Tony Stark Is The Weapon NOT Iron Man = Brilliant

Tragic.

PEPPER POTTS is the weapon.
Tony is not James Bond.

Boooooooooooo IRONMAN 3 worst film of the year.

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i love it and agree with you.

My favorite part of the film was the stuff with Tony proving his mettle outside of the costume. I loved all of that. He may not have had a lot of character development, but I personally liked what they did with Rhodey in the film. He had a decent sized role and as you said he had a fantastic hero moment. Killian as an amazing villain? Generic, underdeveloped, and merely serviceable are the terms that come to mind when I think about him. (Even though Pearce does try the best that he can) Not horrible, but disappointing in the context of this being a comic adaptation. His over-arching plan wasn't bad, but the character himself just wasn't that engaging in my opinion.

For me it comes down to that I thought the hero side of the story was great and that the villain side was disappointing. Not completely godawful, but not great either. If I found Killian himself more interesting and more genuinely the greatest threat/foe of Tony Stark that the character from the source material he was representing was, I may have thought differently about it.

I had high expectations going in to this film and it managed to hit or exceed almost all of them. I simply loved that nothing held to any type of cliche. Nearly every interaction delivered something unexpected and fresh. Stark was shaken to his very core by the events of Avengers and further more by the events early in this film. Make no mistake, this movie is all about Tony Stark’s struggles both external and especially internal. Choosing to focus on Tony out of the armor is a wonderful decision. RDJ is as brilliant as he’s ever been as Stark.

Fans of the books (of which I’m one) may complain about certain character translations but I really have no complaints. Flexibility has always been a Marvel strength over the years and I liked how they flexed and twisted certain ideas here. The thing they get so right from the books is the ingenuity of Tony Stark. He’s so much more than a man in a metal suit. It’s his brain and his wit that are the true weapons. This movie goes out of its way to illustrate that brilliantly.

The armored adventure scenes do thrill but are spaced by gritty old fashion action and a movie filled with a lot of heart and humor. Again, it was well played and I found it to be genuinely refreshing while bold all at the same time. No one can accuse them of playing it safe.

As for the supporting cast, the results were spotty. Pepper is given her due and Killian is an amazing villain. The rest of the supporting cast is barely seen and underutilized. Despite one very cool hero moment, Rhodey isn’t fleshed out at all. I can’t say much about The Mandarin.

Overall, it’s a well crafted, funny and refreshing number three film that wraps up the trilogy beautifully.

The Mandarin was brilliant and those very few fanboys who can't let it go now will be the same ones smiling when the Mandarin we saw at the end of the film shows up in an Avengers movie and throws down with Thor.

Watching IM3 again today, this point really stood out after a few months from having seen it last. Stark kicking ass away from the armor made the film.