Thoughts brought from by other thread.
Ok i'm back straight from the theater, Giving fresh and honest opinions here.
Tony Stark has had his moments of ups and downs in this trilogy. He's on top of the world one moment, and he's in deep trouble in another. In some ways, I felt that this movie had all of that.This is arguably Tony Starks most emotional movie, but it was also the most comical.
Starting with the mandarin. I don't understand what gave them the idea that they had the audacity to do what they did with that character. He was butchered. Plain and simple. I'm not a huge iron man fan, but iron man fans would and should be angry. I also thought that they had a little too much comedy. It was unfortunate because I thought it had the perfect amount before. Robert had always been the type of character to make people laugh without him even trying. Here it definitely seems to have been forced on the account of the script. There were way to many jokes and punchlines made in this movie that simply prevented me from taking it seriously. which brings me to my final point.
I thought whether or not I liked the direction they headed with this movie, and I realized, this movie was not aiming to be the movie I envisioned it to be. It wasn't aiming to be a completely serious, moving movie. And when I look at the comic book character, it fits effectively. Iron Man is no uber serious superhero. He makes jokes, witty remarks, and gets himself into trouble at times. But at the end of the day, he still manages to save lives, and is only a man in a suit. He's not a god, or a symbol to look up to. He's simply a man, like you or me, who saves people with the brilliant brain he has been gifted with. And as far as delivering that type of movie goes, it succeeds with flying colors. I feel those disappointed wanted a movie more serious, down to earth, and symbolic superhero movie. That may be superman, it may be spiderman, but its not Iron Man. Sorry folks.
Lastly, I must say, this movie had some of the best action i've seen from a comic book movie. The scene he saved the entire plane filled with people was an instant classic, so good. Also, excluding the mandarin, I felt that they did the character justice with this movie. I loved the way they dabbled into how tony stark as a detective would work, and how they brought him to his core elements when they took away all his weapons, trapped him in the middle of nowhere, and asked him to use his brain to get out of tight spots. Like the encounter with the extremis chick, blowing up the building, and the vast amounts of gadgets he was able to build from what seemed like an ace hardware. And using those gadgets to eliminate all the guards surrounding the mansion. All great stuff. Thats what makes tony special, and i'm glad they touched on it. I also LOVE the way they handled J.A.R.V.I.S in this movie! In some ways, he played as a sidekick to Iron Man. Helping tony up from under the ocean by using one of his armor hands, as well as leading the entire charge of Iron Man drones. J.A.R.V.I.S was fantastic in this movie.Oh, and Iron Man's army? AWESOME!
Overall, I think that this movie was successful in the direction they decided to go. Iron Man, as witty and self centered as he is, is only a human. A human who tries to help the world become a safer place. It is safe to say that this movie nailed it on those accounts. It was emotional, funny, sad, happy, and everything in between. It was an entertaining ride, and the best Iron Man of the 3. A fitting conclusion to a great trilogy. Personal Rating, 8.7 out of 10
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