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Iron man
Iron man is a movie convention of the comic books and comic book character with the same name, iron man.
Iron man follows the rise of the comic book hero, tony stark, mainly known as iron man played by Robert Downey Jr. tony, a playboy and the CEO of the multi-million dollar company called Stark Industries, who design and create ground breaking technology in weaponry and missiles.
But when his convoy is raided by an unknown force a piece of shrapnel goes into Tony Stark’s chest from a missile from his own company, he is captured but luckily is given a magnet attached to his chest powered by a car battery to stop the metal reaching his heart, killing him. The captives imprison tony stark and to build them a Jericho missile. Tony refuses, so they begin to torture Stark. He makes an armoured suit, also known as mark 1, using the equipment he asks for and then he uses it to break free from the cave and then he escapes.
He reaches home and starts production on what was to become mark 3.
He uses this suit to aid him as he decides he is going to use this technology to fight the forces of evil.
There are many scenes of fast paced action for example there is a scene in which iron man is flying through the sky, with two harrier jets following after him as he is classed as an unknown object flying over guarded territory but manages to escape.
In an interview with the director of the movie, Jon Favreau he leaked out that the flight scene in the movie with the harrier jets was influenced by the movie, top gun, featuring tom cruise.
It also contains an action scene in which he returns to the place he was held hostage, before he arrives it sets the scene in which the terrorists are terrorising and capturing the villagers of a little village.
When iron man arrives the main baddy of the scene looks up with the classical camera angle and expression of a villain as in to give the classical non-verbal message to say either “what is that!” or “oh my god, its iron man” or any other superhero you can think of, this is a classical frame used in many comic book hero movies, such as Spiderman, another marvel comic book creation.
Iron man is a full paced action movie and I would say is not for the faint hearted and I recommend this to anyone who is a marvel comic book reader, fan, someone looking for an action movie and those who like action movies.
A caution is given from me, as the motto from the movie may stick in your head for weeks to come after watching this movie, the motto “I am iron man”.
It is worth watching even when it is more than a year old just to recap or to catch up on the story as in 2010 marvel comics are releasing a sequel to the movie.
The first movie ends on the cliffhanger that Tony Stark reveals that he is iron man, which the famous motto will stick in your head.
“Heroes Aren't Born, They're Built.”