I guess I got a little too pumped. IM 3 continues to drop in ratings. Iron Man had a 93 and IM 3 has a 83. I think I'll like IM the best, but IM 3 better than 2.
Decent but not as good as IM1 or 2 IMO. Plot was interesting and everything but the movie lacked bite. I felt I was watching a series after the first thrid of it.
I could care less about how much it makes. I just want to see something different, something new. It seems it's not as good as IM 1 from regular posters. I'm still going to see it, but I should lower my expectations.
I actually felt like it was the best Iron Man film to date.
Stark's character underwent a lot of progression and development and you can see the differences between him from Iron Man, Iron Man 2, the Avengers, and Iron Man 3. To that end, it did a great job fleshing out a character we've already grown very familiar with.
As a comic book fan whose read quite a bit (a lot) of Iron Man...[SPOILER - highlight to read]: the whole Mandarin thing was kinda disappointing. I figured we'd get a very grounded take on the character - no power rings, no chi kung fu, no alien space dragons, etc - but the whole swerve with Killian being the main bad guy and the "real" Mandarin was unexpected. That said, divorcing myself from the comics and the knowledge I have from them, the ploy served the film well.
I'd give it an 8.5. Good development from the principal cast, best action scenes of the franchise, good pacing, etc.
I don't think I can objectively separate myself from the disappointment over what I said above. Besides that, it was a great film. It's just that my disappointment with that is so great it taints the rest of the movie to a really large degree.
This is what I was expecting. [SPOILER - highlight to read]: His character is the perfect foil to Tony Stark. It's the fact that he's striving for an ideal and very serious in his goals that make him the villain he is. To throw that away for some laughs, after having the first movie point in his direction and waiting for 4 movies to get his movie appearance, really pissed me off..
I loved the first movie. I actually enjoy the second movie. I don't care when things are changed to suit the story as it's being adapted to fit the cinema - I just don't feel like that was the case here. I loved the movie before the twist. I loved the film after the twist. That twist just wasn't needed. It destroyed the character they had been building up to.
To put it an example that people might understand:
If the Dark Knight had been about [SPOILER - highlight to read]: the Joker being insane until you just realized that the Joker was an actor the Riddler had hired to throw people of his tail, people would get mad. Spoilers because it's exactly what happened in IM3.
If Deadpool had a movie where he was as serious as Scott Summers, people would get mad.
Meh. I'm entitled to think the movie was great besides that (major) issue.
Well i must say, I am VERY disappointed with the big twist.
Not because of the twist itself, but the fact that [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Killian said "He was" The Mandarin. That basically killed off ANY hope (along with the actor using the 10 rings) of an actual Mandarin to be in the cinematic Marvel universe.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not a Mandarin super fan or anything, but I know enough about him and respect his role as one of the upper villains in Marvel to feel he got disrespected.
Also, [SPOILER - highlight to read]: I'm also annoyed with the pepper killing Killian bit. It would have been better if he had died when Stark blew up his armor and then she walked out of the fire surprising Tony; who thought her dead. It just came off as unbelievable and cheesy (since she had never shown ANY ability to fight even remotely like that before).
All my gripes aside, I still feel this was a good movie. My initial review would probably be an 8 / 10
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I liked the movie... but as a fan of comics I did not enjoy a few things.
-there could've been more action, I wanted Ironman/ Warmachine action. Not Tony with a gun.
-The Villains were kinda boring, and they were breathing fire
-They gave Pepper superpowers, and she stole the big ending from tony IMO.
And last... they wanted to do a more "grounded version" but in the Marvel Movieverse we've already seen Aliens, Magic, Gods, multiple Dimensions... so why not let The Mandarin use Magic?
Like I said, good movie, but as someone who knows the origins and actual abilities of the comic versions I was a little disappointed.
I give it a 7-8/10
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Looks like most people agree with my assessment of the film. Tony was cool, IM was cool, the action was cool, but still a few big complaints. Which could have easily been corrected/adjusted. Really not sure why they were done.
Yeah from the comics Extremis actually did give the ability to breathe fire and regenerate.
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: But that's not really the villain that should have closed off the third installment of IM. This should have been the big one - The Real Mandarin Imo.
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May 2nd, 2013 02:40 AM
This is what I was expecting. [SPOILER - highlight to read]: His character is the perfect foil to Tony Stark. It's the fact that he's striving for an ideal and very serious in his goals that make him the villain he is. To throw that away for some laughs, after having the first movie point in his direction and waiting for 4 movies to get his movie appearance, really pissed me off..
