If you choose to go see Iron Man Three there’s three things you should try to remember:
(1) Its written and directed by Shane Black, who wrote a lot of eighties action films including, most notably , Lethal Weapon 1 and particularly 2 (stilt house destruction/cargo ship ending)
(2) It’s a comic book film that plays exactly to that theme.
(3) Robert Downey Junior IS Iron man.
If you go in to see it in that frame of mind you’ll really enjoy it. Personally I felt I jumped back at least two decades and had a bloody good time laughing with and at it. It’s a tongue-firmly- in -cheek movie that plays against its self a lot of the time, with some great set ups , snappy one liners that play directly to RDJs strengths and Tony Starks character , and action pieces that for a third film of its kind gave it a fresher feel than I was expecting to find, particularly after Iron Man 2, that frankly plodded its way to the end.
It gets a solid B+ from me. It was daft and utterly ridiculous at times ,particularly the antagonists (fans of spontaneous human combustion may buy the theory, I found my willing suspension of disbelieve had to be locked in a room with barred windows to stop it running screaming from the building), but then I remembered point (2).
The effects are superb, the cast wear the film as if its an old familiar suit of armor and if you’ve managed not read any spoilers you may be pleasantly surprised by what happens in the story. I can see some of the real fans of Iron Man may end up slightly outraged by the end, and it certainly felt like a unexpectedly completed story arc to the trilogy to me (depending on how many millions RDJ might get to return I guess) . Certainly the end of credit scene doesn’t really hint where its going anyway.
Two things that made me laugh, but for the wrong reasons;
Product placement: IT unbelievably saturates the film in places. In one twenty second scene they must have nearly paid for it in sponsorship deals.
And ,ultimately ,too many cooks spoil the broth. Replace “cooks” with “suits” and you'll get the idea. Less Iron man and more Tin men.And go see the film in 2D not 3D. There was just so much going on at times my eyes simply couldn’t keep up with it. You’ll understand by the end of it. However, the 3D did work really well for the Air Force One scene.
So ,in summary, great ,fun film, loads of action and laughs, miles better than the second one, what’s not to like!
(1) Its written and directed by Shane Black, who wrote a lot of eighties action films including, most notably , Lethal Weapon 1 and particularly 2 (stilt house destruction/cargo ship ending)
(2) It’s a comic book film that plays exactly to that theme.
(3) Robert Downey Junior IS Iron man.
If you go in to see it in that frame of mind you’ll really enjoy it. Personally I felt I jumped back at least two decades and had a bloody good time laughing with and at it. It’s a tongue-firmly- in -cheek movie that plays against its self a lot of the time, with some great set ups , snappy one liners that play directly to RDJs strengths and Tony Starks character , and action pieces that for a third film of its kind gave it a fresher feel than I was expecting to find, particularly after Iron Man 2, that frankly plodded its way to the end.
It gets a solid B+ from me. It was daft and utterly ridiculous at times ,particularly the antagonists (fans of spontaneous human combustion may buy the theory, I found my willing suspension of disbelieve had to be locked in a room with barred windows to stop it running screaming from the building), but then I remembered point (2).
The effects are superb, the cast wear the film as if its an old familiar suit of armor and if you’ve managed not read any spoilers you may be pleasantly surprised by what happens in the story. I can see some of the real fans of Iron Man may end up slightly outraged by the end, and it certainly felt like a unexpectedly completed story arc to the trilogy to me (depending on how many millions RDJ might get to return I guess) . Certainly the end of credit scene doesn’t really hint where its going anyway.
Two things that made me laugh, but for the wrong reasons;
Product placement: IT unbelievably saturates the film in places. In one twenty second scene they must have nearly paid for it in sponsorship deals.
And ,ultimately ,too many cooks spoil the broth. Replace “cooks” with “suits” and you'll get the idea. Less Iron man and more Tin men.And go see the film in 2D not 3D. There was just so much going on at times my eyes simply couldn’t keep up with it. You’ll understand by the end of it. However, the 3D did work really well for the Air Force One scene.
So ,in summary, great ,fun film, loads of action and laughs, miles better than the second one, what’s not to like!
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