Iron Man 3 (film)

[homeschoolman]

the 3rd one's the charm i'm hoping. if robert downey jr. reverts back to coke then this film will be explosive!

[shootemindehead]

@ Aces and Moon OK OK......I'm lying. I thought they were both shite and I hate the 3rd one already! I was just trying to get on the HPOTD Happy bus. happy-bus.jpg

[MoonSylver]

@ Aces and Moon OK OK......I'm lying. I thought they were both shite and I hate the 3rd one already! I was just trying to get on the HPOTD Happy bus. happy-bus.jpg

[bassman]

[Neil]

[Neil]

Early review from AICN is very +ve! http://www.aintitcool.com/node/62077 I’m really loving what Marvel Studios are doing with the film versions of their source material, and if you can stick around, make sure you catch the post-credit scene, it doesn’t disappoint. Iron Man 3 is up there as an almost perfect superhero film. This one will get multiple viewings for sure. 9/10

[Neil]

Very +ve review from Cinemablend - http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Iron-Man-3-6380.html Iron Man 3 is the rare sequel that feels like it’s grown out of a perfect understanding of what worked and what didn’t in the previous films. It embraces the universe it lives in without exploiting it or letting it weigh down the story, and offers its hero a personal, dangerous challenge without ever losing its popcorn charm. Beyond the pressures of being the follow-up to The Avengers, the movie is the first film in Marvel’s Phase Two plans and has the responsibility of setting the pace for what’s to come. We can only hope that what they come up with going forward is even half as incredible.

[Neil]

Enjoyable and some nice dialogue and action, but for me it suffered from the same problem as The Avengers - People bouncing around super duper quickly, jumping super duper faster, swinging super duper perfectly, holding on super duper well, surviving falls super duper well over super duper distances, shooting super duper well and dodging super dooperly well, and ultimately, you just felt, no real worry... I think because all the action supposedly involving 'normal' human beings seemed too implausible. There's also countless 'why' moments. Like him taking on the baddies hand to hand instead of just hovering 20ft away? And the baddies just seem too super dooper don't you think? Iron Man 1 felt far more 'grounded' and is the best of the bunch for me... Iron Man 1: 8.5/10 Iron Man 2: 7/10 Iron Man 3: 8/10 ps: Ben Kingsley stole the film

[bassman]

Finally got a chance to sit down with this. I'm hesitant to say it after only one viewing, but I think this may be my favorite out of all the Marvel films. A few issues here and there, but I loved the perfect balance between drama, humor, and action. As the reviewer above mentions, it really feels like they learned from what did or did not work in the previous films. So at this point I actually like the Iron Man trilogy in reverse order. 3,2,1.

[Neil]

^ Did you not feel:- - The suit, which was so cool and clever, is now utterly disposable. There's a bazillion of them, and every individual part of them can now somehow fly through the air? Hmmm... - People are capable of rediculous feets. They can fall huge distances. They can make amazing shots, leap, jumps... These are human beings no? It's the same problem I had with The Avengers, where the action all seems too comic book and disposable, and too unbelievable for me... It results in characters bouncing around so rediculously that you never have the slightest concern for them. For me Iron Man 1 felt the most "grounded" so I believing (& cared more for) what I was seeing on the screen more than IM3. I enjoyed IM3, but it was just a special effects fest for me... IM1 I found emotionally involving.

[AcesandEights]

^ Did you not feel:- - The suit, which was so cool and clever, is now utterly disposable. There's a bazillion of them, and every individual part of them can now somehow fly through the air? Hmmm... Nah, Stark was always going to make a bajillion suits, it's in his character and is exactly what he did in the comics. He's had a pretty sizable back catalog of them for ages. I saw the movie two weeks ago and agree with Neil, in so far as the ranking. I really enjoyed the 1st one (which also includes one of my alltime fav storylines and baddies), and really enjoyed this last one. IM2 was definitely okay, but not much better than that, for my money.