Iron Man 3
When it come to discussions of the defective picture in the MCU , Thor : The Dark Worldis tie to fall up . But one of the franchise ’s most controversial entries — with some fans believe it to be with child and others deplore it as an insult to the fanbase — is Shane Black’sIron Man 3 .
It ’s not that the threequel is bad , per se . For all intents and purposes , it ’s a perfectly serviceable blockbuster with enough exciting natural process sequences and fun fiber moments to be deserving the Leontyne Price of admission . But it ’s nowhere most as great as it could ’ve been .
Right: Shane Black’s Directorial Voice
Although there ’s a lot of prevalent studio meddling inIron Man 3thathas since been attributed to former Marvel chief Ike Perlmutter , it ’s signally the employment of its writer - director Shane Black .
From the snappy dialog to the Christmas background to the action successiveness drive the plot of land , Iron Man 3screams Black ’s unique filmmaking style .
Wrong: Forced Plot Developments
A lot of the plot inIron Man 3seems forced . Tony tells his address to news television camera , tempting the Mandarin to assail him , and then Tony ’s intact Malibu mansion is destroyed by helicopters . Since it does n’t make sense that Tony would bid this , or that his theater would n’t have any security measures to prevent it , it feels unbelievably forced just to get a cool , stakes - raising ready composition in the poke .
This is also where the tale go off the rails . It place up Maya as the villain before nonsensically switching the meridian spoilt guy role to Killian , all because Ike Perlmutter would n’t allow a female villain .
Right: Tony’s PTSD
Shane Black built off of Tony Stark ’s heroic ritual killing inThe Avengerswhen he continued his MCU electric arc inIron Man 3 . Throughout the film , Tony have from PTSD onrush impart on by his near - death experience .
Not only was this an constitutional and interesting development for the character ; it ’s also been praise as an precise portrayal of post - traumatic stress by the psychiatrical biotic community .
Wrong: Aldrich Killian
Guy Pearce is a very skilled worker , having afford tremendous performances in such flick asMemento , L.A. Confidential , andThe Adventures of Priscilla , Queen of the Desert .
However , he was afford a pretty terrible , one - promissory note office inIron military personnel 3 . Aldrich Killian isyet another wannabe Tony Stark , like Obadiah Stane or Justin Hammer , and despite being the chief scoundrel , he does n’t feel like a literal scourge for a second of the movie .
Right: Tony’s Father-Son Dynamic With Harley Keener
When Tony ’s cause takes him out into a small snow-white town , he befriend a kid named Harley Keener who becomes his new Aaron Montgomery Ward . A crony ripped directly from a ‘ 90 buddy picture show , Harley made a not bad comic transparency for Tony .
Tony ’s most memorable young sidekick is Peter Parker , for obvious reason , but he developed a heartwarming pseudo - maternal moral force with Harley back inIron Man 3 .
Wrong: Inconsequential Ending
The ending ofIron Man 3had tangible impact as the end ofTony Stark ’s solo trilogy , as he had the Arc Reactor removed from his dresser and tossed it into the ocean , asking J.A.R.V.I.S. to blow up all his suits to give Pepper some peace of idea .
However , this end feels all disingenuous , because in Tony ’s next MCU appearance , Avengers : Age of Ultron , he ’s got another caboodle of suits , soIron Man 3 ’s ending really had no impact at all .
Right: The Barrel-Of-Monkeys Sequence
When Savin get ascendancy of the Iron Patriot armor and attacks President Ellis on Air Force One , all the planer ’s passengers are sent flying out into the sky , thousand of pes above the globe . Tony swoops in to spare them all , link up them together like a Barrel of Monkeys .
Problems with the rest of the motion picture apart , this was one of the most inventive and breathtaking action episode in the intact MCU .
Wrong: Muddled Final Battle
In the final engagement ofIron Man 3 , the Iron Legion arrive to take on Killian ’s army of orange - glowing Extremis citizenry . The sequence isa concluded mountain , with Tony jumping from suit to suit and none of the issue get any substantial consequences .
The Extremis virus saves Pepper from sealed doom , Rhodey rid President Ellis with easiness , and Tony himself has barely any impingement on the event of the conflict .
Right: Taking Away Tony’s Technology
Tony does n’t have access to a suit when he infiltrate the Mandarin ’s compound . He ca n’t use his engineering science as a crutch and instead has to rely on homemade MacGyver - esque gadgets and his speedy humour to defeat the bad guy .
Much like when Peter Parker drop off his power inSpider - Man 2 , taking away Tony ’s tech squeeze him to prove that gallantry is an indispensable part of the cloth of his being and not just a matter of opportunity .
Wrong: The Mandarin Twist
This is the moment that ruinedIron homo 3for a lot of fans . funny Christian Bible readers had been waiting for five years to see Tony Stark face his implike nemesis , the awful terrorist leader the Mandarin , on the enceinte screenland . Unfortunately , when it hap , it was a huge let - down , as the Mandarin turned out to be a fearful , beer - swilling , association football - loving doer hired to be the nerve of the Ten Rings .
Although Black had a good peak to make , this was the wrong movie for it . It ’s like a Batman moving-picture show where the Joker turns out to be a wacky Mets buff who only wearing apparel as a buffoon to give Gotham ’s outlaw underbelly a scapegoat .
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