Will Iron Man 3 break the curse of third installment curse in Marvel movies? Spiderman 3 was insufferable and squandered Spiderman 2's greatness. The less said about X-Men 3 the better. Nuff said.
That question is a good rhetorical device as an introduction to my review, because obviously, this was a pretty good third installment. I think it was just as a good a comic book movie as the second Spiderman and that's a very good compliment. The movie relies on Robert Downey, Jr. for the spark. I think he's been integral to the Iron Man/Avengers franchise driving it forward with his personality. Or is it Tony Stark? I didn't read Iron Man comics, but if he was more like Downey maybe I should've.
Iron Man 3 finds Tony Stark trying to be less of the man in the iron suit. He's trying to live right by his girl, Pepper Potts, and by his friends. But international terrorists and evil genius industrialists keep pushing him into the iron suit. Or rather jumping in and out of several of them.
The one thing wrong with the film though is that there are too many characters especially the villains. Every minute a new bad guy showed up. And they absolutely wasted my girl, Rebecca Hall. Too many bad guys! And the ending turned into Lethal Weapon 3! When you get a bevy of Iron Men, you need to use them not focusing on witty banter between black and white buddy cops.
Summer movies man. Got to catch 'em all.
4 of 5 stars.
That question is a good rhetorical device as an introduction to my review, because obviously, this was a pretty good third installment. I think it was just as a good a comic book movie as the second Spiderman and that's a very good compliment. The movie relies on Robert Downey, Jr. for the spark. I think he's been integral to the Iron Man/Avengers franchise driving it forward with his personality. Or is it Tony Stark? I didn't read Iron Man comics, but if he was more like Downey maybe I should've.
Iron Man 3 finds Tony Stark trying to be less of the man in the iron suit. He's trying to live right by his girl, Pepper Potts, and by his friends. But international terrorists and evil genius industrialists keep pushing him into the iron suit. Or rather jumping in and out of several of them.
The one thing wrong with the film though is that there are too many characters especially the villains. Every minute a new bad guy showed up. And they absolutely wasted my girl, Rebecca Hall. Too many bad guys! And the ending turned into Lethal Weapon 3! When you get a bevy of Iron Men, you need to use them not focusing on witty banter between black and white buddy cops.
Summer movies man. Got to catch 'em all.
4 of 5 stars.
oh yey! I'm on this again! =)