Iron Man 3 Official rate & review IRON MAN 3 thread!

[Vartha]

Anyway, I'm done nerd-raging on this movie. I never want to hate or even dislike an Iron Man movie. He's my 2nd favorite fictional character of all time after the Hulk(and I've had more than a few issues with his movies). I have gotten my indignation out, I'm pretty well cleansed and ready to move forward and hope for the best. I don't think I'll be watching this movie again any time soon where as I saw the 1st two films and TA many, many times in theaters. I'll sit back and wait to see how the whole of phase 2 unfolds. I considered giving up on Marvel completely for a brief while there but that has passed. I just hope this will all work out in the end.

lol I'm not really raging but I'm not happy Mandy got pooped on either lol

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Who are the people who call the creators of comic book movies movies that stick to the source material "unimaginative hacks"? I'd say they "did their job" in that case.

 

[kedrell]

lol I'm not really raging but I'm not happy Mandy got pooped on either lol

Well, I was for most of the weekend. But it's out of my system now. Maybe there's a play in their playbook that will make this all pay off, maybe not. But I just need to get passed this now.

 

[nogap87]

Anyway, I'm done nerd-raging on this movie. I never want to hate or even dislike an Iron Man movie. He's my 2nd favorite fictional character of all time after the Hulk(and I've had more than a few issues with his movies). I have gotten my indignation out, I'm pretty well cleansed and ready to move forward and hope for the best. I don't think I'll be watching this movie again any time soon where as I saw the 1st two films and TA many, many times in theaters. I'll sit back and wait to see how the whole of phase 2 unfolds. I considered giving up on Marvel completely for a brief while there but that has passed. I just hope this will all work out in the end.

That's a cool attitude to have.

I know no matter how many times I ***** and moan about a comic book movie I'll still see its sequel at least once in theaters. Even though the internet shat all over X-Men 3 and DOTM, I greatly enjoyed both after being less than impressed with their predecessors.

 

[Vartha]

Well, I was for most of the weekend. But it's out of my system now. Maybe there's a play in their playbook that will make this all pay off, maybe not. But I just need to get passed this now.

YEAH, I just keep hoping all we saw was planned by the REAL Mandarin.

 

[Mjölnir]

Well they need to pick one and just ignore the other, whichever way that may be. I'd just like them to be consistent.

I think the best way is to do both. Keep a lot as it is but throw in some changes to suit the new medium and to keep the audience guessing.

Having everything exactly like the original can be a bit redundant and changing everything means that you could just as well do superhero movies without paying for the Marvel brand.

 

[Immortalfire]

Who are the people who call the creators of comic book movies movies that stick to the source material "unimaginative hacks"?

Pick any random Hypester, and there's your winner.

 

[Schlosser85]

My "good but not great" review:

http://www.jestersreviews.com/reviews/1744

 

[Pickle-El]

Now Yahoo is picking up on the "Twist" and potential fallout.....User comments are..well, your typical firestorm.

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/iron-man-3-mandarin-blowback-203853732.html

I really am curious to see how it holds up in following weeks.

 

[Deserana]

I just saw the film today and thank god I haven't been following it like I had been with TDKR or Man of Steel cause I think it would have disappointed me big time. Now I'm not someone to go in and immediately notice illogical points/holes in a film but for me in IM3 (more than any other film I think I've ever seen) then stuck out like sore thumb left-right-and-centre.

Yes TDKR may have had big flaws as well but the story was very engaging and had bucket loads of emotion as well. Here it was like the characters would say/do one thing and then 2 scenes later do something that completely contradicted it. A few examples -
- Rhodey can't use the suits cause they are modeled to Stark yet two scenes later he flings one on to Killian
- He has one suit to fix but then we find out he has a ****ton at home he could have used.
- Killian can't die from being the center of an explosion. Next scene. Dies from an explosion.
- Stark says he can't live without Pepper... so then he pretty much asks the Mandarin to attack his house where there is about a 90% chance she'll be with absolutely no defence plans whatsoever. Golly gee.

The word I would use to describe Iron Man 3 and as stupid as this sound... is silly. It was just silly. It seemed like Tony could be in a prison cell, miles under the deepest ocean and dead and a suit would be there to save him!! Seriously people may hate the lack of Iron Man in this film but for me he was just doing things with it where I was thinking "woah really?". Jumping into it with pinpoint accuracy? That's gotta hurt? I don't think there is padding in those things. It was just a big step away from what we had seen in the previous two movies. In The Avengers when the entire suit straps on to him I thought it looked great and could see it completely working, here though it just seemed over the top from what had been established before.

The villains are the same as well. Stanes and Ivan were just people. People who's power was from something external like Stanes' Iron Man suit or the big whip suit Vanko created (not familiar with Iron Man lore sorry ). Here it was almost supernatural-esque. People who can breath fire. Fine if it's in The Avengers but for me it didn't fit with the individual Iron Man film and is very jarring to the last two. Especially when you go from Sam Rockwell's Justin Hammer to James Badge Dale's immortal sidekick.

Again it may sound stupid but this film felt more like a spin-off to The Avengers than developing the Stark story from Iron Man 1 and 2. Just little things were missing. No crashing IRON MAN 3 title card. No ACDC (a BIG miss for me). Completely new Iron Man theme. No mention of Hammer who swore he'd be back of Hammer Industries. Straight away as it started I was like "ohhhh something is off here".

The Mandarin twist was okay but I think the fact that I adored Kingsley in the first half of the film was the reason I disliked it. Kingsley though sold the actor side to me though, he was a master in that scene and just about swayed me but initially I couldn't help but feel "come on guys... seriously?".

The only complaint I have about the complaints of this film is the "oh if the avengers have already been established where are the avengers now? Huh? HUH? HUUUUUHHHH?". Well this is an Iron Man movie... kinda ruins it if you have Thor and Cap' come in and steal his thunder. The individual films wont work if you just have the other guys come in and help out at the last second.

The action was good, the acting was very good but everything else, dunno just didn't fit for me.

6.5/10

 

[spideyboy_1111]

people keep complaining that "Rhodey cant use a suit" and always compare it to the PREHENSILE SUIT that TONY CAN APPLY TO OTHERS. Tony's mind tells the parts where to go. And that suit didn't arrive until late in the game... That's not a plot hole, that's you not paying attention.

 

[Travesty]

Yeah, the M42 had already shown us to be able to attach to other people, like Pepper earlier on in the movie, so it could also attach to Killian. The other suits, apparently could only attach to Tony.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Yeah, the M42 had already shown us to be able to attach to other people, like Pepper earlier on in the movie, so it could also attach to Killian. The other suits, apparently could only attach to Tony.

Tony probably did it as a security measure after IM2 where Rhodey stole the Mark II

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Just saw it. I definitely liked it. How much? Not exactly sure. A lot going around in my head. It was definitely funny, but not sure how engaging it is. Feels more like IM2 in that regard, though I much better version. Doesn't demand your attention the way IM did.

Things I loved most definitely.
- The kid. Tony's interaction with him was hilarious.
- Killian.
- The Air Force One scene.
- Once again Tony and Pepper rock together. The big bunny.
- Killian in battle. That is how Cap should move.
- Rebecca Hall looked stunning.
- The fantastic intro. The song playing over the the studios and flowing into the flashback was great editing.
- Tony's panic attacks.
- Jarvis malfunctioning.
- Music played during the showdown.
- Rhodey's password.
- Rhodey in general. So much better this time around. Shows you the difference a script can make.

Things that bugged me.
- America under attack. No Captain America. Just didn't sit well with me.
- Suits seemingly made of paper.
- The Iron Patriot armor not really seeing action.
- How come Rhodey went down without a fight in the armor?
- Once Jarvis was working again, why didn't Tony get another suit?
- Why didn't Tony call another suit why the mansion was under attack?

Won't be rushing out to see it again, but I think I will probably catch at least once more in theaters to see how I feel after another viewing.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

people keep complaining that "Rhodey cant use a suit" and always compare it to the PREHENSILE SUIT that TONY CAN APPLY TO OTHERS. Tony's mind tells the parts where to go. And that suit didn't arrive until late in the game... That's not a plot hole, that's you not paying attention.

I think he could probably put all the suits on others. They just wouldn't respond to that person's commands.

Rhodey could have put Heartbreaker on, it just wouldn't have worked once it was on him.

 

[Deserana]

That's true completely forgot it was the Mark 42. The other points still stand though.

 

[Immortalfire]

That's not a plot hole, that's you not paying attention.

Most so called "plot holes", usually are exactly that.

 

[Deserana]

I think my main issue for the film is definitely the magical use of the suits. It was like the writer's get-out clause. "Oh he is about to die?" well then lets make him do something that the suits have not at all been established to do before. Most notably Stark is pinned down by Killian he says "eject" and is then flung out the bottom of the thing!

 

[Deserana]

That's not a plot hole, that's you not paying attention.

I never said it was a plot hole... I just said it was contradictory to one of Stark's pieces of dialogue. I then later said I was wrong. I'm aware none of these things would affect the plot either.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Most so called "plot holes", usually are exactly that.

My favorite line is "well they didn't make it clear."

 

[spideyboy_1111]

I think he could probably put all the suits on others. They just wouldn't respond to that person's commands.

Rhodey could have put Heartbreaker on, it just wouldn't have worked once it was on him.

well yes, but that's also not "the suit putting on him" that's rhodey putting on the suit. Tony can only "put" people in the Mark 42

 

[spideyboy_1111]

I never said it was a plot hole... I just said it was contradictory to one of Stark's pieces of dialogue. I then later said I was wrong. I'm aware none of these things would affect the plot either.

ok? thanks for telling me that after you corrected yourself AFTER i called you out on it?

it's not like you corrected yourself and then i called you out on it.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

I think my main issue for the film is definitely the magical use of the suits. It was like the writer's get-out clause. "Oh he is about to die?" well then lets make him do something that the suits have not at all been established to do before. Most notably Stark is pinned down by Killian he says "eject" and is then flung out the bottom of the thing!

but that's Iron Man... he's done that in EVERY single film

 

[DarthSkywalker]

well yes, but that's also not "the suit putting on him" that's rhodey putting on the suit. Tony can only "put" people in the Mark 42

Not sure what you mean here. When I say Rhodey could "put a suit on", Tony would have to do the actual work.

 

[Deserana]

ok? thanks for telling me that after you corrected yourself AFTER i called you out on it?

I can't correct myself beforehand... how would I know what to correct. I just forgot it was the Mark 42. Perfectly normal.

but that's Iron Man... he's done that in EVERY single film

Not to that extent. Infact I'd say nowhere near to that extent. The most we'd scene was in the Avengers when he falls and the suit attaches itself to Stark and the suitcase in IM2. Now in IM3 he is physically jumping into the suits individual parts and ejecting himself from the bottom (somehow). Again, it looks good but compared to 1 and 2 it was very OTT and took me out of the film at times.