Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 kicks off the second phase of the MCU's film series now that the Avengers have all worked together once. At the time this came out, I don't think anyone knew, including Marvel, how the phases would play out. This film, however, doesn't do much to further the main plot arc.
Tony Stark is losing his mind. He's not sleeping. He's experimenting with the Iron Man armor, reaching 42 models in record time. All of this to escape the trauma of nearly dying during the battle of New York. It's nice to see that the filmmakers continued Marvel's tradition of showing the human side of comic book action. However, it doesn't stay very interesting.
You see, back during Y2K, Tony was approached by a man that appeared very unstable, trying to pitch an idea for Advanced Idea Mechanics. This leads into the film adaptation of the Extremis story published in the comic books back in 2005. The Ten Rings are brought back into the story from the first Iron Man, and the Mandarin, also from the comics, is introduced.
But then, it gets, well, dumb. A conspiracy cooked up to mess up the US Government, topple Tony Stark as petty revenge, kidnap and experiment on Pepper, and nearly kill Happy, happens in a haphazard way bringing characters together that make no sense. A lot of things are not as they seem, and there really is no resolution.
Stan Lee judges a random beauty contest, which was cute, but it didn't fit. Tony has his shrapnel removed, sleeps again, and appears to destroy all the Iron Man suits. What? It's like this movie wrapped up his storyline and he was supposed to go away.
Also Rhodes becomes Iron Patriot instead of War Machine, because changing names really matters. I know that actually happened, and it's not the movie's fault, but still.
I will finish by saying this was only the 3rd time I've seen this movie, and I can never remember what it's about when I start it up. That should tell you something. I believe that this movie is forgettable and unnecessary. I know the next Thor movie in the phase has a similar reputation.
Iron Man 3 kicks off the second phase of the MCU's film series now that the Avengers have all worked together once. At the time this came out, I don't think anyone knew, including Marvel, how the phases would play out. This film, however, doesn't do much to further the main plot arc.
Tony Stark is losing his mind. He's not sleeping. He's experimenting with the Iron Man armor, reaching 42 models in record time. All of this to escape the trauma of nearly dying during the battle of New York. It's nice to see that the filmmakers continued Marvel's tradition of showing the human side of comic book action. However, it doesn't stay very interesting.
You see, back during Y2K, Tony was approached by a man that appeared very unstable, trying to pitch an idea for Advanced Idea Mechanics. This leads into the film adaptation of the Extremis story published in the comic books back in 2005. The Ten Rings are brought back into the story from the first Iron Man, and the Mandarin, also from the comics, is introduced.
But then, it gets, well, dumb. A conspiracy cooked up to mess up the US Government, topple Tony Stark as petty revenge, kidnap and experiment on Pepper, and nearly kill Happy, happens in a haphazard way bringing characters together that make no sense. A lot of things are not as they seem, and there really is no resolution.
Stan Lee judges a random beauty contest, which was cute, but it didn't fit. Tony has his shrapnel removed, sleeps again, and appears to destroy all the Iron Man suits. What? It's like this movie wrapped up his storyline and he was supposed to go away.
Also Rhodes becomes Iron Patriot instead of War Machine, because changing names really matters. I know that actually happened, and it's not the movie's fault, but still.
I will finish by saying this was only the 3rd time I've seen this movie, and I can never remember what it's about when I start it up. That should tell you something. I believe that this movie is forgettable and unnecessary. I know the next Thor movie in the phase has a similar reputation.
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