*WARNING* Severe nosebleed may occur in reading this geeky movie review from a comic book fan boy.
I just watched the third and probably final installment of a great movie series. No, I was not talking about the John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah G movie but of Iron Man. So after that blockbuster movie The Avengers one would think how can it still keep up with the momentum? Well the answer is yes it is still that good though there are still hits and misses. I honestly believe that The Avengers was actually an Iron Man movie as the others were not given the same screen time (except for Black widow of course but then since it was Scarlett Johansson who would complain right?) But if you have an ensemble of "Superfriends" (pun intended) then you would certainly choose who to feature best in the movie. And they have chosen the biggest box office draw among the franchise which is Iron Man.
Now back to Iron Man 3, I will try my best not put any spoilers here but I think one of the best things that the writers did was to prominently feature Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) in the movie. No longer the "damsel in distress" type of character as in the earlier movies and comic book she basically... well, kicked ass. But no, we won't see the Pepper Potts in a specially made Iron Man suit called Rescue in this movie (or would we? Well that's for you to find out by watching it.) Pepper Potts really needed to come out from her shell as it has been asking for in the first two movies and in The Avengers where it seems to be more of a cameo. However, in this movie Pepper is hot (literally! oops let that one slipped.)
Other good thing in this movie are the insertion of portions of Extremis story arc and the Iron Patriot makes an appearance. However, Iron Patriot would not worn by Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin) in this movie but by Col James Rhodes.
But if you are a comic book purist you would not like how The Mandarin was portrayed here. He looks like a cross between a popular terrorist and Austin Powers. But he was portrayed by Gandhi himself Sir Ben Kingsley so 3 stars out of 5. Another thing is that Nick Fury and SHIELD is not in this movie so I hope it doesn't jinx it in some way as this is the first time Fury is not shown even by name in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Although the Avengers was heavily referenced in the movie it doesn't really show a real continuity with how the Avengers ended (example, no Thanos reference as shown in the end credits so I guess it would have to wait until the Guardians of the Galaxy film then.) Speaking of the Guardians, the 2013 comic book version also includes Iron Man as a member so it would be interesting if they would do the cross over in the film version.
All in all, I still would say that this is a great movie. I do hope that they still do another movie if not then Iron Man should still be part of Avengers 2 and not to be replaced by the Iron Patriot as what reports are saying. If they do that then better replace Captain America with Bucky Barnes (the Winter Soldier, yup spoiler alert you now know the probable storyline arc of Captain America 2.)
BTW, I also got a free poster for it watching on the first day :)
