Escape to the Movies: Iron Man 3

[Ukanef]

"calls the Mandarin out and that leaves Stark without his tech and weapons"

Spoiler

Hmm... yea... only so that Stark can call the House Party thing in the final 10 minutes of the movie. Why doesn't he call them before? Why doesn't he retreat to the Stark Tower in New York? Why isn't Cpt. America or S.H.I.E.L.D even MENTIONED when the friggin' president of the USA is kidnapped? How did the extremis soldiers not melt their clothes? Why did Aldrich get so mad, he only missed the Millenium Eve... so much for demons

 

[Mr. Q]

Had to see an advanced screening last night and I was worth the $8.50 price tag. Glad to see Marvel Studios still offering quality over quantity with their movies post-Avengers. As for the surprise, I was highly surprised rather than pissed about it. It's great to see they're taking such risks. And, yes, stay through the credits for a surprise.

I hope Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel make a deal for him to return. I cannot for the life of me think of anyone taking over this role and any actor who does will have some serious boots to fill. Plus they need to bring in War Machine for Avengers 2 and possibly have Pepper become Rescue. With the biggest of big bads coming up, the Avengers will need a lot more than 6 members to handle this threat.

 

[Xelien]

I enjoyed this movie sooo much, but after watching it I felt like watching Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again than any other Iron Man movie.

And I liked this twist: spoiler of that below

Spoiler

I didn't know much about Mandarin before this movie, but right after the scene where he threatens the president into calling him. I immediately figured out that this is guy is a coward. And then not only that but after the twist you realize it's because they probably didn't even plan for the president to call, so they had no prepared script for the senario. That little development was cool to me. The fact I didn't know much about his comic counterpart and I also loved the hell out of Ben Kingsley performance so that might have me swayed on liking it more.

And in other not as spoiler-y news: Pepper is a BAMF.

 

[minimacker]

Meh, I actually didn't like it. Mostly because of the motivations of the villian, they were so flimsy and "yeah, because I wan't to fuck things up" compared to the other two movies, especially the second one.

I really felt like it was so damn inconsistent. He (the villain) goes from taking several minutes to overheat Iron Patriot's suit into judo-chopping suits in half towards the ending. That reminds me; why did Patriot and Stark get instantly knocked out when they touched them through the suits, anyway?

And why didn't Stark use the chest-laser more, since it apparently insta-killed them when he shot them through the heart?

Damn it, so many plot holes!

 

[chetoos]

Spoiler: Seriously, if you dont want to see spoilers dont click this. It's a minor one but still a spoiler

And of course, now that Killian is off the reigns of the thinktank AIM, that means that a little guy named George Tarleton can take over. MODOK!

 

[Aptspire]

Good. I'm always very excited for more Iron Man, and I'm glad that the newest one turns out to be good. (or at least, fun)
Looking forward to watching it!

 

[Rachith Sridhar]

Nice take on the Iroman3. A Very enjoyable movie indeed.
(Found the twist to be extremely funny)

 

[Drake the Dragonheart]

Can't wait to see it.

But one question.
If Colonel Rhodes repaints the suit to be the "iron patriot," then who will be war machine? I remember in a big picture Moviebob mentioned that Harry Osbourne aka Green Goblin somehow becomes "the Iron Patriot."

Is there one post credits scene, or two like with Avengers and everyone missed the second one because they didn't know it was there.

 

[Kataskopo]

Meh, I actually didn't like it. Mostly because of the motivations of the villian, they were so flimsy and "yeah, because I wan't to fuck things up" compared to the other two movies, especially the second one.

I really felt like it was so damn inconsistent. He (the villain) goes from taking several minutes to overheat Iron Patriot's suit into judo-chopping suits in half towards the ending. That reminds me; why did Patriot and Stark get instantly knocked out when they touched them through the suits, anyway?

And why didn't Stark use the chest-laser more, since it apparently insta-killed them when he shot them through the heart?

Damn it, so many plot holes!

And then he goes and breaks into the (not) super secure place where the mandarin is held. And bam exposition.

And why did Tony gave him his home address? And why was that needed, the mandarin hacked the freaking president's cellphone, surely he and most people knew where Tony lived.

And someone before me said the best thing about the twist:

Eh, I liked the film as a whole, but I lost interest after the twist.

Spoiler

I was dead set on having The Mandarin as an equal to Heath Ledgers Joker. Someone who challenges Stark intellectually and morally. The scene where he kills the hostage in front of the world made me think "yeah. This guy is intimidating and I look forward to the final showdown, because you know something's going to happen."

Then the twist happened, and I was left thinking "really? They pulled the old "The Man Behind The Man" trope, after they set up such an awesome villain?" It left quite a bitter taste in my mouth.

 

[mrhumble1]

I saw it last night and it was a disgusting insult to comic fans. It's one thing to make small changes but what they did with the "twist" is pathetic and stupid. Avengers respected us, the comic book fans, and the movie was no worse off for it. IM 3 totally disrespects us and the movie suffers massively for it.

All of you who thought the twist was funny, more power to you. That just proves you have no love at all for the comic book universe and are ok with a film maker totally screwing with you.

Those of you who think it was a smart movie decision are also entitled to your opinion, even though your opinion is wrong as hell.

Bob, you lost all your comic-book cred with this one. How you could possibly think this is ok is beyond me.

I am not even getting into all the stupid inconsistencies and plot conveniences that make ZERO SENSE.

 

[hermes]

I wasn't impressed about the movie, especially the ending.

I am not going to spoil it, so let me just say, the "conclusion" to the series MovieBob refers to was clumsy and poorly executed... If people get pissed about the Mass Effect 3 ending, this should have a similar effect for similar reasons.

 

[Elijah Newton]

First time I've heeded spoiler warnings - thanks for putting them up, Bob. It's a classy option to extend while still satisfying the interested.

 

[irishda]

Allow me to summarize both of these posts for people who thought TL,DR. "I don't know shit about comic book movies and resent that a product based on previous products would expect me to be familiar of the original. Every movie should consider my ignorance, and make up for it! That's how we get awesome superhero movies like Tim Burton's BATMAN!!! Also Poop!" Your welcome.

Correction: I resent that a medium based on previous mediums is trying to introduce their worst tropes (Bucky breaks his own fucking rule for god's sake) to this medium, and one critic in particular is showing his bias by giving that medium a pass for shit he usually takes other movies to task for. Every movie should NOT be given a pass just for sticking to something in the source material for the fanboys even if it's a really terrible idea (like how Bob wants everything to look like the Silver/Golden Age of comics). That's how we get shit movies like Captain America!!! Also Poop!

 

[Gaijud]

It's not a bad movie by any stretch, but it is filled with so many little annoyances that I never fully could enjoy any one part, and it just ended up bland to mildly amusing. Massive plotholes, a pointless twist just for the sake of having a twist, a weak villain, lack of consistency.

The action scenes especially turned me off from this. After the verbal thrashing Bob gave Amazing Spiderman, I can't believe he is ok with the level of stupid on show here. The air rescue scene was one of the worst things I have ever seen in any superhero movie, seriously there is a limit to suspension of disbelief. The ending battle was silly as well, since instead of making the villains threatening, they just make the suits seem weak instead and the battle itself was just repetitive.

Still, it has it's fun moments, mostly with the characters of Tony and Pepper. I'd still rank it as about the same level as Iron Man 2, which in retrospect succeeds in the areas where this film fails, and vice versa, since IM3 is at least an Iron Man movie.

TLDR; Meh

 

[The Deadpool]

Meh, I actually didn't like it. Mostly because of the motivations of the villian, they were so flimsy and "yeah, because I wan't to fuck things up" compared to the other two movies, especially the second one.

I don't think you understood his motivation...

 

[scorptatious]

I also enjoyed the twist. I honestly didn't see it coming.

Overall, I found it to be quite an enjoyable movie. Would recommend.

 

[scorptatious]

I really felt like it was so damn inconsistent. He (the villain) goes from taking several minutes to overheat Iron Patriot's suit into judo-chopping suits in half towards the ending.

Spoiler

I assume he was holding back so he wouldn't damage the suit. It was pretty integral to his plan.

That's just me though.

 

[daxterx2005]

So we're not getting a new hulk movie this series?
Sad day

 

[mrhumble1]

I really felt like it was so damn inconsistent. He (the villain) goes from taking several minutes to overheat Iron Patriot's suit into judo-chopping suits in half towards the ending.

Spoiler

I assume he was holding back so he wouldn't damage the suit. It was pretty integral to his plan.

That's just me though.

There were many inconsistencies like this in the movie. MANY, starting with how Iron Patriot was "captured" in the first place. That made ZERO SENSE.

 

[Cpt. Slow]

Not to spoil the ending but I'm going to say it was badly executed. The film is suffering from way to many plot lines. And no, the twist is not the reason for me to go gung-ho on this film considering I am not a fan of the comics. (or any other comics for that matter)

Spoiler

What bothered me the most was the scene where Happy got blasted into a hospital. Like it was a big FU from Shane Black to the previous director of the Iron Man films (Or I am reading too deep into that one, that's also possible) And yes, I like the twist where Hollywood is implying that the U.S. is creating it's own bad guys with Bin Laden starring as the main lead.

Anyway, not agreeing with Bob on this one. On so many levels. I am also not saying it's the worst film I have seen, but it's too fuzzy, riddled with plot-holes and not consistent enough. And I see that R.D.J. is trying to make the best of it but still, you can not give away a good performance when there are walls in front of you. Well, you can but nobody will see it.