Review of Iron Man 3 (2013) by Jeffrey N — 08 Oct 2014
In what, to me, has become the Marvel standard (unfortunately, DC still wears the crown for Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy), Iron Man 3 is now the best third Marvel movie ever made. And better than most second ones.
Stepping away from Favreau's direction was refreshing, and maybe that's the key here. Shane Black's writing and direction of Robert Downey Jr is masterful. While (spoiler alert), the twist with the Mandarin was silly (yet probably the best way to have the Manadarin in a feature film since he has always been a lame, yet prominent Iron Man character), introducing AIM the way they did and moving the story along through some great dramatic dialogue and storytelling, bumpered by flawless action scenes, proves that one can do a third movie in a franchise that isn't worthless.
The ending blew me away though, and I'm convinced there will never be an RDJ Iron Man solo sequel again. We will see him in Avengers 2, I believe Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers 3, but that's it.
And maybe even only as Tony Stark. Just as team rosters changed frequently in the comic, so shall, I believe, we will see in the films. Just as Nolan told the perfect Batman stories, RDJ IS Iron Man..
.and Tony Stark. There was never anyone more perfectly suited to play them both.
This review of Iron Man 3 (2013) was written by Jeffrey N on 08 Oct 2014.
Iron Man 3 has generally received positive reviews.
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