Iron Man

Finally, the superhero film I've been waiting for. This film was by far the best Marvel film yet. After the disappointment that was Spider-Man 3 this is the next big Marvel film to hit our screens.

I really love how this film was grounded in reality with no super powers or strange mutations but simply an advance in technology. In that regards it is not unlike Batman Begins, but unlike Batman, Iron Man is set in the real world. Tony Stark starts out selling weapons of mass destruction to the United States Government, but his company ends up selling the weapons to terrorists as well and after he is captured by the terrorists he builds a suit to help him escape. This is his realisation where he dicides that he wants to help the world against terrorists and so closes down his company and starts work on a suit that is a much more advanced version of the suit he escaped in. This is the creation of Iron Man and trust me, once you see the final suit in action, you're going to want one.

According to IMDb Robert Downey Jr. improvised a lot of his lines for the film and I think it really works here as there is a lot of comedy in the film, and as well as the pure action moments it all comes together to make one kick ass film. I can't wait for the sequel.

Since this is the first film that Marvel Studios has made on their own I just hope that now they are in control of their films that they don't let it slip with The Incredible Hulk, the next Marvel Studio film, to be released on 13 June 2008.