iron man 3

Iron Man 3

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I’m not complaining but I’m REALLY SURPRISED we got this before America did? Because the plot is very twisty and with the internet the way it is I’ll be amazed if anyone lasts til the American release date without accidentally being spoiled and basically this just adds to my theory that movie companies have absolutely no idea about social media at all.

Anyway. I liked this better than both 1 and 2! And they were both excellent so yes, this is a Really Good Movie in my opinion. There’s a couple of minor twists along the way and then you hit the big one, and I spent all that scene giggling in my head, partly because it’s sort of played for laughs and partly because I wasn’t expecting it and it sort of changed everything the film was selling itself as.

…Wait, I warned for big huge colossal spoilers. Basically! The guy we thought was the Mandarin isn’t, he’s an actor hired by Guy Pierce’s character to be a face of terror for people to rally against. Also he’s hilarious and I really, really wish we’d seen more of him. Guy Pierce is the real baddie (also he breathes fire and stuff) AND PEPPER TAKES HIM OUT WHILE TONY JUST WATCHES, which is kinda awesome.

This is a good movie for Pepper actually, she passes the Bechdel test with Rebecca Hall’s character (who was really interesting and somewhat wasted I think) and she gets to wear the Iron Man armour and do lots of stuff. And she’s alive and well at the end, so A+ on that, folks.

What else? The Avengers get mentioned and there is a cameo from one of them after the credits but I won’t say who. (You can probably guess, actually.) There’s a lot of EPIC ACTION, and a cute little kid, and lots of cool stuff involving the Iron Patriot/Rhodey, and things blowing up and PEOPLE blowing up (which is horrible and I wasn’t too fond of those bits, but eh) and Tony being perfectly Tony and generally, yes, very good movie.