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Shane Black, who made his bones writing "Lethal Weapon," "The Last Boy Scout" and other crash-and-burn action films, was the perfect person to take on "Iron Man 3," and not just because he worked with the franchise's star Robert Downey, Jr., on 2005's "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." The new film's not great, but it's consistently involving because the tonal shifts are so abrupt. One minute it seems to ...
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May 3, 2013 · Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/29/24 Full Review Kiandra N The movie is actually pretty good. It is not as bad as everyone say. ... but Iron Man 3 still has plenty of charm and ...
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Nowadays, MCU movies and TV shows paying off storylines and character beats from multiple franchises simultaneously is common, but back in 2013, Iron Man 3 was one of the first ever examples of a movie having to act as a sequel to two films simultaneously. Sure, it’s the third Iron Man movie, so it’s literally a sequel to Iron Man 2. But more subst...
“We create our own demons” are the arc words for Iron Man 3, and the movie fully commits to this idea. Aldrich Killian, the Extremis soldiers, and the looming specter of “the Mandarin” all exist as threats to Tony’s life and loved ones because of his ego, specifically because of a single moment of callous dismissiveness toward Killian, one so utter...
One of Iron Man 3’s most interesting creative choices is making Tony Stark, the man without the armor, more of the hero of the film than Iron Man. Compared to the first two films, which go out of their way to depict Iron Man mostly as “cool” and dynamic in the big ticket setpieces, Iron Man 3 runs in the opposite direction. Indeed, many of the film...
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Jul 7, 2023 · Iron Man 2 is so focused on setting up The Avengers (with the introduction of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow) that it never takes the time to be a good sequel to the original movie. Iron Man 3 ...
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May 2, 2013 · In the opening scenes of Iron Man 3, everybody's favorite billionaire snarkmeister, Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.), hasn't slept a wink in days. He can't stop tinkering with new Iron Man apps in ...
2. The plot is clever (Ben Kingsley is superb as the ‘terrorist mastermind’), morally complex-and confusing. My 7yo was bored and disappointed. 3. The baddies look like humans, not robots, and their badness manifests as fire erupting through their skin and eyes. They sometimes explode completely.
May 3, 2013 · Iron Man 3: Directed by Shane Black. With Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce. When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
