to come. The CGI, Casting, Script, Audio were all revolutionary and will be hard to top by movies releasing in the near future which hope to compete with this gem.
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