Iron man 3 - Review

SPOILER ALERT!

No seriously, spoiler alert



With Iron Man 3 you get a lot more Tony Stark and a little less Iron Man. Which is nice because Robert Downey Jr. does such a great job of playing this character. In this 3rd installment, we find Stark really struggling to deal with the fact that there are aliens from other dimensions looking to seek harm on Earth. Throughout the film he has anxiety attacks and it really shows a different side of him. This was hard to believe. His arrogance and confidence is what defines him and what attracts all of us fans to him. To see Tony in this weakened state was a little disappointing.

There are plenty of more hits in this movie than misses. But the biggest let down, and it was a big one, was the villain. The Mandarin, the man we have been teased with for the last 6 months in trailers, turns out to just be a down on his luck actor. Its actually revealed in almost a joking way. What a terrible time and place for a joke. Ohh hey, this awesome, creepy, intimidating villain is actually just an actor and your villain is a glowing, oddly strong, entrepreneur in a suit. It was just a let down. They should have left the Mandarin, and made Aldrich Killian the sub-villain. Too late now.

There was a good amount of hardship for Tony to over come and his connection to a child that helps him get back on his feet was a great addition and added some good comedy. So in that regard it adds the fun humor that is expected from his character.

But hey I think we all will take any Iron Man movie no matter the plot, villain whatever. They print their own money. But after seeing this one, they really should have skipped the bait and switch on the Mandarin, and not made Tony freak out every 20 mins.

You still need to see the movie, you'll have a great time and odds are it will either be your favorite, or at least 2nd favorite in the series. But if you haven't seen it yet…why are you reading this? There was a spoiler alert!



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