Iron Man 3 - Trailer
To be honest, Iron Man isn’t my favorite franchise of
Superhero movies. I’d much prefer to watch
Thor with his red cape, hammer, and long flowing hair, or Captain America,
(seriously they need to come out with a Hawkeye movie) as opposed to Tony
Stark. The character is great, but I’ve
always been able to easily predict where the movie was going, what was going to
happen, and my favorite part of the Iron Man franchise has always been the
witty dialogue of the characters. That
alone makes it worth watching. So, if
you have not seen Iron Man 3 and do not wish to be spoiled, stop reading now.
THE REVIEW BEGINS HERE!
The thing I particularly loved about this Iron Man movie was
the progress of Tony Stark’s character.
Tony has always been a playboy philanthropist with his own desires at
the top of his to-do list. He’s finally
devoted to Pepper, and we see that he is – in fact – mortal like the rest of
us. Panic attacks are taking their toll
on him, and each time, all Tony wants to do is jump in his suit. It’s become his crutch. He doesn’t sleep, barely eats, and spends
every waking moment of his free time building new suits with new toys, and
fresh concepts. His hobby has become an
obsession – and quite possibly the only thing that’s keeping him sane.
In the meantime The Mandarin – a terrorist that has caused
several bombings against the US is stirring up trouble. A man named Killian has returned from Tony’s
past in hopes of getting funding for a new project – which Pepper deems is too
dangerous and can be used for biological warfare. Happy – our favorite goofy body guard – is now
head of security and doesn’t quite trust Killian’s shady partner waiting in the
living. He follows him, gets blown up,
but manages to get a clue to Tony.
Perhaps – in an act to prove that he’s still got it – Tony calls
out The Mandarin and even gives his home address on live TV. This of course, causes retaliation and we see
Stark’s beautiful mountain side, ocean vista destroyed. (There was a moment of thinking we lost
Jarvas – not cool!) All of his suits are blown up, at least the ones we can
see, his basement work shop is left in rubble – but what I loved about this
scene was that when the first missile hit – Tony threw the suit (one which is
not fully functional yet) on Pepper to protect her from getting hurt.
After an almost watery grave – Tony escapes and finds
himself in Tennessee – the clue that Happy left for Stark lead him there –
though he wasn’t planning on going right away.
The suit is broken, Jarvis needs to sleep, and Tony finds himself
walking through the snow, while dressed for sunny California, dragging the suit
along behind him. After getting a
message to Pepper, he steals a poncho from a wooden statue and finds a shed
where a new friend – a little boy named Harley – helps Tony in more ways than
he realizes. The interaction between
these two is great, and Tony has to learn how to help the people of the nation
without using the suit. He can’t rely on
it – the suit can no longer be his crutch.
That is my favorite part of Iron Man 3. Tony has to realize how to be Iron Man with –
or without the suit. Now, I don’t want to
give too much more away. I don’t like to
give away the ending, but the climax of the story arc was predictable and easy
to call. What happened after that though – well even I was
surprised, so I won’t give it away. I
will say that Tony truly evolved as a person, and learned that with or without
the suit – he is Iron Man.
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