Hollywood Finals The Iron Man triquel is a promising advertising project, the promotion of which is ten times more interesting than trying to enjoy the final product.
A pile of multi-mass armor publicized in all crevices was not even really shown in functionality, an incredible number of comic villains such as the Cyborg Coldblood or the test pilot from Project Firepower merged with a faceless detachment of pseudo-T1000 in worthless companions on errands. Any fan service nice thing used by the film ticks for the sake of, after attracting attention, turns into a mocking spit. Want a Mandarin? You get it, but it won’t be like the comics. Want an Iron Patriot? There he is, but he will be driving, obviously not Norman Osborne. You want secondary villains? Tonne: Firepower, Coldbourg, Dr. Wu and others are faint unrecognizable faces, never revealed in the course of the action. Want a bunch of suits? So here they are, and there's not a word Stark's gonna say except for a couple of nicknames. Oh, did you crave Hulkbuster after The Avengers? And he will, but he is only mockingly called heavy armor "Igor" and will not explain what Tony did to confront the Hulk.
A whole series of pleasant little things will only be a screen of alterations and interpretations. “Iron Man 3” is a big joke over the viewer, hiding at the same time and the final finale of the trilogy. Shane Black ruined everything in Iron Man. The only thing left is to get rid of Pepper and Jarvis, which he tries to do with all his might during the film. Robert Downey Jr. is so separated from his armor that he almost never wears a costume in the film, only jumping from one to the other to the end. However, the final non-stop action is the only thing the film can truly boast of.
What was the franchise’s masterful, gorgeous second installment that knocked out the family’s sprawling first film? It had an antagonist genius, a bunch of robots, a fighting maid, a regular mention of SHIELD and the Marvel Universe community, and Rowdy in armor. The triquel presents a remake of the same: combat Pepper, smart Killian, a bunch of self-flying armor, and Rodwich the Warrior, repainted as Iron Patriot. Torah, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Avengers' squabble in New York City are also mentioned every 15 minutes in the dialogue, but this time the ingredients of a delicious dish turned out to be quite a burnt something.
Of course, Iron Man 3 isn’t as bad as the Incredible Hulk. So even in the Marvel Universe, it’s not the worst we’ve seen ("Guardians of the Galaxy...). Downey is divine, Pepper is beautiful, Rowdy shoots, Iron Man saves innocent lives, a villain finally without armor. Good superhero movie. But it is sewn with white threads and a patchwork blanket.
Another thing is that the film is so mediocrely tossed between genres that it looks like a parody of itself. There is a lot of blood, a lot of murder, terrorist motives, death (and death threats) of important plot characters (with a miraculous resurrection). The film regularly froths at the mouth to prove that this is the most brutal part of the trilogy. But at the same time, the number of ridiculous and almost always inappropriate jokes-advantages accompanies all the intensity of cruelty even more. The most brutal part of the trilogy plans to turn into the funniest, and so in one scene the film throws from one to another in less than a minute of screen time. Killed - joked, joked - killed.
“Iron Man 3” (by the way, thanks to the distributors that did not come up with another idiotic self-addition, ala “The Enemy in Reflection”, “The Survival Game” or any “Anabolics”) turned out to be a dry, soulless, not determined in its own genre affiliation, a film for 1 time. The first two parts, like the great Avengers, can be revised endlessly. The third is in the context of a trilogy, or with additional scenes. Although such a nightmare ending as here leaves only a complete disappointment from viewing.
There is absolutely no action in the entire film until the end. Yeah, there's an inept bar fight. Yeah, there's a Chinese theater explosion. Yes, there is a very spectacular destruction of the mansion Stark (there will blow up several helicopters!). But this is not the kind of “action” that should be present in a comic book.
Of course, the hall looks like a gift of giant rabbit Pepper for Christmas. Family audience with children will be appeased, as a ten-year-old boy helps Stark repair armor and gives watches to his younger sister. Comics-Giki will be happy with all kinds of references, Easter eggs and as much as two cameos.
As you watch it, it seems that the only one (besides that ten-year-old boy) who catches a real high from what is happening is the best woman of the year named by “Piple” magazine – Gwyneth Paltrow. While everyone around is playing for the “four”, working out the contract, her Pepper with a shine in her eyes finally demonstrates a lot of interesting things and is completely devoted to this novelty. Wears armor, gives tumaks in one underwear, saves lives, makes the right decisions. Pepper after such a triquel deserved his own full spin-off, if he does not change his mind to dress in the Iron Lady after what happened.
Of course, it is also worth noting the music. After the chic soundtrack of the first part, perhaps the only drawback of the amazing strong sequel was the change of composer. The composer was changed again, but in the third film, it was not a soap. Iron Man’s new musical theme is a cross between the music from The Avengers and Transformers. However, with the music came out a little joint. Do you want to have normal music? Get it! Iron Man doesn’t have any rock songs at all. No Black Sabbath, no Ac/Dc, no guitar riffoffs and rock/metal soundtracks. Even the T-shirt with the symbols of Tony’s favorite bands in the third film does not wear.
Incompetent and disgusting under-director Shane Black manages to find an even stronger minus for any plus in the film. To spoil any fan service, make every cameo meaningless and boring, talk about the Avengers immediately interrupt, and only at the end to squeeze such a delightful spectacle thanks to the studio's concessions to the budget (originally the picture was supposed to cost more than a third cheaper). Chilling and swift battles heaps of “iron men”, although they do not outweigh all the shortcomings of the picture, but somehow draw and level it.
For many things, Black is not forgiven, but in general, the film, for all its shortcomings, came out disposable. The Hollywood finale on a questionable note, a quote from "Titanic" and strange statements after all that happened, with a great stretch, but you can also call a happy ending. Not the worst comic film on the planet, but just a self-parodic black comedy, trying to be the most cruel and serious in the trilogy, and even more this trilogy is dead end.
6.5 out of 10
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