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Iron Man 3: the good, the bad, and the ugly


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The Good:

-Lots of Iron Man suits

-Pepper Pots is on Fire

-Pepper in Armor

-Party like its 1999

-Big Rabbits

-AIM

-Air Force 1 Rescue was thrilling

- War Machine

- The kid gets his reward

The Bad:

-NO AC/DC soundtrack

-long dialogs, awkward dialogs

-lots if Tony running around sans armor

-Mandarin doesn't live up to his comic book counterpart

-Armed guards/goons running around mansion - a Hollywood cliche

-I like the Exremis plot line generally but the FX for that are so Hollywood

The Ugly:

- slow start, poor pacing

- terrorists and bombs not my favorite things for entertainment lately

-1999 Guy Pierce

Overall good movie but for me the weakest of the Iron Man films. I didn't walk out of this one screaming YEAH! Like the other ones. To be fair, Avengers set the bar pretty high.

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03 05 2013

Not to mention the total joke they made of the Mandarin. One of Iron Man's classic villains turned into a joke. Loved the rest of it, especially the multi-armour mash-up at the end. Hope Avengers 2 rocks though and since there may be a different actor in the suit if Iron Man 4 rolls around, who do you think would fill Mr. Downey's shoes?

Liam

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04 05 2013

True. I remember thinking that Billy Zane could have made a decent Tony Stark, the version with the pencil thin moustache. Today, though, I'm not so sure. He'd need to be suave, capable of comedy for the throw-away lines and 'young' enough to last potentially three Iron Man movies and a few Avengers cameos. That's a tall order for anyone.

No-one really jumps out.

And, when Pepper got wrapped in the armour, I half-hoped we'd see her in the Rescue suit from the more recent Iron Man comics. Maybe next time.

Liam

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Out to see out a second time today with my son and 3 of his friends. Freind #1 got nausea (too much candy, too close to screen?). So we're sitting in the theater lobby....

Oddly enough, the 40 minutes I did get to watch this time I actually enjoyed more upon the second viewing. The ending was more satisfying more me.

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05 05 2013

Funny that...the missus gets what she calls 'motion sickness' if she sits too close to the screen at a 3d movie. Action in the movies where the camera whips around a bit or jump-cuts make her dizzy. Takes her a bit to recover.

My nephew just up-chucks. Like in Cap when Cap was duking it out with the Skull. Not good. :(

Liam

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05 05 2013

Funny that...the missus gets what she calls 'motion sickness' if she sits too close to the screen at a 3d movie. Action in the movies where the camera whips around a bit or jump-cuts make her dizzy. L

I've always been very resistant to motion sickness and nausea in general, but I even noted the previews were a bit too much when sitting so close to the screen. The clips/editing happen so fast it really messes with your eyes.

Oh yeah, previews for "The Wolverine", Thor 2, and "Star Trek 2" all looked exciting. The preview for Fast & Furious 6 was one of those edited/scene clipped waaaaay to fast.

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