F@#$ Iron Man 3

More movie reviews.  And keeping with the pattern I only see movies with hobbits or super heroes.  Apparently the best movie ever made will star a hobbit super hero.

I liked Iron Man 3 lots.  I maybe liked the original more, but IM3 was light years ahead of IM2.

IM2 was the classic example of comic book character multiplication.  We got Ironman, Whiplash, Justin Hammer, Black Widow and War Machine.  You only have so much time, its impossible to give everyone a story in movie-time allotment, so pick a villain and pick a sidekick and move on already!  IM2 also went Michael Bay, substituting effects for story.

IM2 was ok, because Downey remains the perfect choice for Tony Stark.  But overall the movie was totally forgettable.

So compare to IM3.  IM3 followed the Extremis story line.  And if you don't want spoilers don't f@#$ing google Ironman Extremis.

ok harsh, actual spoiler tags coming when I stop speaking in general and/or things comic nerds already now. 

The best thing about IM3 was there's an actual story. Ironman has to piece together a mystery. Crazy sh!t's going down and Tony Stark has to solve it, but its not like the bad guys left directions to their underground lair.

spolier'd.  Set the background to black, select the text to read.

The next best thing about IM3 is they found a way to get him out of the armor for most of the movie. I think this might be a one shot, otherwise they risk a nudge nudge, here we go again, the suit's malfunctioning running joke. It's like knocking out Mr. T on the A-Team so Murdoch can fly them where they need to go. But I digress. Having Tony Stark act heroic or whatnot without the suit was loads of fun.


some more spoilage

The Mandarin might not necessarily be done.  I mean he might be but AIM dude and dudette both referred to him as the master and it didn't really seem ironic.  And Mandarin is the type of villain to act dumb and pass on blame.  The point is, they left a window if they want to recycle him for IM4. AIM Dudette might not be done too. We saw her shot, but she left camera view.

I didn't care for the finale.  But you gotta end it somehow and make it bigger and badder than the last movie.  Or something.   Besides. GP in a sports bra!.