How many times must the Stark Mansion be destroyed? How many people are going to don the Iron Man suit? How many other movies and TV shows follow the same plot line?
A person from Tony’s past has created a terrorist out of Ben Kingsley as a distraction while he plots to kill everything and anyone Tony ever loved or cared for, including Pepper. It’s only the best Iron Man because it’s the most action-packed one of the three. However, the action doesn’t involve the suit at all; instead, Tony is MacGyver but not as fun.
I take back what I said about Don Cheadle. He was much better in this movie, but probably because he was kidnapped early in the movie.
So, the vice president is involved with taking out the president because Killian promises to heal his daughter. Was she injured during the oil spill Killian mentioned? Can crude oil cause gangrene, which is probably what happened, or perhaps she was caught in an explosion? Does the vice president know the potential side effects of his daughter spontaneously combusting?
Back to the old formula; Tony has to prove to himself and Pepper that he is more than Iron Man, and he has to say the old line, “Pepper was already perfect.” You can only say that in a meh third installment. So Pepper turned into Sarah Conner in the end? And come on, killing Pepper for a split second isn’t going to erase the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow played Pepper Potts.
The Mandarin is Ben Kingsley with a drug addiction. That’s the best you got? I literally went, “WHAT THE HELL?”
In one sentence, Iron Man has become a joke. I mean he has to destroy his suits to prove a point. In the first movie, the only major beating it took was a few bullet holes and someone messing with the power source. Now he can set them to self-destruct for a Christmas fireworks display. And the movie missed an opportunity in which the kid Tony befriends is the son of his former girlfriend, who works for Killian, but Killian then kills the girlfriend, and Tony adopts him to show that he can assemble not only the Avengers but a family as well. The movie totally forgot that she’s a mother, so there is a thirteen-year-old orphan wandering who knows where.
At least Jarvis didn’t become sentient with one of the suits and leaves Tony.
The end credits scene in this film was just as pointless as the diner scene at the end of The Avengers. Poor Dr. Banner had to sit through an entire movie with Tony. Is Tony bunking with Banner? I thought Banner went back to Calcutta. And where is Pepper in this scene? And also, they take the arc reactor out of Tony’s chest and extracted the shrapnel floating around in his body. Should he still need the arc reactor? His body probably has become too dependent on it now. Without it, he could die.
As I watched these movies, I noticed something. Up until The Avengers, you could watch the movies in any order with the exception of Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Now I can sense that all the movies are connected somehow. Even the solo movies are involved. But seeing the first third-installment in this massive franchise is making me a little nervous. It was hard to take Tony seriously because he wasn't his normal self. But I don't think that was his fault. After the Battle of New York, Tony has been experiencing post-traumatic stress. But it's not like him to basically say "bring it, b*tch!" to the Mandarin. At this point, I think Marvel knows they have us in the palm of their hands, so they aren't too concerned with how spectacular their movies are, we're going to see them. But because of that, I consider this a loss. If it's the end of the Iron Man storyline, then they could have done better. So that makes it 3 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.
As I watched these movies, I noticed something. Up until The Avengers, you could watch the movies in any order with the exception of Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Now I can sense that all the movies are connected somehow. Even the solo movies are involved. But seeing the first third-installment in this massive franchise is making me a little nervous. It was hard to take Tony seriously because he wasn't his normal self. But I don't think that was his fault. After the Battle of New York, Tony has been experiencing post-traumatic stress. But it's not like him to basically say "bring it, b*tch!" to the Mandarin. At this point, I think Marvel knows they have us in the palm of their hands, so they aren't too concerned with how spectacular their movies are, we're going to see them. But because of that, I consider this a loss. If it's the end of the Iron Man storyline, then they could have done better. So that makes it 3 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.
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Released On: May 3, 2013
Rating: PG-13
Stars: Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley
Director: Shane Black
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 7.2/10
Awards
Academy Awards
- Best Visual Effects Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash & Dan Sudick - Nominated
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