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articleMarvel Cinematic Universe,The third adventure sees Tony Stark dealing with his biggest enemy and a monster he created before his time as Iron Man.
Genre: Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Director: Shane Black
Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce,
Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley, Jon Favreau & Paul Bettany.
Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley, Jon Favreau & Paul Bettany.
Run Time: 130 min.
US Release: 03 May 2013
UK Release: 25 April 2013
German Release: 01 May 2013
Awaiting Captain America: Civil War, one of the most anticipated movies of 2016, I decided to continue my Marvel reviews with Iron Man 3, the film that launched Marvel’s Phase II. After the somewhat lukewarm Iron Man 2, Jon Favreau decided to take a break from the superhero business and focus on Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), who previously worked with Downey Jr, took over the directorial reigns and co-wrote the script for the third adventure of Tony Stark that saw the titular hero deal with the repercussions of the events that took place in The Avengers.
Following the battle in The Avenger, Tony Stark reclused himself in his mansion and begins building an army of Iron Man armours, as a way to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder. When a terrorist leader, named the Mandarin, targets Tony Stark and takes away his technology, the brilliant industrialist needs to figure out if it is the man that makes the suit, or if the suit makes the man. In the meantime, Pepper Potts - Stark’s girlfriend and CEO of Star Industries - is facing an old friend, turned enemy, who has devised a sinister plan to get back at Tony and the World.
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Iron Man 3 was, in my opinion, a fun experience but also a very flawed movie with storytelling and structural issues. It starts off very strong by giving it a grittier atmosphere, as Tony Stark suffers from PTSD, having nearly died in New York. The movie shows that it really understands the psychological issues and delves deep into the fears and worries of the protagonist, who realises that compared to his superhero buddies he is a mere human in a tin can. It also shows the deteriorating effects that PTSD can have on relationships, as Tony is trying to cope with his anxiety but not letting Pepper (or for that matter anyone else) in. I also liked how the movie slowly built the threatening rise of the Ten Rings and their leader, the Mandarin.
After the first act, though, which ends with Tony’s house and suits being destroyed by the villain, I felt like the path the film opened with was put to the side to tell a more uplifting story, which included a lot of jokes and a ten year old sidekick who helps Tony to deal rapidly with his anxiety attacks. The villain’s true plans are quickly revealed, which consists of taking revenge on Tony for leaving Killian’s ego broken about 13 years ago. But the biggest disappointment was the fact that they took the character of the Mandarin, Iron Man’s arch-nemesis, and turned him into nothing more than a second-hand parody of what he truly is. They tried rectifying that mistake with the Marvel’s one-shot Hail to the King, but it doesn’t help this blockbuster.
Other than that, Iron Man 3 makes a serious shift in tone and atmosphere, which suits the fact that it followed Marvel’s The Avengers, and thus leaves the more grounded aspects of Iron Man and Iron Man 2.
Robert Downey Jr returns as Tony Stark/Iron Man, with the story really being more about Tony Stark than his superhero persona Iron Man. That was the strongest aspect of the film, as it tried to redefine the protagonist, now that super soldiers and godlike aliens have expanded his world immensely. Robert Downey was once again great as Tony Stark and I can’t picture anyone else playing that role because he simply understands the character; a narcissistic billionaire playboy who brushes off his problems with sarcastic remarks.
Ben Kingsley did a fantastic job playing former actor and drug addict Trevor Slattery, who plays the Mandarin for Guy Pearce’s Aldrich Killian (the “real” Mandarin), but I was simply disappointed at the fact that Marvel Studios took one of the most dangerous and infamous villains and humiliated the character in that way. Guy Pearce, on the other hand, played another brilliant philanthropist that opposes Tony. Pearce was really good and convincing, especially when it came to selling his motivation for doing what he is doing. Still, I was really upset that his persona was revealed to be the “actual” Mandarin because it didn’t suit the traits of the comic book villain.
Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts) had a much bigger role in this comic book adaptation, but her persona was not fleshed out as much as it should have been. Rebecca Hall plays Tony’s ex-girlfriend Maya Hansen, a brilliant botanist and the inventor of the “Extremis” strain, but like Pepper’s character, she was poorly used and completely underdeveloped!
Don Cheadle was much better as Colonel James Rhodes/Iron Patriot, compared to his portrayal in Iron Man 2. He seemed more confident and had much more fun playing the character and wasn’t as stiff and serious as in the previous film. His armour is updated and repainted by AIM (Killian’s company) and renamed Iron Patriot, a nod to the suit worn by Norman Osborn in the comics.
The movie includes a lot of CGI, which is no surprise since it is an adaptation of a graphic novel, but it uses it as a gimmick and not as the base of the movie, which is why it worked really well. The many different Iron Man armours look organic and even the Extremis infected villains have a realistic look to them. It also felt different from the previous two Iron Man flicks, as Shane Black has his signature written all over the camera work, but that gives the franchise a refreshing change in looks!
Verdict: So the third instalment of the Iron Man franchise might be way more inferior to the first one, but it was definitely a slight improvement to the second movie. The story has slight flaws and the plot structure was messy, brushing through specific aspects of the film that might have needed more time explaining, but it also was a fantastic portrayal of the character of Tony Stark. Robert Downey Jr was as always brilliant and I liked Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce but hated how their characters were presented. Iron Man 3 is definitely one of the weaker MCU adaptations, but it was still a fun movie to watch and I will give it a 7 out of 10!
Do you agree with what I said? Leave a comment below and let me know how you felt about this superhero flick. If interested in reading my previous reviews for the first two Iron Man movies, click on the following links: Iron Man Review, Iron Man 2 Review.
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