A Rousing Movie; Different from What I Expected
Let me start by saying that I can understand why there are a lot of split opinions about IRON MAN 3. It's a film full of misdirection and deceptions, and I was a little distressed by a couple of them - which would give away too much to detail here. Suffice it to say that there were a couple of moments I felt somewhat cheated; and though I'll be vague about it I can say it involved Mandarin. Still, read on; while I gave the movie four stars, I believe down the road I might very well revise this to a five. I'll explain...
First of all, rest assured there is A LOT of action. And there are a lot of the Iron Suits, too...it's just that Tony Stark isn't often the one IN the suit. I found myself often frustrated by that fact: Iron Man interruptus, if you will. Either the suits were off on their own, or they were on other people, or they weren't working properly...something that seemed to occur almost constantly.
I saw it in Imax 3D, and it was well worth the extra...
Iron Man 3 - a fun but disappointing entry in the series
NOTE: There are minor spoilers in this review, but nothing that would deter from your overall enjoyment of the film.
While I enjoyed this movie and had a fun time, I think "Iron Man 3" is the weakest of the Iron Man trilogy. That's not to say it's a bad film, it just means that I liked the previous two Iron Man films better than this one. I should state that while I've become a big fan of Marvel movies, I was never a big reader of comic books - so my feelings toward the film are more about it's merits/flaws as a movie experience (rather than how true it is to the comics).
I think about how far we've come since the first "Iron Man" (and it's not in a particularly good direction). That film was refreshing because it played everything totally realistically - everything was tech-based, there was nothing supernatural. And now, in the third film of the series, we've moved on to Extremis (which is by far the most un-realistic concept in any of the three films). Now I'm...
solid 3rd entry
I thought this one was way better than the 2nd. Good story and great action its just when I think when they try to be funny it doesn't work sometimes but otherwise I enjoyed it a lot! I recommend this to any Marvel comic movie buff. Another thumbs up for Marvel!
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