There's not much to say about "Iron Man 3", but I'll say it anyways:
Most of the reason I liked "Iron Man 3" is directly related to how much I disliked "Iron Man 2". To understand what I'm referring to, you would have to go back and read my review of that movie. Personally I prefer not to revisit movies that disappoint me so badly, so the fact that "Iron Man 3" didn't disappoint me is probably the best thing I could say about it. The strength of this movie is that it was reminiscent of what made the first installment fun. In the first "Iron Man" we see Tony Stark tinkering with the suit, and learning how to fly. Here again we get a glimpse into Stark's private life, the interesting part of his personality which is an inventor and basically just an oversized kid. As he assembles a suit which will home-in on himself and assemble piece by piece, we are impressed by the visual spectacle, but more importantly by his creativity. I fell asleep during the final act of the original "Iron Man" (or more accurately, it put me to sleep), so I knew what I was in for here again. The battle sequences contain approximately 1/16th originality, and 15/16ths incomprehensible computer collisions. I can't even say robots and suits and fiery supersoldiers fighting, because the mess is so discombobulated during the final fight sequence that any illusion created prior is completely shattered, and I became conscious only that this took a bunch of guys with nice computers a really long time to generate. I'm not sure why these movies treat the audience like meth addicts, who not only need their fix, but need more and more each time. Nevermind, I know the answer to that.
Anyways, "Iron Man 3" should hold you over until "Avengers 2" comes out, so just watch it over and over again until then and you should be alright.
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