Iron Man 3

[Guild McCommunist]

To be fair on the whole "supernatural" thing, they make multiple references to how fucked up things are after aliens from an alternate dimension invade our universe plus the arrival of Thor/Loki. This is basically to nudge at the audience that having enemies that are "supernatural" (although they were, as highlighted, nanotechnology) isn't outlandish at this point.

I really enjoyed the movie although it's a bit more closer to the Avengers in terms of content than the last two Iron Mans. It was definitely more comedic compared to the last two (which were funny but also a bit more grounded) but that's not bad, I had a good amount of chuckles through it. It's an enjoyable action movie as it's designed to be.

As per everyone picking apart the movie for "plot holes", there's bound to be some, but the same goes with all the other movies. I'd say my biggest complaint is how it quickly wraps up everything. Spoiler below:

Spoiler

Like how Pepper essentially becomes all "superhuman" and then Tony just says "Yeah well I solved that so whatever".

But it was good at what it was designed to do: be fun. Please audiences, please movie goers from a lot of different points of view.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

To be fair on the whole "supernatural" thing, they make multiple references to how fucked up things are after aliens from an alternate dimension invade our universe plus the arrival of Thor/Loki. This is basically to nudge at the audience that having enemies that are "supernatural" (although they were, as highlighted, nanotechnology) isn't outlandish at this point.

I really enjoyed the movie although it's a bit more closer to the Avengers in terms of content than the last two Iron Mans. It was definitely more comedic compared to the last two (which were funny but also a bit more grounded) but that's not bad, I had a good amount of chuckles through it. It's an enjoyable action movie as it's designed to be.

As per everyone picking apart the movie for "plot holes", there's bound to be some, but the same goes with all the other movies. I'd say my biggest complaint is how it quickly wraps up everything. Spoiler below:

Spoiler

Like how Pepper essentially becomes all "superhuman" and then Tony just says "Yeah well I solved that so whatever".

But it was good at what it was designed to do: be fun. Please audiences, please movie goers from a lot of different points of view.

It had it's funny moments, I liked them. I chuckled, but the overall movie I feel wasn't as enjoyable. It's perhaps because of the different director or producer or whatever, Shane Black. Though I have to say, Gwenyth Paltrow, is one fit woman who is seriously hot. Seriously, when they showed her stomach, it looked like it was made of steel.

 

[FireEmblemGuy]

Apparently there as a total of about an hour of the film cut after post-production, which hopefully means we'll see an extended cut that deals with some of the worst parts, especially towards the end of the film.

I do think the idea of him having roughly three dozen new suits that are essentially cannon fodder makes sense in context; before the Avengers incident he'd made a total of seven suits in a year or two, versus pumping out one or two new suits a week during insomnia-fueled engineering binges afterwards. It makes sense that while the designs might be unique, they're probably not as sturdy as most of the more finely-tuned suits, and it'd make sense for him to want to pretty much ignore that period of his life afterwards.

What really bugged me was how Extremis wasn't touched on any further than 'regeneration unless you explode', and Pepper's stunt at the end. The epilogue really needed some explanation too, like how he could've possibly had his shrapnel removed if he apparently didn't dose himself with Extremis. Unless techniques have seriously advanced since IM2, surgery shouldn't have been any sort of viable option.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Apparently there as a total of about an hour of the film cut after post-production, which hopefully means we'll see an extended cut that deals with some of the worst parts, especially towards the end of the film.

I do think the idea of him having roughly three dozen new suits that are essentially cannon fodder makes sense in context; before the Avengers incident he'd made a total of seven suits in a year or two, versus pumping out one or two new suits a week during insomnia-fueled engineering binges afterwards. It makes sense that while the designs might be unique, they're probably not as sturdy as most of the more finely-tuned suits, and it'd make sense for him to want to pretty much ignore that period of his life afterwards.

What really bugged me was how Extremis wasn't touched on any further than 'regeneration unless you explode', and Pepper's stunt at the end. The epilogue really needed some explanation too, like how he could've possibly had his shrapnel removed if he apparently didn't dose himself with Extremis. Unless techniques have seriously advanced since IM2, surgery shouldn't have been any sort of viable option.

It's not explicitly said in the film but I think the message about the shrapnel was that Tony realized he needed to distance himself from Iron Man and being a superhero and the shrapnel (and thus the arc reactor that kept it at bay) was kinda a tie to that. He needed to take risks to become more of himself. Or that he was too dedicated with Iron Man (especially with post-Avengers) that he didn't take the time to look into things that really needed solving. That if Tony puts his mind to something he can fix it.

But if you think otherwise it's absolutely understandable, I'm just stretching things a bit.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Needs more Gwenyth in sports bra.

 

[Engert]

Looks like we all agree that Iron Man 3 wasn't as great as we all thought it could be.

 

[retKHAAAN]

Still waiting on Engert's review...
Though if past Engert reviews are any indication...He'll probably just say "Meh...didn't like it" and call it good.

 

[Engert]

I've been doing some real-life shit. Like playing videogames and stuff.
But as soon as i get some time, i will post a full review. With two versions. One is the elitist snobby version, the other one is my version which includes a "meh".
I promise.

 

[Rizsparky]

Needs more Gwenyth in sports bra.

Eww no thanks that was cheesy as hell, funny how her bra didnt burn though..