Iron Man 3

Wasn't what Marvel did awesome? With their movies I mean. Doing movies centered around the individual characters was really the only way that you could bring comic book continuity onto the big screen Then tying it all together in a crossover movie. So, can the series work in a post Avenger's setting?

Robert Downey Junior is two inches taller than Tony Stark. Boo, zero stars

This is a first to my knowledge. This movie is a sequel to two different stories. It continues off of Iron man 2 and has to show what life is like for Tony after the New York incident. If your late to the comic party, Avenger's was universally praised, everybody loved Iron Man and everyone tolerated Iron Man 2. Myself? Iron man was OK, Iron Man 2 was serviceable and Avenger's made it all worth it.

War Machine does sound better than Iron Patriot

Tony Stark aka Iron Man is busy tinkering and playing with his suits. His reasoning, ever since the events of Avenger's, he has been going stir crazy due to sleepless nights spurred on by apparent PTSD. tensions between he and Pepper rise and soon a new threat makes himself known. The Mandarin begins to take credit for several bombings. The oddity? No bombs are ever used. Tony must get back in the game and discover what the true danger is before it's too late.

Lot of super hero movies advertising the whole broken mask thing

Shane Black is one of my favorite directors and one of the greatest action comedy director in recent memory. He previous effort with Robert in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorite movies and when the news broke that Shane would direct this, my expectations soared. Justifiably so. The directing was top notch throughout with better action scenes than we've ever had before. The Writing is crisp and flowing and fricking hilarious. The effects were great and the actors all brought their A game with Robert stealing the show as always followed closely by Sir Ben Kingsley's scenery chewing Mandarin. The only technical gripe is that the 3D was worthless. Whenever there is a 3D movie and stuff fly's away from the camera, your doing it wrong. It doesn't enhance the atmosphere and it doesn't have any fun.

Aviators, you know he's bad

This one is my personal favorite of the Marvel movies. Avenger's notwithstanding. Everything as it should be. The stakes are high but not avenger's scale high and this gives a good reason for why the other heroes don't assist. I have always been in the view that when you adapt something, you should do your own thing especially when that thing is unique. I'll take creativity over accuracy to the source any day and this movie does a great job at both paying homage to it's comic book roots, while also doing it's own spin on things. The action is better than it has ever been with a particularly awesome mid air rescue scene, the comedy is funnier with my personal favorite joke of the series, the character's at their peak and the story is tight and clean as a superhero movie can be. I especially liked the villains who aren't just other guys with suits this time. Now they actually have powers and for the first time in the Iron Man movies, it felt like his opponents were a match for him. They also give the movie more of a comic book feel than the other two possessed. The twist halfway through is unexpected and hilarious. Almost everything about this movie works and if it's the final stand alone iron man movie, than it was a great send off.

what up guy?

My biggest problem is it does tie into Avengers and I can buy that Thor couldn't help, Hulk, Widow and Hawkeye, but as for cap? What was he doing? The events of this movie seem to be in his wheelhouse but oh well. Also there are a few plot holes. If you don't want to know skip to the next paragraph. Spoilers follow: When the helicopters attack his home, why didn't the military shoot them out of the sky within two minutes? The botanists plan didn't make much sense and if Tony could have had doctors remove the shrapnel from his chest, why didn't he do that before. End spoilers.

I'm calling it. Right now. Everyone will still claim the first one was the best, but really what was so good about that one? It was a decent origin story but what really sold it was Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. It was the role he was born to play and i agree, but He's perfected the role by this movie which is better in every area. Just saying. But you can keep on about how awesome the first one was and how this one's just trying to capture the magic of the first. You bunch of critics.

If your a comic book purest, this movie will not please you as several liberties are taken, but speaking as someone who has read those comics i found the changes to be minor as well as serve the same purpose as the original story so take that as you will. However if you enjoyed the first two you'll love this one. Check it out.

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