IRON MAN 3
This is only slightly more interesting than the movie
I’m writing this having freshly seen the movie so I want to strike while the iron is hot. I’ve never failed to mention my geek-ass-fanboy-nitpicking at Super Hero movies straying from the original mythology of their respective series.
However I’ve learned to keep that in check as I realize they’re not tailored for me, but for mass audiences who might not know as much back story as I do. Even tailoring that urge, I still find IM3 comes up short.
I don’t want to give too much away. I must give Shane Black who directed this and co-wrote the screenplay props for trying. He tries to humanize Tony Stark by reliving his Post Traumatic Stress about the epic battle in the Avengers movie. I would have liked a little more exposition in this sub plot. I couldn’t help but think if I was reading this in a comic I would have more sympathetic.
And there’s the 800 lb elephant in the room called the big plot twist which I cannot discuss here. It further led to my disappointment with IM3. It’s clever, but still a letdown.
I”m a big fan of gossip blogs and do enjoy Michael K’s daily blasts at Gwyneth Paltrow’s pretentious musings on Dlisted.com. In spite of my looking at her with a raised eyebrow now, she does an adequate job as Tony’s love interest. Don Cheadle is wasted as Lt. Colonel James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes. He might be rebranded as the Iron Patriot (I liked his previous name as War Machine better), but it’s still Robert Downey Jr’s task to save the day. I’ll leave it to you to decide on Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley’s turns as villains Aldrich Killian and The Mandarin respectively. That should tell you something.
And if you do go be prepared to sit through TEN minutes of credits to see a little scene as they do in all Marvel movies now.
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