Iron Man 3

Synopsis

After the events of The Avengers, Tony is fighting to face reality. This fight is further pressed when a terrorist called The Mandarin shows up and starts to hurt the American people.

Review

I think this might be one of the more underrated early Marvel Movies. Is it as epic as The Avengers? No, of course not and maybe that was it's curse. However, it is one of the better stories told.

You really can see a ton of personal growth for both Tony and Pepper. Tony is working on his anxiety and Pepper is working to understand him. To be honest, it is pretty accurate. There is a scene where Tony and Rhodes are at a bar talking about what is going on and he, Rhodes, has an honest moment where he tells Tony, "When was the last time you had a good sleep? We are worried about you man." Everyone knows that Tony is struggling and you get a great payoff for that at the end of the movie.

The action is really good. I think it is House Party Protocol where the all the suits come to aid Tony and you start to see the wealth of knowledge and though he has put into each suit's capability. Some of them direct predecessors to suits we see in future movies. I know people had an issue with the "Extremis" portion of the action, but it felt very much like a call to things that would and could happen. Finding a fringe group of people that feel abandoned and helping them have a mission and feel whole. Sounds like a lot of what Edge of Honor talked about and what happens to these groups of Veterans.

My Rating

I really enjoy this movie. The scenes dealing with anxiety and PTSD, to the action of fighting and the story built are full. There really isn't a true miss. Some miss-adjacents, but a solid movie. I am giving it an 8.

Parental Rating

Mom has a conditional approval of having watched the first two. While I think she wouldn't object, I think what would make her approve requires her to know Tony's growth. So that means she would have to watch Iron Man and Iron Man 2, maybe even The Avengers. That is a hard ask. My dad would like this movie. Action, limited language, and a good story. There is some scenes of Women in sports bras which is not my mom's favorite because it is still "a bra." With all of that I am going to say approved by both.

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