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

[cherokeesam]

There's a whole lot of ******** going on

Maybe we should just start handing out butt ointment to everybody to make everyone feel better

 

[thalidomide]

The only reason why I left cbm ... Smh

 

[Norek]

On the site that will not be named many posters who disliked the movie can be seen posting multiple times in the same comment thread....on multiple articles...same with IMDB forums

I'm not on CBM or IMDb, so I don't give a crap about what's happening in those. I'm talking about my experience here on SHH.

 

[ctsketch]

Maybe we should just start handing out butt ointment to everybody to make everyone feel better

Both sides are feeling it! I mean I liked the movie but I'll at least admit there were some disappointments

 

[ctsketch]

I'm not on CBM or IMDb, so I don't give a crap about what's happening in those. I'm talking about my experience here on SHH.

Oh so you're one of those people that when their point is attacked they try and qualify it =P

 

[cherokeesam]

Both sides are feeling it! I mean I liked the movie but I'll at least admit there were some disappointments

Me, too. Certainly.
I don't feel like IM3 is a masterpiece, but it's a good movie and it has some surprisingly smart things to say about current events, about politics and prejudice, about how we let the media make all our choices for us, and it succeeds in standing cliches within the genre itself on their heads.

But there's a lot of empty space and wasted potential here that keep it from being a truly *great* film, imho. Things they could have explained better, parts they could've taken out, parts they could've added in.

But The Mandarin Twist isn't one of my problems. That's the heart of the plot, and it works perfectly for what it's trying to say and accomplish. I just think a lot of people are deliberately trying to sabotage this film for reasons of their own, and I'm happy to see that it's not working.

 

[Norek]

Oh so you're one of those people that when their point is attacked they try and qualify it =P

Dude, what's your problem? I was clarifying that this is the only place I have experience with, and I was clearly talking about what's happened here, because you made a comment that had nothing to do with what I was saying. Either you didn't understand me (which I assumed and thus replied) or you deliberately tried to make your counter-argument valid by adding something I never even addressed.

 

[Norek]

Me, too. Certainly.
I don't feel like IM3 is a masterpiece, but it's a good movie and it has some surprisingly smart things to say about current events, about politics and prejudice, about how we let the media make all our choices for us, and it succeeds in standing cliches within the genre itself on their heads.

But there's a lot of empty space and wasted potential here that keep it from being a truly *great* film, imho. Things they could have explained better, parts they could've taken out, parts they could've added in.

But The Mandarin Twist isn't one of my problems. That's the heart of the plot, and it works perfectly for what it's trying to say and accomplish. I just think a lot of people are deliberately trying to sabotage this film for reasons of their own, and I'm happy to see that it's not working.

That's a good post, and although I disagree, I get what you're saying, except the part in bold. What does "deliberately trying to sabotage this film" mean? The equivalent of that for the opposing party would be "deliberately trying to fix (repair) this film", which makes no sense. Both of them don't.

Seriously, I'm mystified by that. How can anyone sabotage a film?

 

[The Batman]

All I know is, as much as everyone likes to point at the Batboards or Spideyboards and shout "Oh, they're terrible/crazy,etc", everyone acts the exact same way.

 

[ctsketch]

Me, too. Certainly.
I don't feel like IM3 is a masterpiece, but it's a good movie and it has some surprisingly smart things to say about current events, about politics and prejudice, about how we let the media make all our choices for us, and it succeeds in standing cliches within the genre itself on their heads.

But there's a lot of empty space and wasted potential here that keep it from being a truly *great* film, imho. Things they could have explained better, parts they could've taken out, parts they could've added in.

But The Mandarin Twist isn't one of my problems. That's the heart of the plot, and it works perfectly for what it's trying to say and accomplish. I just think a lot of people are deliberately trying to sabotage this film for reasons of their own, and I'm happy to see that it's not working.

Yeah. I feel like Iron patriot was wasted. they should have had one of Tony's suits rescue the president and have War machine help in the final fight

I don't like that Tony wasn't in the suit during the air rescue.

the twist wasn't terrible but it could have been done better...

There were other things too

 

[jyd_me]

I saw Iron Man 3 at 810pm ET on Monday night 05/06/2013...

IM3 is definitely better than IM2.

1, 3, 2 is how I would rank them, which is interesting for a trilogy since it's good for a trilogy to end on a high note. However, what other trilogies can say they have a great beginning and end but a mediocre middle? Is this the first? Star Wars (Empire Strikes Back), TDK trilogy (The Dark Knight), Matrix (Matrix Reloaded), Godfather (Godfather Part II)... I can't think of a trilogy where the middle film is expressed as the worst in the trilogy... the trilogies I just mentioned would not be said to have poor middle films...

I loved everything about the movie. It was fun, exciting, very funny. I loved the tone, characters, dialogue. So here's what I didn't like:

SPOILERS!!!

1. Adrian Killian breathing fire... that was **uncalled for**. And even though it was followed up by a funny joke by Rhodey, it was still just lame.
2. The only "amazing feat" Iron Man does that took me out of the film and made me think "oh give me a break" is when Tony summons his armor at the end (when he is being held captive by the two goofy goons)... and the armor flies from Tennessee to Miami, Florida in about 30 seconds. LOL. Are you kidding me???? Yeah, his armor must fly at light speed!!!! Tony does a lot of amazing things with his technology but I found that ridiculous.
3. While I thought the score for IM3 was the best in the trilogy, I was disappointed by the lack of AC/DC. The scores for IM have never been particularly strong, so I always felt AC/DC was Iron Man's official theme music. The Avengers movie made this clear when Iron Man shows up in action for the first time against Loki and they play AC/DC music again... but alas, no AC/DC in Iron Man 3. Oh well...

Most of all...

4. The villains. Anybody else tired of "super soldiers"??? Marvel needs to stop relying on this for their films. What exactly were Killian's long-term goals? I never felt it was clear at all what he wanted to do... like-wise, the use of super soldiers/enhanced human beings is being used too much.

I can totally understand why comicfans would be annoyed by what they did to the Mandarian (Ben Kingsley)... he really didn't have much of a role... he was in a few "home video" movies broadcasted on the news and then Tony meets up with him and finds out the truth... I have never been an Iron Man comic reader, so what they did with the character didn't bother me; what bothered me was the twist made a lot of the tension in the film disappear because the "big bad villain" was revealed to be a dud, and all Tony is left to fight is a bunch of generic super soldiers...

Overall, the Iron Man trilogy is a very very good trilogy. I would go so far to say it equals the Dark Knight trilogy (where I would rank the films as 2, 1, 3 in order of greatness)... but one thing I would definitely say the TDK trilogy tops the IM trilogy with is the area of villains. I don't think the IM trilogy ever had a memorable villain. They missed out with the Mandarian.

Also, can anybody clear this up for me?

Plot hole.

The Mandarian (Trevor) thinks he's just acting a role and doesn't realize he hurt any people... so did he shoot the political figure or not??? I'm talking about the guy he held a gun to and demanded the President call him in order to save his life... but then he shot him any ways.

Trevor said he didn't hurt anybody and didn't realize what was going on...

so did he kill that Senator guy or what?

My guess is that he's just another actor pretending to be someone important. He was an accountant, I think...

 

[DyeLorean]

The change of locations is, for me, a very important thing in films. And in Iron Man Three, it adds to the "breathe of fresh air" that it has in relation with the prior Iron Man films.
It's always refreshing seeing a certain character in unfamiliar territory. So, as silly as it may sound, seeing Iron Man/Tony Stark in the snow, is something different. A small difference, but something different all the same. And it helps when you're watching a character for the fourth time, doing other things, being in a small town as opposed to always being in the city, for example.

 

[cherokeesam]

Yeah. I feel like Iron patriot was wasted. they should have had one of Tony's suits rescue the president and have War machine help in the final fight

I don't like that Tony wasn't in the suit during the air rescue.

the twist wasn't terrible but it could have been done better...

There were other things too

War Machine should've been used in the final battle.

Iron Patriot should've had the chance to do some real fighting. I mean, even when he finds out he's been given misinformation in Pakistan, that scene could've extended out a few more minutes with some footage of IP kickin' ass and taking names against terrorists. Even if those weren't the terrorists he was looking for.

The whole Rose Hill sequence was a wasted opportunity. Harley, the kid, could've at least been somebody "important" from the comics. Not a major character, but at least *somebody.*

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Harley, the kid, could've at least been somebody "important" from the comics. Not a major character, but at least *somebody.*

Why? So people could whine about how they screwed up that character too? Lol.

 

[ctsketch]

War Machine should've been used in the final battle.

Iron Patriot should've had the chance to do some real fighting. I mean, even when he finds out he's been given misinformation in Pakistan, that scene could've extended out a few more minutes with some footage of IP kickin' ass and taking names against terrorists. Even if those weren't the terrorists he was looking for.

The whole Rose Hill sequence was a wasted opportunity. Harley, the kid, could've at least been somebody "important" from the comics. Not a major character, but at least *somebody.*

He could have put up a fight with the extremis soldier instead of being caught by surprise!

 

[nogap87]

Regarding the kid, did he really not know who Tony was or was he messing with his head?

 

[Vartha]

Regarding the kid, did he really not know who Tony was or was he messing with his head?

I don't think the Kid knew for sure.
You don't always recognise someone you only seen in pictures when you see them for real lol

 

[nogap87]

I don't think the Kid knew for sure.
You don't always recognise someone you only seen in pictures when you see them for real lol

I guess. Kid just seemed way too chill about finding a stranger/celebrity in his shed/lab. Cool potato gun though.

 

[Travesty]

Regarding the kid, did he really not know who Tony was or was he messing with his head?

That's really the only thing I didn't like about the movie, and it didn't add up at all. At first he's like "who are you, and what are you doing in my shed", and then 2 seconds later he goes, "oh, well, everybody thinks you're dead. See, you're on the front page of the newspaper". But then Stark keeps referring to himself as "The Mechanic", but again, the kid seems to know a LOT about Iron Man.

So, how would he not know, and why did they keep making it seem like he knew, but didn't, but did, then didn't, but did....Bahhh!

 

[BestGirl]

Me, too. Certainly.
I don't feel like IM3 is a masterpiece, but it's a good movie and it has some surprisingly smart things to say about current events, about politics and prejudice, about how we let the media make all our choices for us, and it succeeds in standing cliches within the genre itself on their heads.

But there's a lot of empty space and wasted potential here that keep it from being a truly *great* film, imho. Things they could have explained better, parts they could've taken out, parts they could've added in.

But The Mandarin Twist isn't one of my problems. That's the heart of the plot, and it works perfectly for what it's trying to say and accomplish. I just think a lot of people are deliberately trying to sabotage this film for reasons of their own, and I'm happy to see that it's not working.

What does IM3 have to say about this? Sure, everyone thought the Mandarin was some Middle Eastern terrorist, but that's because he presented himself that way and went on TV to take credit for a bunch of crimes. Were people supposed to say, "Oh, well, that's just what the media wants us to think. Clearly he's an actor fronting for some mad scientist."?

 

[nogap87]

That's really the only thing I didn't like about the movie, and it didn't add up at all. At first he's like "who are you, and what are you doing in my shed", and then 2 seconds later he goes, "oh, well, everybody thinks you're dead. See, you're on the front page of the newspaper". But then Stark keeps referring to himself as "The Mechanic", but again, the kid seems to know a LOT about Iron Man.

So, how would he not know, and why did they keep making it seem like he knew, but didn't, but did, then didn't, but did....Bahhh!

It was more than a little odd. Maybe there's something on the cutting room floor.

 

[Olan]

Just got back from the theater and watching IM3. Really good movie. Better than 2 but not as good as one.
I didn't like the kid but I hate when 'kids' are used in hero movies in this way anyway.
Didn't think the VP angle was developed enough.
Beyond that I enjoyed the movie very much

 

[S. Grundy]

The kid was great! If someone other than Shane Black was writing/directing, the kid could have been pretty terrible.

 

[Frodo]

From what i've seen there does seem to be a divide about Ironman 3 between the GA and the fans of the comics. Non fans seem to really enjoy and like the film for what it was ,where as diehard fans really seem like they were expecting a totally different film tone wise and plotwise, than what we ended up getting.

Off the top of my head I can't really think of another Superhero film in which the reaction of the fans is almost polar opposite to that of the GA members.

 

[Tony Stark]

From what i've seen there does seem to be a divide about Ironman 3 between the GA and the fans of the comics. Non fans seem to really enjoy and like the film for what it was ,where as diehard fans really seem like they were expecting a totally different film tone wise and plotwise, than what we ended up getting.

Off the top of my head I can't really think of another Superhero film in which the reaction of the fans is almost polar opposite to that of the GA members.

Not true at all. a portion if the fans didn't like it. I
I'm as die hard of a fan as there is and I loved it. There are several others who are die hard fans, that loved it too.

Is it controversial? Yes, but that doesn't mean the fans didn't like it.