Just been to see it now. Really enjoyable, had a different style to it than the previous instalments but the story and writing was just as enjoyable.

Not gonna mention anything spoilerish. Good to see The Mandarin is a Liverpool fan though.

Also Jon Favreau's really piled on the weight :'(

I wanted Mandarin to be an Everton fan. Boycotting the film now.

Might have to boycott the film now.

I will fight you both

Get your teeth fixed first, how can I knock them out otherwise?

is the a post credits bit?

Seems so, I am steering away from anything spoiler though.

Mixed feelings for this one. On the downside, IM3 doesn't have the 'WOW' factor that the Avengers, Thor, and even Iron Man 1 gave you after leaving the theater. There aren't a lot of memorable dialogues or set pieces.

Having said that, what you will remember is the chemistry between RDJ and the young kid, and every scene with Paltrow. Pepper Potts is literally, hotter than ever before. And of course, all the swerves that occur, especially the one featuring Ben Kingsley. RDJ is still in top form as Tony Stark.

IMO, what didn't help the movie was the fact that it comes after The Avengers. It does its job as an Iron Man film, but it really isn't essential viewing as the first phase movies were, all building up to the Avengers. The post-credits scene is a sketch, and in hindsight, feels like a letdown.

But, the big question is where does the character and the IM universe go from here? And i can see why Paltrow said that 'there may not be an IM4'. I've never read the comics, so does the end mirror a storyline from there? If so, direct me to it?

It sucks that you can read the entire plot of IM3 on Wikipedia

Yeah. Although it's at the verrrrry end of the credits and not just after the initial credits, so make sure you stick around til the very end.

Why? You can always just not read it.

Also that's every movie ever since Wiki came out.

Some asshole on twitter spoiled the Twist for me. And Might I say, what a shit nugget. Very unhappy with this news. d

As a comic fan, not too crazy about this as a superhero movie - but this is a very good action movie that had late 80s vibes in it.

I went to see it today. I was more excited by the 2 minute Star Trek trailer than the whole of the film. Though I always think RDJ is great in the films, I am always kinda disappointed with every other aspect.

Plus, I haven't seen the Avengers film so I don't know what they are talking about in regards to "New York," but that did not necessarily detract from me experiencing the film as a separate entity.

not reading this thread for a whole week

have fun y'all..

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I had 24hrs to let the movie sink in and I gotta say, I love this movie. It reminds of when I saw Thor in that it just barely feels like a superhero movie. It has the hero, yeah, and the villain with an overly complicated scheme but...

Just keep an open mind fellas, Iron Man 3 is why we watch movies.

For Pepper Potts?

Anybody remember me wanting Pepper to be an Avenger....?

gonna go see this in a couple of hours...can't wait!

Gonna see it tomorrow.

I loved it.

Sort of


It had the unenviable task of following Avengers, but it was every bit as good as any of the Phase I solo films. It might actually be my favorite solo yet. The ending confrontation was obviously not what I went in expecting, but it was every bit as satisfying as the anticipated showdown would have been. Really great work, and RDJ was spectacular as always.

Just got back and I must admit the movie blew away all my expectations in a good way.

It's so surprising right? Like there's moment where you should nerd rage but it's done SO WELL.

And good job to Marvel for keeping a swerve of that magnitude so well covered up until the week of release.

I don't remember fifteen minutes ago.

Well if she doesn't get more presence in the MCU after this I'll eat my hat.

Here's hoping you don't have to eat your hat.

Loved every bit of the movie and it had throw backs to just about every major Iron Man comic event.

HOOOOOOLY SHIT! IM3 was so enjoyable. There were so many great moments here. The little kid almost stole the movie from right under RDJ. I also loved Pepper Potts for the first time since these movies got made.

How long do we have to wait until we can stop using spoiler tags. I know this film came out in Europe before America, but I saw it almost two weeks ago. Kinda gets annoying having to creep around and be aware of what you're saying.

Maybe there can be some kinda system to these threads? Like, once the movies been released, anywhere in the world, that we can discuss it in this forum, and if you've yet to see it, then just don't go in the thread.

Free speech on the internet for 2013! :yes:

Speak freely guys, after official launch it's up to people to see it or avoid the thread.

I will make a formal thread about spoiler etiquette this week because it was something I wanted to address for a while now.

I liked it. Funny and enjoyable.

Did Agent Coulson die again???

He wasn't in this movie.

The Mandrian was a cool ass villian.

No real spoiler, just an observation.

She was pretty.

Like her better as a redhead.

Very hot...smoking hot in fact.

Clever.

I liked it but I really didn't walk away with the awesome feeling I had from the first movie. IMO its better than the 2nd but the first one is still the best.

I am curious to see how the ending of this actually plays into Avengers 2.

I think it sets a status quo; about how the world feels after New York. Killian's remarks about why he did what he did was interesting (regarding his Thor reference). Things have changed. The bad guys may not feel a need to pussy foot around anymore.

I think we will see the president again in Cap 2, and Killian seemed like he had a Disney death, kinda ambiguous to me. Maybe the next time we see him, if he lived, he'll just be a mental organism designed only for killing.

I'm drunk now so take all that as silly speculation.

I see what you did there.

Solid film. Better than 2, probably not as good as 1. Lot more humour then I expected. Loved when the henchmen was like "I don't even wanna work here. They are so weird". Wasn't much into the increased Pepper Potts presence as I'm not a huge fan of Paltrow in general, and some of the stuff with Tony and that kid threatened to rot my teeth, so saccharine it was. Also would've liked more Rhodey/Stark duo time because they're fantastic together.

Regarding the Mandarin:

I have imagined that 'Tyler', who may well go free as he was a hostage technically and did no wrong, probably tries to keep his fame and totally dives into the Mandarin character. For real. He does have followers, like minds don't know any better, or perhaps he can simply gain new ones by running something himself. Hell, perhaps he'll get actual powerful rings to wear - a gift from Thanos perhaps? There's a lot of places he can go, though he can rest as a perpetual comedic character in the MCU if he ever returns.

I personally would love to see him take his act to Asgard.

I would love to see that, or any form of 'Tyler' returning.

I guess I'll be the dissenting voice as I didn't really care for this. I mean it was alright, but I went in with low expectations after #2 and those were barely met. I saw Pain & Gain later that night and enjoyed that much more to be honest.

I guess it just seemed to me like it didn't know what direction it wanted to go.


To me it didn't fit well.

coldhardtruth would have been proud

I hope so.

Let's not forget the deliciously random TV show opening style end credits.

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I did love those.

Guys, you're all forgetting to mention the appearance of Martin Skrtel celebrating a Liverpool goal.

I just spent most of my morning and early afternoon putting together a full review for Iron Man 3 on my blog.

The short version? I liked it, but I didn't think they did anywhere near enough with they had available. It could have been really genuinely great, but instead, it was just good. Fun, but that's about it.

The long version is right here.

Are the chances good that Robert Downey Jr. comes back for The Avengers?

Yeah, he's under contract for the Avengers sequel.

Also, nice read, Andy. Always like seeing your long-form thoughts on pop stuff.

Tony is so coming back, but the Iron Man series in itself is most likely down. After Avengers 2 it'll be cameos at best in Phase Three if that.

I'm reading he has fulfilled his contract with Iron Man 3. Right now he's only in talks about Avengers 2 and 3.

He's not taking a paycut either. He doesn't want to do a solo movie.

He's not doing three, he's certainly appearing in 2.

A3 will most likely have an altered roster. Probably won't even be called Avengers.

I think he will be in both. As I think most of them if not all of them will be in 2 & 3.

Thing is RDJ is the best part of the MCU. They need him. They can't use other popular characters and without Wolverine or Spider-Man, we don't really have a super well known and liked character or actor.


And is it dumb or with this recent post-retro Power Rangers hype would it be a good move for Jason David Frank to be cast as... Iron Fist?

Team him up with Michael Jai White as Luke Cage, do a 70s-style exploitation movie of Heroes For Hire, and I'm sold.

I'm still holding out hope that J. August Richards' "top-secret" role on the SHIELD series is Luke.

JDF would be an interesting choice for Iron Fist, but I gotta bring up Ray Park who's been lobbying to be Iron Fist for damn near a decade now.

Ray Park and JDF want to be Iron Fist?

....FUCK!

JDF could still be the villain if that were a movie. He has "the laugh" going for him.

Don't think a cheesy evil kid's show laugh would translate to a Marvel movie.

Sure it can with a little movie magic

If they can make a dude breathing fire not seem outrageous surely they can work with a cheesy laugh.

Degrees, man, there are degrees.

I really liked it. A lot. Felt it was better than 2 (I didn't hate 2). Very fun movie.

They need to bring in JCVD.

:heart:

Would love that so much.

Who would he play, I wonder....

Iron Man. Dump Downey.

It would be meta if JCVD played himself in the Marvel Universe and was making an Iron Man movie with John Woo or something.

Saw this movie yesterday. I enjoyed it.

Like most here, I thought I was going to be disappointed by the "twist" with The Mandarin, but it was just so amusing. I wonder, though, why they were still calling him "The Master" when no one was around. Unless only Killian knew the truth, but it did not seem that well guarded.

I wonder if Killian was behind the "League of the Ten Rings" thing from the first movie, or if maybe he just took inspiration from a real terrorist organization. In which case, a Mandarin-like threat could still be out there. Or someone is "inspired" by the fake Mandarin broadcasts and becomes a real one.

I imagine Killian started the Ten Rings long ago and was behind just about everything wrong in Tony's life. Probably should have been more forthcoming with Shane, though maybe Extremis wasn't up and running yet.

There isn't an Iron Man 4 on the cards, is there? If not, this is it as far as any more Mandarin goes.

IM4 is a slim shot, and they're setting up Phase 3 right now with no talk of an Iron Man movie in sight.

War Machine/Iron Patriot and Rescue? Who knows. People are still interested in that corner of the MCU, we love the power suits. An Iron Man movie without the Iron Man would be a hard sell, though. Robert's the star of the MCU as much as Hugh's the star of the X-Men movie-verse. Both paid their dues, though, and they're not getting any younger.

I have a hard time seeing the franchise going forward without RDJ. Also, there a reason John Faverau didn't direct this one?

I know he's Asian but Shang Chi?


Old Man Logan.

NICE

wasn't there some chinese actor that was supposed to be in the movie?

Go Green Ranger Go!

He wanted to direct a different movie.

In the chinese cut. 2 of them.

the post credits scene was pretty funny but does this movie count then in his contracted appearances as bb? aaaand i thought the end credits were supposed to tie into the gaurdians movie... oh well

One thing that bothered me about the post-credits scene. Why does the doctor have salt and pepper hair? Isn't he supposed to be younger?

He had greying hair in Avengers. I don't mind.

And no a post credits scene doesn't count. It goes with the feature.

Seen a few people - including 'whereman in his blog - question why Tony didn't use the "Army of Suits" during the attack on his home.

My take on it was that the only suit that was remote controlled at the time of the attack was the Mark 42 prototype. After his time in the wilderness Tony sets Jarvis to task on upgrading the remaining suits to all be remote controlled. Pretty sure they allude to this in the conversations between Tony and Jarvis during the big action sequence leading to the final battle.

Of course, I could be wrong.

I think you are right too, I was not sure of this and thought maybe I had just imagined the whole part where Jarvis was upgrading the other suits.

Also, I forgot to say, the 3D in this was pretty lacklustre. Didn't add anything to the film and they seemed to do so little to utilise the technology.

Sorry if this was said already, but I thought that the War Machine suit was going to come flying in with the others towards the end. Seems like they were saving something for the Iron Patriot suit to make it's way back into the battle.

Iron Patriot is the War Machine suit.