How Jon Favreau's Iron Man Birthed A Cinematic Universe | Video Essay

[@BlackWave54]

If you watch this after Endgame, then you know how sad it is that the younger fans won't be able to feel what its like to go from Ironman and ten years later to Endgame. And it was worth it

[@brysonturner6019]

Well said.

[@brentfurtado7580]

BlackWave54 honestly it was such an amazing emotional journey

[@rain-nin5309]

I was a kid when Iron Man released, I'm in college now, the journey was so good. I remember how I've rewatched the MCU when Endgame was announced, it felt so nostalgic watching the Phase 1 movies

[@TheAlphatitan]

I watched the original Iron man, but I was like 7 or something so I barely remember.

[@thebige4113]

I was only 4 when Iron Man first came out, and only started watching the MCU (pretty much religiously) in 2018, but I remember seeing a couple of the films over the years. Now I'm a huge Marvel fan and am so disappointed I didn't start watching the MCU earlier

[@mksongbird]

2006 Jon Favreau: "But the idea of using CGI and relying solely on that to tell your story, those days are past." 2019 Jon Favreau: The Lion King

[@WanderingChin]

The hardest choices require the strongest wills

[@LuisMasterXDRM97]

Welp, Favreau is also using practical effects for The Mandalorian, so, he still stands by that quote

[@Nonamearisto]

What was he supposed to do? Train a bunch of animals to do things they can never be trained to do?

[@kal-el1827]

Was he supposed to find real lions, giraffes, elephants and teach them how to talk and behave?

[@SSC0002]

*That's how mafia works*

[@areasevenpro]

Tony Stark was able to build this franchise in a cave! With a box of scraps!

[@somerandolad]

I'm sorry, but I'm not Tony Stark.

[@lusinebaghyan8864]

And that person was so offended that he starts to help Misterio.

[@ruchirkohli9110]

You Know when you complete the sentence you are addicted to MCU

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Iron Man in a nutshell is reverse Godfather (Bad to Good, Good to Bad)

[@DeejayVillain]

I understood that reference!!!

[@nicsosa369]

i think a number of people have forgotten how significant jon favreau was in birthing the mcu.

[@ScotsDestroyer]

Thank you Jon.

[@ARC--5973]

Can we just congratulate Jon Favearu for the genius move of casting himself as a side character that came to be a much more important in the future.

[@bluesteele5786]

Oh my god. I never realized that taking out the trash comment was a roast before.

[@Zeriel00]

LOL you must not spent much time around female coworkers then! xDD

[@thisisfyne]

Really?! Hahahaha man this line is absolute gold

[@Anxiou5Panda]

Me and my GF watched Iron Man and she got a little bit confused with the line until I laughed.

[@alphagamer9505]

same kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@yvyrose195]

Me neither. I thought it was literal.

[@K-Dot94]

The myth that RDJ just plays himself in these films is totally wrong. He put so much work into his role is unreal and is loved for that reason. Edit: I know the mannerisms and acts are similar. I was simply praising RDJ’s acting and dedication

[@Hero-up8hv]

LeeHamill 04 I see why he thinks he plays himself because irl he has the same amount of wittyness and charm. Many ppl seem to think roberts career was in the dumps because of his acting but he had messed up in the public eye dealing with addiction. Ppl didnt want to deal with the drama. Robert actually saved marvel being it first amazing film in a while which he had plenty of on set descions.

[@EZ-IZZY1995]

I also love that he’s always in the marketing; like the fun song mashups that Jimmy Fallon does or tries to be in interviews. Some other actors won’t do it but I notice that he’s there every time a film with him in it comes out. It shows how much he cares about the character and is willing to promote even though he’s a household name. That kind of humbleness and remembering where he came from is awesome.

[@zingzaber6989]

He does both.

[@RokDocJekyl]

He is reprising his role of Derek Lutz from 1986 "Back to School". His mannerisms and speaking are exactly the same.

[@youngsandwichgaming9071]

LeeHamill 04 it’s totally right

[@user-gu5wn8ki2i]

I was in the Hall when him and Feige announced the MCU, at SDCC. We were all ridiculously excited. Imagine being the first people to know and then 11 years later, be that satisfied.

[@chrisaguilera1564]

I remember seeing Iron Man in theaters back in 08 which was the same year as the Dark Knight. I enjoyed both but I saw more growth in the Dark Knight in terms of DC and never conceived the notion that comic book superheroes would dominate like they are now. In fact, the thought of an Avengers film in just four years was just inconceivable. We have come a long way. You took expectations and threw them out the window. If there is one truth in all of this, none of this would be possible without the fans. Yes, they buy the tickets but they also make these movies. Passion for one's art and this is art is embracing what you love and let the creativeness come out. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is made up of people just like you and me that love this as much as we do. Marvel is run with a passion that morphed into a business. Star Wars is run like a business first, not a passion and now they're struggling.

[@BabyBearRudy]

I remember watching an interview with Jon Favreau and he was excited that Iron Man was being compared to The Dark Knight bc it came out around the same time. He even said he just wanted to try his best to make a good movie. Then after the movie came, Marvel immediately decided to make it into a trilogy. Even RDJ says in Tropic Thunder bts that it was going to be a trilogy

[@rosePetrichor]

I really like JARVIS being an AI and not a butler because there are several moments during Tony's development of the armour where you sense how much emotional turmoil he's going through-- is this the right thing to do? Can he do this? This is insane, surely, and he's still struggling with the crisis of self he suffered in the cave. And all he has to talk to during all of this are his robots. Personalities he made for his machines so that he could converse with them. Even the fire-extinguisher robot has a cute AI. You get a sense of just how alone Tony is and feels during all of this. The banter is cute but also sorta sad. And then you think back to Yinsen and his comment about how Tony is a man with everything and nothing...

[@jeremyelkayam]

13 years later, this is still the best Marvel movie. With this film, Downey and Favreau invented the modern blockbuster.

[@inthehole9159]

This channel is very underrated and I hope it gets more traction

[@lewisjwr]

14:25 that’s why I was pissed that Captain Marvel saved him. I really wanted to see Tony use his genius to get out of that situation one last time

[@halkeye20]

Honestly I don't think Coulson was overused. He was a connecting piece.

[@alphagamer9505]

i fucking love coulson,he is one of my favourites mcu characters

[@tevcon317]

He's only in 5 movies.

[@alphagamer9505]

@@tevcon317 he is also the protagonist of the agents of shield series,thats why is one of my favourites overall

[@tevcon317]

ALPHA GAMER I know that, but hes just a small character in the movies

[@alphagamer9505]

@@tevcon317 i know,but the mcu isnt just the movies,overall he is one of most important characters in the mcu,he is the main reason why wanda,cap,natasha,hawkeye and millions of people didnt die in sokovia,also he was the one that sended the avengers to that hydra base in the beggining of aou

[@henry3153]

“Next time baby” 😂

[@drakkenmensch]

_"That could run your heart for 50 lifetimes!"_ _"Yeah. Or something big for 15 minutes."_ The movie smartly sets up the big battle countdown timer in the very first act. Brilliant.

[@deanc5871]

When it comes to directors, Jon Favreau is the godfather of the MCU.

[@Kvantum]

The score is by Ramin Djawdi, yes, that Ramin Djwadi, Game of Thrones Ramin Djwadi, so yeah, it's pretty kickass. It's his first movie score, and really his second major work after the TV series Prison Break.

[@multiplemike]

Please do an analysis of Black Widow, her incredible journey through the MCU and what we might expect from her upcoming solo.

[@SpanishDio]

*"I am inevitable."* *"And I... Am. Iron. Man!"*

[@wbtvwtbwtbwfbabta]

I literally just finished re-watching Iron Man!

[@Free-4554]

That feeling of hearing back in black in the begining of iron man never fails to amuse me

[@Dan-vl6fk]

“ it’ll be just as satisfying, if not more so to see him break out of this cave” Captain marvel: Reeeeeaaaaally nooooow...

[@joryjones6808]

1:03 “It all got kick of by a man in a can.” Best one sentence summary of a movie ever.

[@vickie_g]

I respect RDJ for always bringing his A game to the Iron Man role. No matter how many movies he did, he never checked out of the character all the way to the end.

[@ToxicSkull0]

*Spoiler alert* Iron Man is Tony Stark

[@aspect1358]

WTF man, not cool!

[@NetanaChipo]

Broooo come on! How could you spoil this!☹️

[@thepinkbunnyempire1027]

all your fault's for clicking read more.

[@Mike-mb9pr]

What’s next? Peter Parker being Spider-Man?

[@mart4414]

I see what you did there...

[@dannybenhur6123]

Favreau and Feige changed the cinematic reality...

[@FullFatVideos]

praise be

[@maxmarks3503]

Really just Feige. Favreau made a great Iron Man movie. Feige made a great cinematic universe.

[@3Rayfire]

No reality stone needed here.

[@agentwash1]

Dark Knight: I've redefined what it is the be a comic book movie Iron man: Hold my martini Oliver Twist.

[@Squantle]

I’m seeing endgame tonight at the midnight release. My hype is unreal Edit: I’m back and it’s really good

[@alexli5235]

Squantle bring a lot of napkin with yourself

[@jessmeyer2077]

Squantle I'm so sorry for you

[@SSC0002]

I had it spoiled by the nice people on the internet. Fun times

[@agirlnamedbrett.]

I'm always suprised that someone hasn't done an essay of Sarah Finn, Marvels casting director. At least for the main 6, in my opinion she nailed it and I hope she got a raise. I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks.

[@chandlerbing3636]

Nobody has made a video about it, but some youtuber actually mentioned it in his video about MCU

[@IsaacWhittakerDakin]

Seeing Endgame on Sunday, to say that I'm hyped is an understatement!

[@seanexomai]

dude stay off comment sections and social media until then

[@IsaacWhittakerDakin]

@@seanexomai yeah I plan to! 😁

[@Comand94]

There are spoilers already in these comments I think, I suggest that you don't read replies to yours either. Have fun! The movie's a blast.

[@TheAlphatitan]

The fact that Favereu is currently working on Disney’s Star Wars makes me think that in a few years we’re getting a Star Wars cinematic universe. I mean we already kinda are getting one.

[@Xpzilla]

YESSS "Driving With The Top Down" IS AMAAAZINGGGG

[@tbeau96]

"It will be just as satisfying, if not more so, to see him break out of this cave and become iron man one last time" I can only imagine your disappointment when this scene came up

[@AnitaSleap1080z]

Seeing Endgame Sunday night, probably up to 2am while seats were available. I'm so nervous I don't want to see how it ends. I will legitimately cry if the worst happens to Tony. I don't want to see that >.

[@dudetheman3]

Great video! It's amazing to see how far these movies have come and to look back to where it all started.

[@alteisen99]

started as cautiously using cgi to just cgi-ing almost every fight scene

[@trequor]

@SpiritWolf2K Really? They still use a ton of practical effects. The fight on Titan involved Josh Brolin standing and acting while each actor bounced around on wires kicking his ass. They built a huge set for it too, the backdrop was CGI but the characters are standing on real ground and running across a physical set

[@carso1500]

SpiritWolf2K you also have to compare 2006 cgi to 2019 cgi, the diference is night and day modern cgi sometimes is almost indistinguible from the real thing ir you have the money of course that fortunately this movies have

[@trequor]

@SpiritWolf2K Their suits are only sometimes CGI. And again, they still have stunt doubles on wires and motion trackers to act out what Iron Man/Spiderman are doing when they are CGI.

[@speedracer1945]

This film still stands well with time . In fact its one of my favorite MCU film among Winter Soldier and now these last two Avengers films.

[@gridlo]

I'll add to that: Sam Raimi showed hollywood that a full-blown comic book look can work.

[@kangbarret]

My favorite scene from a superhero movie kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5u1nZ-niqyWjtU

[@LeoGuidi]

Just got back from Schaffrillas Studios video. Love you guys

[@Neri_13]

If the MCU iron man has a kid he better name him Yensin I swear if they don't ima be mad he was the one that taught tony how to be human

[@Trevorc159]

You really had to lay it on thick with the Terrence Howard trolling 😂

[@kingmuizz708]

*"I AM IRON MAN"* - Tony Stark 2019(Endgame)

[@jeromemojica2375]

Yoooo I didn't catch Pepper's roast until you pointed it out. Damn that was savage

[@kdnladner93]

I think Iron Man is extremely under appreciated because no one gives it the right credit. To me Iron Man is easily a top 10 comic book film. Iron Man is in my top 5 comic book movies of all time and is my second favorite movie in the MCU only behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

[@blacknerdtalks7921]

Downey really did give birth to the MCU through his iconic portrayal of Tony Stark. And watching Endgame provided a satisfying, Tony has had a satisfying end to his character arc, it's hard to see him go, but I couldn't see his path going any other route but this one. On my channel we go into detail about the changes happening in the MCU after Endgame, and it would be awesome if you could check out my content if you have the chance.

[@revolutionarycinemaproduct6612]

In all of the mcu since day one theyve always called attention to iron mans right arm. He broke the damn thing in nearly every appearance in the mcu or at least all the biggest and most essential events for iron man and the mcu, not to menton tons and tons of weird moments that call attention to his right arm. I especially love the parallel of him building his first true Iron Man gauntlet and repulsor and putting it on his right hand, only for Iron Man to make the stark-tech guntlet thats also right handed, and then using his right hand to snap thanos and his armies. So cool and unbelievably ompressive. The amount of work effort and dedication this took automatically a classic series of movies that all together create a masterpiece of filmmaking and is an achievement in filmmaking in aa technical way, an emotionally resonant and emotionally satisfying, and of. Course highest grossing movie of all time

[@tobleronetube3686]

You know what, I'm gonna say it. The Dark Knight < Iron Man IMO There's one thing The Dark Knight doesn't have on its side (for me at least). Nostalgia. A shit load of nostalgia.

[@chandlerbing3636]

It's also unfair to compare Dark knight and Ironman, because Dark knight is sequel of Batman Begins, so it got headstart on Ironman with already established characters like Bruce, Alfred, Gordon, Rachel, etc.

[@PACIFICBboy]

Why hasn’t Jon Favreau directed more MCU movies?

[@thedudewhomadethisvideo]

because Iron Man 2 was shit

[@Jude74]

David oh. Well that does answer the question. Moving on.

[@rocketrunner8063]

He's busy playing Happy Hogan

[@AJ-ri1jt]

He directed Iron Man 2, which didn't get bad reviews (73% on Rotten Tomatoes is good- just not for the MCU, though it still beats other MCU movies like Incredible Hulk and The Dark World- and was okay for the time when it was released) and was more financially successful than Iron Man (and all other non-Avengers phase 1 MCU movies), but didn't go as well as hoped. Iron Man 2 suffers from the same things Age of Ultron did- too much focus on building up the franchise, setting up future plots, characters, etc. as opposed to just telling a good movie- supposedly because of meddling from the studio. Anyway, Iron Man 2 didn't reach its potential; as a result, Favreau wasn't asked to do Iron Man 3. He was a good sport about it though- not only does he continue to play Happy Hogan, but he is also credited as Executive Producer for all 4 Avengers movies and Iron Man 3.

[@bjarkisteinnpetursson9736]

If I could change one thing about Marvel’s music, it would be keeping the original score. The other scores are fine but the original by Ramin Djawadi (the composer of Game of Thrones) is just the best.

[@benelliott3792]

Iron Man 1: Sets up MCU film and character study structure, revolutionises the superhero movie industry. Iron Man 2: Sets up Thor 1, Cap 1 and Avengers, launching a universe. Iron Man: (Arms Open Wide) You're welcome.

[@willotoole4282]

Iron man was my favorite movie when I saw it in 2008 and it is still my favorite 11 years later

[@joshdunne8792]

Iron Man 2008 isn't great because of the villans and action it's great because of the character of Tony Stark/Iron Man and how he interacts with other characters and the journey we see him go through and that's why it's one of my favourite MCU movies

[@donaldduong6855]

“No, how mortals use the term milk” Dani: oh, your approaching me?

[@dankerbell]

i so agree with the music part, its how i was introduced to acdc which is why i love them so much

[@Super_mong]

7:08 holy shit that pepper burns

[@stephenkellett7836]

When you said "One last time" in the conclusion, my mind immediately went to Theoden in Helm's Deep.

[@lataluzziegang]

The End credit scene in Endgame is the best one so far

[@angelinaelchammas2506]

What was it? my parents made me leave the cinema so i didnt get to see it

[@lataluzziegang]

@@angelinaelchammas2506 the end credits

[@devandevan1403]

Iron mans cgi was pretty groundbreaking

[@mrmushin1]

One smartest creative move is showing his face while in the suit .

[@theodorej3954]

Side note - they cleaned the subway railing and Will pre-chewed his own gum

[@alexmartin4772]

Anyone here in 2020 still watching this discussion about the first iron man movie?

[@tanner5809]

This movie is in my top 5

[@conorodonovan8859]

You know you’ve made it when your video is sponsored by squarespace

[@Dalenthas]

That transition to the Square Space ad certainly wasn't built out of a box of scraps.

[@lessthanpopi]

“...to time travel” have you just spoiled endgame? 😂

[@npc6817]

No, you did

[@lessthanpopi]

NPC watching it for the first time in an hour 🤷‍♂️

[@npc6817]

@@lessthanpopi oh, you made it sound like you already did. Let me know if the ant man does the ass exploding thing.

[@afrovince1735]

"Feige deserves his own video." SUBSCRIBED

[@prassanak3601]

God I really want him to make a video soley focusing on Iron Man in End Game.

[@jakejensen5235]

love the videos man!

[@INCNetski]

Favareu jump started the MCU and revived the Star Wars Franchise. The man has vision for nerd culture.

[@allendrake6960]

I think most everyone old enough to remember Myspace being the dominant social media site finds the Myspace reference three times as funny than it was originally meant to be, which really has to be considered a happy accident.

[@leonardchurch814]

Jon Favreau lasted longer in the MCU than the fucking Robert Downey Jr.

[@That-Google-Guy]

On top of my other comment, you know the folks behind “One Marvelous Scene” strongly encouraged people to make their own videos and send them on Twitter and they’d be added to the list. I truly hope you guys are working on yours right now

[@izzojoseph2]

“...So that when we needed them, they could make a movie that Fox and Sony never could. Oh, and DC. So that they could make a movie that Fox, Sony and DC never could.”

[@mattgonzalez1053]

Was Full Fat offered to One Marvelous Scene?

[@bennywarren17]

Anyone can do 1

[@FullFatVideos]

nope! shame

[@mattgonzalez1053]

@@FullFatVideos Planning on doing one? I really like your way of doing videos.

[@jasonyoung6420]

having watched endgame recently, I decided to re-watch the entire arc from the beginning, I'm 3 movies in (Iron Man I, II & Thor - watching Hulk out of order, order isn't that important yet) My goodness these movies still hold up.

[@yer4081]

Endgame is the definition of milk

[@jreese2474]

I maintain that one of the biggest reasons for the movie's success is taking the subject seriously. You would have movies like Blade and Hellboy but for the most part "comic book movies" were not taken seriously. Iron Man changed that. After the last year or so, I'm getting a sinking feeling that that mindset is starting to creep back in along with a fair bit of arrogance on Disney/Marvels part.

[@charlespuruncajas9663]

Spiderman 2 and XMen2 were taken seriously, also Batman begins and TDK and even Superman Returns

[@casedistorted]

Poor that was a rough segue to squarespace lol I swear I watched this video a while back already Seriously wasn’t this already uploaded like a year ago with some additions to endgame in this one? Maybe I’m thinking of a very similar vid..

[@FullFatVideos]

This video was definitely not uploaded a year ago you must be thinking of something else

[@casedistorted]

Full Fat Videos ohhh is it that “how the Russo’s fixed iron man” video with 2 million views on it? That might be what I’m thinking of that reminded me a lot of this one. Either way I am impressed by your well put together and well spoken videos. Was just giving you a hard time about the square-space, it’s tough to do a good sponsorship segue in general 😘

[@Kevinb1821]

I wonder if people even remember that before 2008, iron man and captain America were not that popular at all as far as super heroes go. I’ve always heard of them as a kid but x men the hulk spider man Batman and super man were all way more popular. I think now iron man and Captain America today are more popular than all them besides maybe Batman but I’d say even more popular than Batman at the moment

[@sunnymango1473]

Love the MCU Iron Man The Incredible Hulk Iron Man 2 Thor Captain America: The First Avenger The Avengers Iron Man 3 Thor: The Dark World Captain America: The Winter Soldier Guardians Of The Galaxy Avengers: Age Of Ultron Ant-Man Captain America: Civil War Doctor Strange Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 Spider-Man: Homecoming Thor: Ragnarok Black Panther Avengers: Infinity War Ant-Man And The Wasp Captain Marvel Avengers: Endgame Spider-Man: Far From Home

[@PrimePrius]

Jon Favreau looks just like Tony Stark's limo driver

[@elifherwig6177]

Legionnaire Oh really? What a funny coincidence...wait!

[@PrimePrius]

@@elifherwig6177 Hi, I looked him up and he is actually the limo driver for some reason. Lol.

[@thatnativeking1333]

Iron Man was so important to the the MCU. It introduced us to Happy Hogan and without him, would there even need to be an MCU?

[@transcatgirl551]

When you played the main theme, I noticed that the melodic progression almost seemed to be a proto-avengers theme. Wonder if that was intentional

[@maldon3659]

🎵Tony Stark makes you feel, he's the cool exec with a heart of steel.🎶 🎵As Iron Man all jets ablaze, He's fighting and smiting with repulsor rays!🎶 Amazing Armor! That's Iron man! A blazing power! That's Iron Man!🎶

[@AlChestBreachFan7]

BOX OF SCRAPS

[@tyrant-den884]

back when my reaction to Thor was: "From Adventures in Babysitting? He's a real thing?"

[@jackdanielsinthelionsden1887]

9:04 sounds like someone really wanted their A.I. to be named Jarvis

[@nMsFreeStyleZ]

I'd love a kevin Feige video

[@plxztm]

Well, you're not wrong

[@briishbananabread]

I love this movie sooooooooo much. It's the best MCU movie.

[@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

Who would’ve thought that the doctor from Elf would kickstart the MCU and save Star Wars...

[@christopherperifimou9130]

great video looking foward to your kevin feige video and i would too see a endgame video centered around steve and tony love u 3000

[@brometheusthefirstbro4302]

To me this is the one marvel film i can say without hesitation is Martin Scorsese level Cinema. Truly art. But it’s the only one from the entire mcu

[@kuusakat1308]

I'd make a case for The Winter Soldier.

[@supergodzillaxvlogs3044]

Iron man 👨🏻 is The Best Character Ever brought to Movie theater and Marvel universe👍👏 his Strank is being a mechanic 👨‍🔧

[@sran438]

7:10 Hey! Leslie Bibb isn’t trash. XD

[@monoblockadi9530]

#JonFavreau is the real futurist

[@coltinyancey3671]

Normally I'd discuss the vid in the comments about now, but I'm sure there'll be spoilers there

[@charlespuruncajas9663]

Because the film basically worked on it's own. (Not like for example TASM1&2 or Tom Cruise's The Mummy)

[@matthewbennett9928]

All the MCU movies work on there own while at the same time help tell a piece of a overarching story which is why there sucessful