Iron Man.

“From Marvel Studios and paramount Pictures comes Iron man, an action packed take on the tale of wealthy philanthropist-Tony Stark (Robert Downy Jr.) who develops and invulnerable robotic snit to who fights the throes of evil. In addition to being filthy rich, billionaire industrialist, Tony stark is also a genius inventor.  The movie is directed by Jon Fayre Au. It is written by Mark Fergus, H auk Ostby, Art Marcum and Mathew Holloway. “– Rotten Tomatoes.

The movie starts with an extreme wide shot of a dry barren land with mountains at the back. It is day time hence day light has been used to shoot the scene. A few cars can be seen from far away, crossing. The scene changes at once. There was no background music, only the sounds of wind blowing and the cars going could be heard, Juts as we are watching the camera is set on the road, in front of the big bullet proof armored trucks. There is dust everywhere due to the pace being like a dessert. The place shown is Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Just as the full shot of the cars is shown, background music is played. Good background music was being played and was entertaining. As for me as a part of the audience it grabbed my attention more towards the movie. Gunmen from the armored trucks were alert on their positions coming out from the convertible roofs of the trucks. There were rocks and bushes everywhere. The gunmen were wearing US military uniforms along with camouflage helmets.

The camera is the placed at one side of the road and we could see the three trucks cross by from the lower left side of the screen with a full shot. Another wide shot is captured and travel along the barren bushes. A stranger along with the two animals of his (goats) was seen passing by as the trucks travelled.

It seemed that the movies were being shot from a helicopter as the camera movements were quiet jerky. For example, a shot of the tire with the truck, zooming in was shown just when the trucks were on their way, without editing or stopping.

Another shot takes place with a close up of a hand carry music player inside the truck. The truck from the inside was too dirty. It had four passenger seats and a lot of visible wires and buttons inside. Two men and a woman were there in their camouflage uniforms whereas the fourth person (ton) was in a black suit. A half shot of one of the soldiers is shown who was sitting in the front. The front mirror was cracked which showed that the trucks were used in the wars or in dangerous places where weapons were used and firing was done. Again, mountains could be shown . The background music was still there, still very entertaining. Another shot takes place with an extreme close up of a hand holding a glass with a beverage and ice cubes in it. The camera tilts upwards and the soldier sitting at the backseat could be seen. First he was blur but then clear. He seemed curious from his expressions. A half shot of Tony is shown. He wore a dark blue suit with light blue stripes on it, a sky blue dress shirt underneath with a dark blue tie on it. The tie had light blue pattern made on it. He was again holding the glass of drink . He also wore brown sun glases. He had brown hair, a mustache and a small beard too. The camera then shows Tonys profile and a full view of the soldier sitting next to him in the half shot . The background music is still there being played in the music player inside the truck. There were rough camera movements which showed that the road was bumpy and the drive wasn’t smooth. A half shot of Tony is shown as he speaks and another close up of the soldier besides him is shown as he listens to him with a smile. Again Tony’s close up is shown when he asks the soldier besides him whether he could talk or not. Humor is created as he calls the soldier “forest” due to him wearing a camouflage uniform. Half shots and close ups with the characters profile are shown in this shot. Just as the lady in the front speaks Tony realizes that she was a woman and also tries to flirt with her. An eyelevel half shot is captured as the lady speaks. Everything was going smooth when one of the soldiers asks tony if whether he could take a picture with him and Just when he hands over the camera to the soldier in the front to take the picture, the scenario changes.  The background music slows down. The volume decreases. Just as he clicks the button to take the picture a bomb blasts, exploding the truck in front of the one they were traveling in with a noise. A full wide shot is taken with the truck on fire, mountains at the back and smoke in the air. The soldier jumps out of the truck as they were being attacked by the terrorists. A close up of Tony is shown with fearful expressions on his face. Quick inter cutting is shown with a lot of movement showing that the situation was intense. A soldier being shot outside the car was shown while Tony hides inside the truck as per the soldier’s instructions. Quickly, Tony jumps out from the truck once every soldier is dead. The sound of gun fire can be heard as he runs. A lot of smoke was there. Tony runs and the camera moves along with him while he goes and hides behind a few big rocks. He tries using his satellite phone but a missile is thrown nearby him and while he stares at the missile, a close-up of it is shown which states “STARK INDUSTRIES” which was funny as he was the owner of it!! Just as he stands up to run for his life, it explodes, throwing him in the air while he lands on the ground, injured.  A half shot along with a close up of tony is shown as he lies on the ground, dirt all over him and slowly blood wets his shirt just as he tries to come to his senses. He opens his buttons and we could see him wearing a black bullet proof jacket underneath while the camera zooms out. Slow background noise sort of music is played while the shot ends while fading out. Another scene starts as the scene fades in. Light from behind a jute is shown just when the shot changes. And a piece of jute sack is removed from Tony’s face while he tries to come to senses. He has blood on his face, slow background spooky music is there. One could see terrorists (gunmen) behind Tony; in fact, standing all over besides him. One of them is speaking in Urdu saying that the west thinks of them (east) as wild bests. The camera then zooms out and a full shot is captured with tony with his hands tied back sitting on a chair and seven to eight terrorists with their faces covered wearing caps are shown. The scene ends and at once the name of the move “Iron Man” appears with black background and golden font with sound like if a nail is being hammered.

The whole situation changes as the scene changes after it. A huge hall is shown with a wide shot. The place is said to be Vegas, USA. As the movie reverses time 36 hours back before that day which is shown in the begging of the movie.  There are round tables with people formally dressed and sitting around them. There is dark inside and a very few yellow and while lights are used to shot the scene. Two huge screens are set on the left and right sides of the hall with the stage in the middle. It seemed like it was an award function. Lively music is being played and a person is constantly Tony to the gathering with his slide show of photos is screened. The camera moves slowly from left to right showing the audience looking at the screened. The camera moves slowly from left to right showing the audience looking at the screen. The slideshow starts from age 4 when he started his first circuit board. A black and white picture of his teenage is shown to describe that time with old models of televisions in the picture. Another picture showed his colored picture at the age of 6 he had his own engine. At 17, he is shown in a newspaper and furthermore the backstory of the character is established till 21 when Tony returns to carry his father’s business and it says that he created better weapons that protected America from around the globe. An extreme wide shot of the hall is again shown with the spot light on the speaker who was on the stage. A half shot is shown as he calls Mr. Tony Stark to receive his award but the funny part is that Tony wasn’t even present in the award ceremony.

The character of Tony establishes as a billionaire as he dresses up quiet smartly and formally. He was drinking inside the truck. He was very friendly and funny as he keeps on kidding with the soldier in the truck too. He flirts with the lady soldier which was again funny. He was amazed when the missile said “ Stark Industries” as it was his own company. He seemed careless as he wasn’t present at his award taking ceremony. He wasn’t much scared while he was crossing Afghanistan just before he got attacked. H was very rick and also had a satellite cell phone.

The movie was interesting as it starts. It gives a good view of Tony’s character and the title of the movie is interesting too. It’s a PG13 film but I would recommend it to people of all ages as the acting is good, good background music is played, the story line is excellent and very good actors are casted for it !!