or is it just highly regarded because it's the movie that kicked off the MCU? I admit I only saw it once, and my memory is hazy. I remember I didn't really like it. I hated Ironman 2 and didn't watch Ironman 3.
My question is, why do so many Marvel rankings put it at or near the top, but Ironman 2 and 3 so low? If Ironman really was the best Marvel movie, what made it so, that was missing from Ironman 2 and 3?