Zeze
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- Mar 4, 2011
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In order to review Iron Man 3, I'll have to rate previous movies to show where I'm coming from.
Iron Man 1: [9/10] It was the 'dark' (quite accurately) time for super hero movies. They were all cliche as hell, and I was getting tired of the brooding, miserable emos who were crying about their gift with a heavy burden (Batman, Spiderman, etc). Thankfully RDJ came along as Iron Man and blew everyone away with the snarky egotistical attitude. In the big screen world, this was new and refreshing. The movie was wholesome and handled the origin story very well. I was laughing, cheering, and smiling throughout. The movie was funny, witty, and smart. It was without a doubt the best action movie of that year.
Iron Man 2: [7/10] Bloated and contrived. The movie blatantly felt like a lazy money grab. Also I missed the chemistry between RDJ & Terrance Howard. Don Cheadle is a great actor in his own right, but the change felt abrupt and he never settled properly with me as Rhodey in Iron Man. I've watched Iron Man 1 numerous times. I don't even think I saw 2 again outside of the theater.
The Avengers: [6.5/10] This was the biggest cliched pile of crap I've seen on recent memory. Given the wide roster, it couldn't escape from being a 90-minute fan service with each heroes having spotlight moments, then all coming together to defeat the big bad guy. It was predictable, predictable, and predictable. Now I don't mind watching mindless action flicks, but at the end of the day, it just has to entertain me. This movie failed at it.
Iron Man 3: The writers tried to get out of the comic book formula a little. And I thoroughly appreciated them all. It made for a refreshing change since IM2 & Avengers. I haven't felt that word- refreshing since watching Iron Man 1. I'll tell you why:
-Today's audience have a better modern imagination than that of the 90's and 00's. One man in a suit fighting one big villain is getting boring. And Iron Man 3 took a better approach with Mandarin. It was pretty smart for a comic book movie.
-Same goes for Iron Man himself. I really liked how Tony was proving himself without a suit or a partial suit half the time. It wasn't the same crap of punching villains in the suit as seen in IM1, 2, or Avengers. It only got better with different suits and when Pepper had her little moment.
It's a solid movie. I loved the non-cliche dialogue between Tony and the kid. It was full of wit. I can see the purist comic book nerds hating on the movie because of the liberties the movie took. How sad for them.
8.5/10.
Iron Man 1: [9/10] It was the 'dark' (quite accurately) time for super hero movies. They were all cliche as hell, and I was getting tired of the brooding, miserable emos who were crying about their gift with a heavy burden (Batman, Spiderman, etc). Thankfully RDJ came along as Iron Man and blew everyone away with the snarky egotistical attitude. In the big screen world, this was new and refreshing. The movie was wholesome and handled the origin story very well. I was laughing, cheering, and smiling throughout. The movie was funny, witty, and smart. It was without a doubt the best action movie of that year.
Iron Man 2: [7/10] Bloated and contrived. The movie blatantly felt like a lazy money grab. Also I missed the chemistry between RDJ & Terrance Howard. Don Cheadle is a great actor in his own right, but the change felt abrupt and he never settled properly with me as Rhodey in Iron Man. I've watched Iron Man 1 numerous times. I don't even think I saw 2 again outside of the theater.
The Avengers: [6.5/10] This was the biggest cliched pile of crap I've seen on recent memory. Given the wide roster, it couldn't escape from being a 90-minute fan service with each heroes having spotlight moments, then all coming together to defeat the big bad guy. It was predictable, predictable, and predictable. Now I don't mind watching mindless action flicks, but at the end of the day, it just has to entertain me. This movie failed at it.
Iron Man 3: The writers tried to get out of the comic book formula a little. And I thoroughly appreciated them all. It made for a refreshing change since IM2 & Avengers. I haven't felt that word- refreshing since watching Iron Man 1. I'll tell you why:
-Today's audience have a better modern imagination than that of the 90's and 00's. One man in a suit fighting one big villain is getting boring. And Iron Man 3 took a better approach with Mandarin. It was pretty smart for a comic book movie.
-Same goes for Iron Man himself. I really liked how Tony was proving himself without a suit or a partial suit half the time. It wasn't the same crap of punching villains in the suit as seen in IM1, 2, or Avengers. It only got better with different suits and when Pepper had her little moment.
It's a solid movie. I loved the non-cliche dialogue between Tony and the kid. It was full of wit. I can see the purist comic book nerds hating on the movie because of the liberties the movie took. How sad for them.
8.5/10.
). I was laughing out loud in the theater when he pulled up to the archeological dig on his motorcycle. I got a strong Fast and Furious style over substance vibe there. All the cool science parts were reduced to groups yelling "Woah!" with some blue lights and crap.
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