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Iron Man: The Beginning of a Franchise

Let me preface this with a quick note: Iron Man was the first Marvel comic I ever collected. I’d say it was the first comic ever but that was beat out by Spawn but no matter. Iron Man was hands down my first favorite hero. When I first started playing super hero rpgs all my heroes were Iron Man knock offs, most notably The Awesomizer and Dr. Keen. I believe it’s that the tech suit hero really appeals to my fondness for gadgetry and technology. There’s just something about a guy in a suit that can do amazing stuff that is just way more bad ass than all those mutants and altered heroes that are out there.

So you can imagine that I had high hopes when I finally got the opportunity to watch Iron Man. Well friends, believe the hype. Iron Man is hands down one of the best super hero movies I’ve seen. Robert Downey Jr. WAS Tony Stark. He was every bit the witty millionaire playboy war profiteer who finds his conscious. As expected, this film was an origin story but only about 1/3 of the film was dedicated to Iron Man action.  However, thanks to RDj’s performance you never grow tired of his Tony Stark out of his armor.  In this movie, Tony Stark and Iron Man wern’t two different identities. Tony Stark WAS Iron Man. I don’t know how else to put it. It just works and you don’t feel like you’re watching two different characters like in so many other super hero movies.

For the long time Iron Man fan there were elements of the movie that really brought a smile to my face: Rhodes looking at a suit in the shop and telling himself next time, the Iron Man as a bodyguard cover story, the presence of Jarvis even if he was an artificial intelligence. There were just so many little nods to the history of Iron Man that would make any geekly fangirl lactate.

Of course, hats off to Jon Favreau. From Swingers to Elf to Iron Man. The guy is an entertainer fo’ sho’. He even cameos as Happy Hogan in the movie!

So I guess what I’m trying to say is if you have not yet seen the movie please go do so. Plus, be sure to stay for the special scene after all the credits. It’s not to be missed.