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His MCU self is the one I'm most familiar with, so I'll be talking purely about him.
Iron Man in his debut was a pretty good character. A lot of it comes mainly from Robert Downey Jr.'s acting, but the script does a good job too at presenting him as a cocky, witty genius who stands out from a lot of superheroes by being as morally grey a profiteer as a weapon's manufacturer, especially when in both his debut age of the 60s and the film's setting of 2008, the topic of war was equally as prevalent. How he sees the error of his way in Obadiah's weaponisation of the Iron Man technology gives him a good arc.
The first two Avengers movies and Iron Man 2 were a detriment to his character, however, as he seemed to not take the damage to civilians as seriously as in Iron Man 1 and his plan of creating Ultron made little sense with how he saw the destructive nature of what making giant strides with technology did prior.
Iron Man 3 was a return to form as his decisions to deactivate the other Iron Man suits made sense. It wasn't until Civil War, however, that we saw a major growth in his character. Recognising the damage The Avengers had done in Sokovia and his choice to side with the government made sense based on his character arc in the first Iron Man film. His fatherly relationship with Spider-Man was also an interesting way to take his character, especially due to his father issues and the reveal that his father did truly care about him in Civil War. Finally, the responsibilities he felt in Infinity War based on his experiences in Age of Ultron was a good way to take his character and the aftermath of him inevitably seeing his allies, including the boy he was treating as a successor and a son, die in front of him without him being able to stop it.
6,5/10. Would be 7-7.5/10 if not for the character regression caused by the films in between Iron Man 1 and 3.
Iron Man in his debut was a pretty good character. A lot of it comes mainly from Robert Downey Jr.'s acting, but the script does a good job too at presenting him as a cocky, witty genius who stands out from a lot of superheroes by being as morally grey a profiteer as a weapon's manufacturer, especially when in both his debut age of the 60s and the film's setting of 2008, the topic of war was equally as prevalent. How he sees the error of his way in Obadiah's weaponisation of the Iron Man technology gives him a good arc.
The first two Avengers movies and Iron Man 2 were a detriment to his character, however, as he seemed to not take the damage to civilians as seriously as in Iron Man 1 and his plan of creating Ultron made little sense with how he saw the destructive nature of what making giant strides with technology did prior.
Iron Man 3 was a return to form as his decisions to deactivate the other Iron Man suits made sense. It wasn't until Civil War, however, that we saw a major growth in his character. Recognising the damage The Avengers had done in Sokovia and his choice to side with the government made sense based on his character arc in the first Iron Man film. His fatherly relationship with Spider-Man was also an interesting way to take his character, especially due to his father issues and the reveal that his father did truly care about him in Civil War. Finally, the responsibilities he felt in Infinity War based on his experiences in Age of Ultron was a good way to take his character and the aftermath of him inevitably seeing his allies, including the boy he was treating as a successor and a son, die in front of him without him being able to stop it.
6,5/10. Would be 7-7.5/10 if not for the character regression caused by the films in between Iron Man 1 and 3.
level, how cringe worthy is 
tier memory leading to numerous retcons or certain ideas leading nowhere.
when it comes to both discussion and the cognitive dissonance of some of the moderators, though F is the lesser of two evils there.
