Escape to the Movies: Iron Man 3

[Gaijud]

It's not a bad movie by any stretch, but it is filled with so many little annoyances that I never fully could enjoy any one part, and it just ended up bland to mildly amusing. Massive plotholes, a pointless twist just for the sake of having a twist, a weak villain, lack of consistency.

The action scenes especially turned me off from this. After the verbal thrashing Bob gave Amazing Spiderman, I can't believe he is ok with the level of stupid on show here. The air rescue scene was one of the worst things I have ever seen in any superhero movie, seriously there is a limit to suspension of disbelief. The ending battle was silly as well, since instead of making the villains threatening, they just make the suits seem weak instead and the battle itself was just repetitive.

Still, it has it's fun moments, mostly with the characters of Tony and Pepper. I'd still rank it as about the same level as Iron Man 2, which in retrospect succeeds in the areas where this film fails, and vice versa, since IM3 is at least an Iron Man movie.

TLDR; Meh

 

[The Deadpool]

Meh, I actually didn't like it. Mostly because of the motivations of the villian, they were so flimsy and "yeah, because I wan't to fuck things up" compared to the other two movies, especially the second one.

I don't think you understood his motivation...

 

[scorptatious]

I also enjoyed the twist. I honestly didn't see it coming.

Overall, I found it to be quite an enjoyable movie. Would recommend.

 

[scorptatious]

I really felt like it was so damn inconsistent. He (the villain) goes from taking several minutes to overheat Iron Patriot's suit into judo-chopping suits in half towards the ending.

Spoiler

I assume he was holding back so he wouldn't damage the suit. It was pretty integral to his plan.

That's just me though.

 

[daxterx2005]

So we're not getting a new hulk movie this series?
Sad day

 

[mrhumble1]

I really felt like it was so damn inconsistent. He (the villain) goes from taking several minutes to overheat Iron Patriot's suit into judo-chopping suits in half towards the ending.

Spoiler

I assume he was holding back so he wouldn't damage the suit. It was pretty integral to his plan.

That's just me though.

There were many inconsistencies like this in the movie. MANY, starting with how Iron Patriot was "captured" in the first place. That made ZERO SENSE.

 

[Cpt. Slow]

Not to spoil the ending but I'm going to say it was badly executed. The film is suffering from way to many plot lines. And no, the twist is not the reason for me to go gung-ho on this film considering I am not a fan of the comics. (or any other comics for that matter)

Spoiler

What bothered me the most was the scene where Happy got blasted into a hospital. Like it was a big FU from Shane Black to the previous director of the Iron Man films (Or I am reading too deep into that one, that's also possible) And yes, I like the twist where Hollywood is implying that the U.S. is creating it's own bad guys with Bin Laden starring as the main lead.

Anyway, not agreeing with Bob on this one. On so many levels. I am also not saying it's the worst film I have seen, but it's too fuzzy, riddled with plot-holes and not consistent enough. And I see that R.D.J. is trying to make the best of it but still, you can not give away a good performance when there are walls in front of you. Well, you can but nobody will see it.

 

[Kataskopo]

Meh, I actually didn't like it. Mostly because of the motivations of the villian, they were so flimsy and "yeah, because I wan't to fuck things up" compared to the other two movies, especially the second one.

I don't think you understood his motivation...

Well, no I didn't.

So we see that Tony Stark dissed Guy Pearce a long time ago but he made a comeback. Did he wanted revenge?

Or was it about creating terrorists and becoming a defense contractor at the same time? That's... just evil. Why? Didn't he wanted to conquer the world too?

 

[Arina Love]

just out from seeing it and i got kida bored, still better than the second movie.

 

[Starik20X6]

Cheat Commandos!
Maybe fighting for freedom,
And each is sold separately!
Cheat Commandos!
Probably battling evil,
Buy all our playsets and toys!

Yeah I've got nothing else to add, other than that this movie was awesome.

 

[Sovereignty]

Eh, I liked the film as a whole, but I lost interest after the twist.

Spoiler

I was dead set on having The Mandarin as an equal to Heath Ledgers Joker. Someone who challenges Stark intellectually and morally. The scene where he kills the hostage in front of the world made me think "yeah. This guy is intimidating and I look forward to the final showdown, because you know something's going to happen."

Then the twist happened, and I was left thinking "really? They pulled the old "The Man Behind The Man" trope, after they set up such an awesome villain?" It left quite a bitter taste in my mouth.

And there was just a bit too much humour in it for my taste.

Spoiler

During the final showdown, after Pepper has been "killed" and Tony is pissed, the Mark 42 armour comes back, and instead of being an awesome moment, is sacrificed for comedic effect. After Pepper has been killed. Why would they do that?

And why the hell did Stark give a terrorist his home address? When I saw the trailers, I assumed The Mandarin targeted him to make an example, but nope; it was the "genius" Stark who told him where he lived.

Oh, and one other thing. How did Stark know the soldiers patrolling the mansion weren't Extremi-fied? What would have happened if he went there with his makeshift gadgets, only to find out they are all way too powerful for him?

It is a decent enough film, I did enjoy it overall, but those points really dropped me out of the moment.

I'm with you on this one. I don't think the whole, "couldn't the guards be 'extemi-fied'?" but I think your other points are spot on.

It's one of those M. Night Shyamalan type of things. Sure it's a twist, but it doesn't suddenly become great just because you didn't see it coming. They really had a villain who was shaping up to be something awesome and kind of just cast it to the side for the sake of shock value.

And then the damn shards. Why did it take 3 movies for him to remove them? I remember them being inoperable, but now magically it's fixable? Just lazy.


Not better than any of the former movies in the Avengers series, except of course the second flick.

Also, why the hell is War Machine constantly played down? Is he this useless in the comics?

 

[Berithil]

I personally did NOT like the twist

Spoiler: Obvious Spoilers...

Yes, it was funny, but the Mandarin was one of the villains I was looking forward to the most, complete with the Ten Rings. Relegating one of the most iconic Iron Man villains to a puppet plot tool irked me. Like someone already said, I was hoping for a Heath Ledger Joker kind of villain. But nope.

Killian, at the end: "I AM THE MANDARIN!!"

No. You're not.

Other than that, I did enjoy the movie.

Spoiler

Now let's see if we get MODOK in an upcoming movie...

 

[mrblakemiller]

My two cents:

Rebecca Hall is the greatest actress working today, with maybe Meryl Streep still contending. It's a damn shame her part is so small it could've been written out of the script in five minutes. Why exactly did they need her there, other than to increase the number of females in the film?

The final action scene was great, especially getting to see Rhodey kick ass without a suit. Wish they would explain why Stark is okay with him stealing it and giving it to the government. Shouldn't he want that back, or want some recompense for it?

The action is so sparse in this one that I kinda wish I'd come in an hour late. And the down-time he has in Tennessee has some funny moments (and the fight was good), but I really don't want to see hero-kid bonding in my MArvel movies unless maybe Rick Jones is involved.

Spoiler: My take on the twist

I'm okay with the twist for the Mandarin in-universe, and Ben Kingsley acted it terrifically on both sides, but we've already had Iron Man vs. Corrupt Corporate Executive to varying degrees in the last two movies. I was really looking forward to seeing Iron Man vs. Bin Laden. We've officially had tech genius vs. tech genius three times now. I request something different for next time, especially now that the connecting MArvel movies have been made and the studio has already taken the leap of faith of hoping audiences will embraces sci-fi and magic plots and villains.

I kinda want to see it again just to be sure my low opinion of it isn't largely due to the fact that YOU CAN NEVER GO TO THE MOVIES ANYMORE WITHOUT JERKWADS TALKING, but I'm not going to spend money on it again.

 

[Korskarn]

Meh, I actually didn't like it. Mostly because of the motivations of the villian, they were so flimsy and "yeah, because I wan't to fuck things up" compared to the other two movies, especially the second one.

I don't think you understood his motivation...

By the time we get to the end, he doesn't HAVE a motivation.

Spoiler

The guy is talking about "creating supply and demand" for defence contracts, but he's already got millions of dollars, an army of nigh-invulnerable supersoldiers, and the vice-president (and planned-to-be-future-president) in his pocket.

To paraphrase Lex Luthor, "You think that's my goal? Do you realise how much power I'd GIVE UP if I did that?"

 

[Sergey Sund]

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is an AWESOME and funny movie. It's also a good flick to take a shot every time that somebody dies.
Looking forward to finaly seeing Iron Man 3 now.
I hear from friends it was good (one fell asleep 45 minutes in, to the entertainment of all, and his own shame) but if a movie is compared to a Jackie Chan AND a Lethal Weapon flick it can't be all bad.
captcha: Buffalo Wing

 

[Marik2]

Just saw the movie and wow it is really inconsistent in mood. One moment there are people burning from the inside out and lots of terrorist war footage and then they stick some slapstick humor after it

Dont have a problem with it but it seemed the movie was trying to do different things but they couldn't agree so they did everything

 

[mrblakemiller]

I have more to say!

Spoiler: The medical aspect some people are mad about

I didn't like the fact that "Oh yeah, I fixed my heart," was so throwaway. At least have him have a conversation with Pepper about it so we can hear more specifics. First off, how is he able to do that now? Some people are saying that he perfected the Extremis virus, but I didn't hear that in the film. And if he did, does that mean he can regenerate limbs now? Is Extremis going to be marketed so little girls can grow their legs back? That would be an interesting turn for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to take, but it won't happen because Reed Richards is useless. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReedRichardsIsUseless] Also, I don't remember the film telling us that the Vice-President was evil, do you?

Also, I made a huge claim up top saying that Rebecca Hall is the greatest actress working today. Thought I'd share what I consider some proOh My God they deleted the Rebecca Hall music video for "A Case of You" from Youtube! You bastards!

 

[Kingjackl]

Having just seen the film, I have to say I absolutely loved it. Particularly the twists which I know people will be upset by.