Review: Iron Man

I start writing this post by rocking out to the song Iron Man by Black Sabbath, and i assure you though that was very fun it will not change my opinion of the film (sorry Robert Downey Jr.)

When i heard about Iron Man being the best superhero film since classics such as Spiderman 2 and Superman from other reviews i must say i was very hyped, seeing as i am a massive fan of the superhero film genre, unfortunately i find myself disagreeing with these reviews.
Iron Man is a superhero action packed film which also raises ideas about how peace can be achieved. The way in which Iron Man raises this idea of peace helps to stop this film from becoming another superhero film let down which sets itself on having vast CGI involved action scenes and like Spiderman 2 did it helps to appeal to a larger audience (like Spiderman 2 did with Peter Parkers love for Mary Jane) unfortunately this side to the film is never properly expressed in any major way but acts as a barrier for audiences enjoyment behind the action.
Luckily the action scenes of this film were very impressive and did not rely heavily on special effects and is consistent throughout the film but does not boggle the audience or at worst cram them with too many action scenes.
There is a problem that i did find with the action scenes towards the end, which is that the villain is not too appealing, this is partly because of the unoriginal idea of the villain (just a massive version of Iron Man) and also there is a lack of character development so classic characteristics of a villain are never shown which make this character very unimpressive and leave the audience to mainly concentrate on Iron Man.
Robert Downey Jr. gives a superb performance as Tony Stark/Iron Man and brings a light charm to the film which appeals well to the mass audience who look for more than just a superhero film, Robert Downey Jr. is part of the reason this film is saved from being a throw away superhero movie, and it's just as well because there isn't much of the film which does not feature him, so the audience find themselves drawn to this one character to save them, and because he is able to be funny and serious as an actor means that this film is a success.

Tony Starks assistant, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) adds a very light edge of romance to the film but draws some of the attention away from Tony Stark but because of the fact she does not heavily appear in this film it allows the film to keep to it's main aim of being a superhero film and not a boring love spun tale with an exceeded amount of shoddy action scenes.

Iron Man is a film that can be easily enjoyed by almost anyone and does absolutely nothing wrong but unfortunately doesn't do everything right, but neverthless it features amazing action scenes and keeps audience attention.

Rating ***+/*****
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