Iron Man 3 (2013) Movie Review

IRON MAN 3 (2013) MOVIE REVIEW 

I will give someone all my savings if they can tell me how many times Robert Downey Jr. has made me laugh.

Our story begins with our main protagonist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) who is not himself at the moment. He begins to have nightmares and panic attacks about the events that occurred during The Avengers (I mean who would blame him, he got sucked into orbit). This stress soon leads to him building more and more suits because of the paranoia that aliens may return again, this however begins to have an affect on the relationship between him and Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow). Of course with all of this going on, this couldn't be a worse time for the antagonist in the film, the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) to declare war against the country and Tony.  Now with the Mandarin at large as well as a seemingly nice but mysterious man named Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) arriving amongst all of this, Tony must now decide whether its the suit that makes the man, or the man that makes the suit. For the most part I had very little wrong with the plot at first, but then around the middle of the film, there is a reveal where people in the audience will either hate this film or just roll with it and accept it. Thankfully, I rolled with it and accepted it. Besides this near-plot destroyer in the film, the plot is both intriguing and exciting.

Now in the past two Iron Man films, Tony was a happy go lucky, cocky billionaire. In this one however, it reveals more about Tony's darker and emotional side which I for one was glad to see. I felt the past two films didn't express Tony's emotions well enough but this film more than makes up for the lack of heart in the previous ones. Now although this film may sound like a drama more than anything, let me assure you that there are countless of hilarious moments in the film, alot of them having to do with Tony and a kid he meets in the middle of the film named Harley (Ty Simpkins).

Now unfortunately, this is yet another film that features the dreaded use of 3-D. But to be honest, the 3-D in this film didn't bother me in the slightest. While I was annoyed by it towards the start, once the action picked up, I was extremely engaged in the imagery. For a film that is littered with explosions, it looks gorgeous. In one scene especially where Iron Man must save falling civilians from a plane, it looks to good to be real (though this is defiantly because of the fact this scene was filmed by professional sky divers)

During the scenes where Robert made me laugh, he had me convinced he was the best actor in this entire film, but then I began to look closely at the supporting actors in the movie. Towards the end of the film, I finally made a decision on who the best actor was in the film, and it was without a doubt Guy Pearce as Aldrich Killian. This guy nailed the charisma and charm this man was meant to have and to be completely honest, they couldn't have picked a better person to play the role. Other actors were also compelling during the movie like Ben Kingsley did a great job intimidating Tony as well as the audience and Don Cheadle did well in..well...making Iron Man look good. Overall, the acting is some of the best I have witnessed in any Marvel film to date. 

So now here's the hard part. I was originally going to give this movie a 7 because of the plot. While I did say it made sense in parts, I must be honest that at times it was all over the place and I did get lost in one part. Although this was a fairly big flaw, I remembered the superb acting, incredible visuals and hilarious dialogue. Because of those elements alone, I just had to give this movie a better rating. Anyway, overall, Iron Man 3 is the best Iron Man yet because of it's witty dialogue, perfect casting and humour. 

OVERALL: 8/10