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

[JangoNate]

Just finished Iron Man 1 and couldn't believe I didn't catch the 10 Rings symbol that was used in the Mandarin broadcasts. Nifty. I'll probably catch my third viewing this week of IM3, but seeing the first solidified me liking IM3 more, if only by a little bit.

 

[Kelly]

i see myself watching iron man 3 every christmas from now on

I was thinking that same thing....my family has a pajama party the Saturday before Christmas, and we watch Christmas movies all night long. This will definitely be one of them this year.

 

[danoyse]

I like that idea.

Was this our first Christmas superhero movie?

 

[Whiskey Tango]

It's all that comes to mind. Unless you count Jingle all the Way.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I like that idea.

Was this our first Christmas superhero movie?

Batman Returns

 

[metaphysician]

Batman Returns

That would certainly make for mood whiplash.

 

[Bruce Malone]

I'd give this a strong 8. Good film with a lot of flaws however and in need of a better defined villain.

 

[DoomRulz]

This was a good, entertaining film. I thought the acting was good, the story was well-told, obviously the special effects were incredible, and the humour worked quite well. I also like the bait-and-switch on the villain.

What I didn't like, and this isn't really the fault of the movie but rather, the film studio, is making me believe that The Avengers could not have intervened. If everyone knew about New York, and these heroes are indeed sharing the same universe, where the hell was S.H.I.E.L.D, Cap, Hulk, and Thor? It just didn't work for me in this case.

 

[cherokeesam]

This was a good, entertaining film. I thought the acting was good, the story was well-told, obviously the special effects were incredible, and the humour worked quite well. I also like the bait-and-switch on the villain.

What I didn't like, and this isn't really the fault of the movie but rather, the film studio, is making me believe that The Avengers could not have intervened. If everyone knew about New York, and these heroes are indeed sharing the same universe, where the hell was S.H.I.E.L.D, Cap, Hulk, and Thor? It just didn't work for me in this case.

We *did* see Hulk --- at least, Banner. Kevin Feige has promised to show us exactly where Cap, Thor, Widow and SHIELD were in the Thor and Cap sequels, and why they weren't part of the proceedings here.

 

[William15]

Me and a friend did an Iron Man video review. It's a bit shaky, but it's meant as something fun to be watched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHt4Er7dPFQ&feature=youtu.be


Don't hate on us t:

 

[Sharkboy]

That would certainly make for mood whiplash.

Actually Batman Returns is just as surreal and hilarious as Iron Man 3, I'd definitely put them both on my christmas movie list.

 

[Leetank]

why oh why are the polls already closed? how long do you keep them open? a couple days?

but anyways, I wasn't a huge fan of it, it was funny and it had it's moments for sure(The entire Tennessee part was terrific), but I can only give it a 7

 

[Mace Dolex]

Saw it again today for a second time only in IMAX and it's a really good movie now that I was able to hear dialogue hear and there.

Just one thing I noticed just how the doctors were able to fill in the gaping hole in Tony's chest now that the mini-reactor is taken out (insert perverted joke), I mean it was big enough for a fist that it would require a huge chunk of human tissue to fill that gaping hole .

 

[Whiskey Tango]

why oh why are the polls already closed? how long do you keep them open? a couple days?

They close when a thread resets.

 

[socool]

Just saw it today. Loved it. Tony felt like a true action hero with all the gun use and, surprisingly, all those suits at the end felt necessary. I was afraid that this was gonna be a case of Transformers 2 where they had all the extra characters, but they literally did nothing but fill the background. Here, the suits were used...WELL! My only true "complaint" is the Mandarin twist (big surprise, yeah, yeah) but not being a big Iron Man fan, I didn't feel betrayed. I'm assuming Iron Man fans who were waiting YEARS to see the Mandarin feel pretty gut-punched, but I didn't and I truly appreciated how it contributed to the story. The only question I have is: Did the Extremis virus do...all of THAT in the comics? No, right? It didn't give heat powers, did it? I never read the comics, but I thought it was a nano-machine virus in the comics...which it clearly wasn't here.

9/10

 

[cherokeesam]

Just saw it today. Loved it. Tony felt like a true action hero with all the gun use and, surprisingly, all those suits at the end felt necessary. I was afraid that this was gonna be a case of Transformers 2 where they had all the extra characters, but they literally did nothing but fill the background. Here, the suits were used...WELL! My only true "complaint" is the Mandarin twist (big surprise, yeah, yeah) but not being a big Iron Man fan, I didn't feel betrayed. I'm assuming Iron Man fans who were waiting YEARS to see the Mandarin feel pretty gut-punched, but I didn't and I truly appreciated how it contributed to the story. The only question I have is: Did the Extremis virus do...all of THAT in the comics? No, right? It didn't give heat powers, did it? I never read the comics, but I thought it was a nano-machine virus in the comics...which it clearly wasn't here.

9/10

Yes, the Extremis virus gave those powers to Mallen in the comics. But Mallen was the only "Extremis soldier" in the comics; in the movie, you get a whole generation of 'em.

 

[The Ironstar]

Some people will never be OK with the execution of the Mandarin. It's understandable.

We knew we were getting a drastically different Mandarin in this movie, and a lot of people were already on board with this new Kingsley version, and then they bait and switch us again. It's a lot to take.

I think they could've executed things with Killian instead of shoe-horning in Killian being all, "I'm the Mandarin!"

Another issue is no connection is made to events in the previous movies as Feige had referenced. The Mandarin logo is the 10 Rings from the first movie.

I still they left the door open for the Mandarin to appear (I thought we read comics here).

 

[The Ironstar]

I think that about sums up my feelings. A huge step up from Iron Man 2, but I didn't quite enjoy this one in the way I was hoping to mainly because they pushed the humor a bit too far for my tastes. Like, I had fun while I was watching it but couldn't help but feel that something was missing after it was over. I didn't mind the Mandarin twist or Killian being the real Mandarin, but in my estimation the comedy undercut the drama big time when it came to that twist. I feel there were less jokey ways to have pulled off that twist. I know the Iron Man films very much deal with the action-comedy genre, but this one seemed to lean towards comedy-action. Even though I do think there were lots of great laughs and the action was amazing. In the end it was a unique cocktail that didn't quite go down 100% right with me.

Still, I enjoyed it quite a bit and will probably buy it on Blu-ray.

Also, thought this was interesting. At an IM3 screening, Shane Black gave upset fans the floor to voice their criticisms and had an open discussion with them. Sorry if it's been posted already:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhug...tells-angry-iron-man-fans-lets-talk-about-it/

I never seen this,ty (y)

 

[The Ironstar]

Interesting:
http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/05/10/iron-man-3-isnt-the-end-of-extremis-says-marvel-chief/

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige surprised fans with the revelation that the end of Iron Man 3 doesn’t mean the end of Extremis in the Marvel movie universe.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Also, thought this was interesting. At an IM3 screening, Shane Black gave upset fans the floor to voice their criticisms and had an open discussion with them. Sorry if it's been posted already:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2013/05/09/shane-black-tells-angry-iron-man-fans-lets-talk-about-it/

Classy. I like the guy even more now.

 

[Doc Ock]

Very glad to get to see this today and was pleasantly surprised. I was trying to avoid spoilers like they were a plague, after the trailers I was trying hard to ignore all commercials. But somehow I got spoiled about some of the Mandarin and Pepper stuff, but I still enjoyed the film otherwise. I was disappointed but also really enjoyed the Mandarin being just an actor due to the humor it presented(it would be great to have a "true" Mandarin make a appearance later on in the MCU as a surprise), and thought it was great to see Pepper finally kicking some serious butt.

I loved the after-credits scene, it made perfect sense. I liked the idea that Tony was telling the story to Banner the whole time.

9/10

 

[The Ironstar]

That's what the wife said to me. "We have a new Christmas movie." The sad thing is that I'm so weird with my trilogies and sagas. I always have to watch everything in order. That goes for Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, and Marvel Universe (Phase 1, 2, etc.). As I'm writing this I know that I'm on Star Wars A New Hope, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Return of the King, and The Incredible Hulk.

...............& a July 4th/Memorial Day movie

 

[craigdbfan]

I would also like to mention that IM3 is quite possibly the boldest superhero film yet in terms of political allegory.

I actually couldn't believe Marvel was willing to push the line that far. I'm sure many of you know of what I'm referring to so I'll just leave it at that as to not create some sort of ideological warfare between posters.

Just an observation from my side.

 

[Sharkboy]

I would also like to mention that IM3 is quite possibly the boldest superhero film yet in terms of political allegory.

I actually couldn't believe Marvel was willing to push the line that far. I'm sure many of you know of what I'm referring to so I'll just leave it at that as to not create some sort of ideological warfare between posters.

Just an observation from my side.

Agreed, I also picked up a faint metatextual critique from the film (maybe just me) where Shane clearly seems to poke some fun at the more recent resurgence of "scene chewing" dramatic bad guys over his more traditional idea of villainy, the anonymous bad buy behind the scenes. (i got a very 80's vibe from Aldrich, his slick blond hair, the snazzy suits...he even had a terminator moment! all that was missing was a briefcase of coke) I particularly loved his reasoning. when the guy with the hammer fell out of the sky, subtlety kind of went out the window." . Putting that in with the whole "everyone needs and wants a boogeyman to rationalize and direct their hatred and fear", really made me appreciate Killian as a whole. It's taking tony's old job of war profiteering to a deeper and darker level, in a way it's almost a mirror to Tony himself.

I never thought I'd be able to talk about an MCU movie this much in depth, I gotta give it to Feige, he certainly was bold in this one, I'll never accuse him for purely being a panderer to the con crowd again.

 

[Xeno]

I would also like to mention that IM3 is quite possibly the boldest superhero film yet in terms of political allegory.

I actually couldn't believe Marvel was willing to push the line that far. I'm sure many of you know of what I'm referring to so I'll just leave it at that as to not create some sort of ideological warfare between posters.

Just an observation from my side.

I agree.

Spoiler

Shane Black gave a very sophisticated take on the way the media, our politicians and culture shape American expectations in the so-called War on Terror. Killian and AIM very brilliantly created a villain whose appearance and behavior could easily have come from a consensus of marketing focus groups, whose sole purpose was to give the American people and their government the perfect embodiment of their fears and target for their aggression. A think tank identified all of the right buttons and the puppet was constructed to push them in a twisted variation of Wag The Dog.

This is precisely what our media-industrial complex has done since 9/11, at times quite cynically. Every time there is a terrorist attack, the search is on for a shadowy "other" who fits certain preconceived notions of what terror looks like, as if the concept has a recognizable face. This despite the fact that time and again suspects end up looking nothing like the stereotype we've been led to expect to see committing these acts.

For example, the earliest news report of a description of the Boston Marathon bomber broadcast the image of a dark-skinned man described as having a thick, foreign accent. The real bombers were as far from that image as one could imagine. The dark-skinned, presumably Muslim man simply fit the profile the media has created and nurtured over the years, despite the fact that many domestic terror attacks are carried out by people who differ greatly from that stereotype. And thus it was with the real Mandarin as opposed to the facade he created to satisfy the media's craving for a familiar villain they could package and present to a terrified public.

A few other movies in the genre have made attempts at social commentary of this sort, but none have succeeded on the level of Black's film.