Ep. 65 — IRON MAN THREE (Summer Movie Series)

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1. 

   Don Ensign

   May 8, 2013

   I saw the Iron Man III movie last night. It is
   definitely better that Iron Man II. I’d give it
   a B grade.

   Things I liked: The humor–enjoyed the snappy
   dialog which helped make the over the
   top action become enjoyed too tedious. Downey
   has some good lines. The
   banner/relationship between Tony Stark
   and the boy was excellent. Shows a potential
   fatherly side to Stark, he is not just a egocentric
   playboy. This brings up the matter that Ben
   raised that we see a growth, a maturing of the
   Tony Stark character. He is taking on
   responsibility for those around him like
   Pepper (he indicates not just being
   protective but also being faithful to her).
   A private wedding scene would have been nice.
   The ending was very rushed but worked. However I
   don’t believe for a minute that Tony will never
   put on his Iron Man armor again. Enjoyed the
   therapy session after the credits ended.

   Things I didn’t like: The comic book Mandarin
   was a villain with a long history and a worthy
   opponent to Iron Man. Was disappointed that
   his movie incarnation was just a foil for some
   rather nondescript sociopath (albeit super-powered)
   from AIM. Like Steve I was disappointed that
   the Ben Laden element of the Mandarin was
   jettisoned for the more politically correct
   AIM flunkies. It seems as if every super hero movie
   has to have a giant extravaganza ending battle scene.
   I suppose that’s for the video game junkies. The
   problem is that after you’ve seen three or four of them
   they tend to look basically the same. The supposed
   excitement can become boring. The individual
   combat between Iron Man (Stark) and the
   AIM leader was better that the mass conflagration
   slug/blaster fests. I also thought it was a bit odd
   that Stark and his friend went up against the
   AIM people armed only with handguns. Stan
   Lee had to have had the shortest cameo as a
   beauty contest judge.

   Thanks for keeping the episode short.
   Good job, guys.

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2. 

   Andrew Musser

   May 9, 2013

   Just saw it today, and I’d give it a B as well, mostly because of Robert Downey Jr’s performance. Though I thought it felt a little flat otherwise. I’m not that knowledgeable about the comic books, but the bit I knew about the comic version of the Mandarin made the movie version seem a lot less interesting by comparison. And perhaps I was spoiled by The Avengers, but I wanted more all out Iron Man action, and maybe even another team up with War Machine/Iron Patriot. It seemed like every time Tony hopped into a suit it got torn up right away.

   Though I agree it is nice to see Tony maturing throughout these films. I’m hoping they’ve developed the character to the point now where they can move away from focusing on his personal problems, and focus on fighting outside threats rather than his internal ones.

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