There is definitely something to the argument that this film needed more Iron Man. I'm glad they decided to have a villain not in an Iron Man type suit to give Tony something different to fight, but as great as Guy Pearce is in other films, he just didn't do it for me as Aldrich Killian. With that said, I can't say I wasn't at least a little disappointed that there was no real presence of the ten rings or anything that felt all that threatening. I actually don't have as much of an issue with the direction they took Kingsley's character as everyone else does. That brings me to the infamous Mandarin reveal.
Downey and Paltrow still have magnetic chemistry, but everything else feels different from the previous entries. If anything else, the problem with Iron Man 3 is the writing. Don Cheadle has more action, but Tony Stark in Tennessee for the entire second act, I felt like I needed more Rhodey as well. Not only did he not come back to direct the film, but Happy only gets a few scenes as he's hospitalized for the majority of the run time. I understand people wanted the film to take a different approach after the mixed response to Iron Man 2, but this film was missing Jon Favreau's touch. Tony and Pepper are now living together *happily* with Happy and Rhodey not too far away. Besides that, all of the actors are back and the cast welcomes in Rebecca Hall, Guy Pearce, and Ben Kingsley in pivotal roles. It does however, supply a memorable score from Brian Tyler. Disappointingly, the film also doesn't contain any AC/DC songs or Ramin Djawadi's score. That's fine, especially considering what Stark went through during the events of Avengers, but I think there was something missing in Iron Man 3, and I think the tone has a lot to do with that.Ĭonsidering the film begins with the Eiffel 65 classic Blue (da ba dee), Iron Man 3 is a bit of a departure from the previous Iron Man films. Shane Black takes the film in a much darker direction. Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the handful of defenders for the film, but the third entry just doesn't have the same spark as the first two films do. Whereas the first two Iron Man films become better with repeated viewings, I think Iron Man 3 is far less re-watchable. I liked the characters, the action and the overall tone of the film, but I definitely was let down by the villain and it could've been handled better.
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It is not as good as the first movie but it is loads better than Iron Man 2. One more negative is that I didn't care for Killian's henchmen who were the people infected with the Extremis, I was like "meh" whenever they showed up. Rebecca Hall is a good actress but her character was underdeveloped and when she does eventually die I didn't care to be honest. I didn't care for Maya Hansen played by Rebecca Hall. The real Mandarin turns out to be Aldrich Killian played by Guy Pearce which definitely did disappoint me.Ģ. Don't get me wrong the scene where its revealed that The Mandarin played by Ben Kingsley (who was great by the way) is just an actor was really funny and unexpected, but at the same time I felt it was a missed opportunity cause he could've potentially been a great villain.
A lot of comic book fans are mad about this, I'm not a reader of comic books honestly but it did kind of bother me. This film seems to stray a bit more away from the typical superhero blockbuster extravaganza, which I loved.ġ.
You honestly feel for Tony a lot more in this film and it adds more humanity to his character. The feel this film does focus more on Tony Stark than Iron Man like I said, which might bore some people wanting more action but I honestly liked it especially the scenes he has with that kid. Overall Iron Man 3 handles its action excellently.ģ. There is also some action scenes that involve Tony himself, such as the mansion scene where he takes out guards in a very entertaining way. My favourite action scene is the finale as well as the airplane scene which was actually real and that definitely added more intensity and credibility to the scene. The action is filmed so well and it is a lot more fun. The action this movie has the best action out of the whole trilogy. Don Cheadle was awesome as Rhodey, he is a lot more likable in this film than Iron Man 2. Gwyneth Paltrow is again great as Pepper Potts, I'm interested to see what direction they'll go with her character after her transformation into the Extremis. This movie focuses more on Tony Stark than Iron Man which might be a bad thing for some people who love their action, but I liked the direction it was going with his character. is awesome in this film, in fact he has a lot more humanity to his character this time around in this film. Iron Man 3 was a lot of fun and it was a interesting take on the franchise.