Countdown to The Avengers (Part 1) - Review from the Vault: Iron Man (2008)
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Originally I thought that I might try and use this week leading up to the release of The Avengers to re-watch each of the five Marvel films that directly feed into this weekends film (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger). It doesn't look like there will be time due to previous engagements so I thought that I would do the next best thing: dig through my personal movie review archives and share my thoughts on these five films with everyone in a countdown fashion. Not all of these have appeared here on my blog. Some pre-date the blog and were originally posted on myspace. So here we go (in chronological order by release date), number one on the countdown to The Avengers: Iron Man Iron Man (2008), PG-13, 126 minutes - The comic book nerd in me has never been a big fan of the Tony Stark/Iron Man character, but I've been looking forward to this movie since the teaser was released months ago. Not only did the movie meet my e