I don't think the clean slate implies that he's giving up the Iron Man gig...just that he's starting from scratch. Maybe he'll bail on his destroyed Malibu mansion and move back to his tower in NY. That's closer to Stark Industries anyhow.

5/8/2013 9:49:45 AM

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"Other than the color of his R8? Or salvaging the robotic arm? Or literally saying "I am Iron Man"?"

the color of his car? the suit color was originally based on the color of his car... it seems to me he just likes that color.
and the robotic arm? his robotic arm was a college project long before the ironman suit.

and yes, he did say "I am Iron Man" but he also blew up all of his iron man suits... actions speak louder than words. i mean i know i'll see iron man again since it said "Tony Stark will return" at the end of the credits, but I wanted to see something concrete.

^and yes, that's more of what I pictured, but I would have liked to have seen a hint of the direction he was going


not a huge criticism by any means. I really enjoyed the movie.

[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 9:59 AM. Reason : ]

5/8/2013 9:56:22 AM

The whole movie was about how his obsession over making additional Marks was consuming him. (granted it's what let him win in the end) I didn't interpret that he's giving up being Iron Man but he would just have a single suit and stop "tinkering" incessantly.

5/8/2013 2:11:33 PM

if you "know you'll see Iron man again", what more evidence could you really need..

but okay I don't care as much as you do about this stuff so you win.

5/8/2013 2:23:06 PM

Doesn't he use the Arc Reactor in his chest to power the suits?

It confuses me in the movies when his suits "run out of power" and also now that he's removed the arc reactor it seems like it never really was used to power the suit.

5/8/2013 2:30:23 PM

^^jesus dude... I just wanted to see what direction he would move in ...internet tuffness in full effect.

^yeah that was confusing for me as well... Didn't seem consistent with the other movies. Why didn't he just plug in his suit to his chest when he was in podunkville nc tennessee?

5/8/2013 2:43:47 PM

All of his suits have their own independent power source now and don't require the one in his chest. Prime example: War Machine.

5/8/2013 4:17:07 PM

5/8/2013 4:33:50 PM

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" Also when Tony is doing the video message when he is held by the terrorists in the first movie they are in front of The Mandarin's banner. "

so Guy Pierce is the man behind that? was that their idea from the beginning? ok that's some bullshit. that mandarin twist is a backslap even more so.

5/8/2013 6:47:58 PM

Doubt it.

Spoilers

More likely that between Tony's hunting them and Stone's betrayal the Ten Rings were destroyed as a powerful and cohesive terror organization (kinda like AQ IRL). Mandarin/Killian is just pretending to be the powerful and influential new leader of an organization that no longer exists in a meaningful capacity.

/spoilers

5/8/2013 10:43:41 PM

The China premiere is something big!




[Edited on May 13, 2013 at 11:36 AM. Reason : ;]

5/13/2013 11:33:26 AM

The China premiere last picture is something big!

5/13/2013 11:38:44 AM

I thought part of this was filmed in the area, but I didn't see anything familiar

5/13/2013 11:50:49 AM

Yes, near SAS campus.

5/13/2013 12:00:04 PM

this is just my opinion, but I thought this was by far the worst Iron Man film and probably one of the weaker Marvel movies in the last 10 years. Yes there were some funny scenes but there wasn't enough action, the villains were outright generic and stupid, and the plot was just dumb.

nOOb said it best with his review on the previous page

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" 1) Mandarin . terrible the direction they took him imo ( even though he's a crappy main comic book villain) I get it. caveman terrorist. it's the American nightmare now. I rolled my eyes at it but I let it slide and then they pulled the "the real man behind the curtain" scene and I lost my eyeballs. I dont mind them reinventing a character but be clever, make him have a purpose or a good plot point. these never showed up. 2) Pepper Potts. just a irrelevant character. they made me not care for her for two movies. through out the whole movie I never got a sense she was in any danger and then in a short brief scene (followed by an Iron man joke scene, mind you) they killed off her character. I looked up at the screen in shock and awe. they just killed off a major character bluntly. nice. I thought Iron man was going to have an emotional breakdown scene and get up in that forgettable no name villain's ass. but .....NOPE. dramatic curve-ball. she's safe and has super powers now annnd she knows how to control it. Dont worry audience we wont cause you to be upset,I mean, we already have your money though. 3) the real bad guy. he was Guy pierce with internal volcano powers. I couldn't tell if he was doing it for revenge, or wanted global conquest, or he was just psychotic. Not even one good quote from him. It should have been the Mandarin the whole time. And I get that the soldiers had human volcano powers, that was explained in the movie, but they had super strength and flying acrobatic skills as well?... I want some. I like the big climaxing fighting scene but all the iron man movies have that same scene playing out like that. I like the end credits too and the movie was funnier than I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be a darker film. I should have known better. I also liked a lot the Tony Stark McGyver scene in the town's bar. then that was destroyed when he broke into the mansion with the world worst security guards and christmas ornaments . this made me appreciate the Dark Knight trilogy more. cream of the crap. they even pulled the " I dont want to be batman anymore, clean slate, and wrap everything up in a nice bow" scene "

[Edited on May 13, 2013 at 12:09 PM. Reason : .]

5/13/2013 12:07:57 PM

Oh really?

5/13/2013 12:13:05 PM

^^amen

Just sad

5/13/2013 1:07:38 PM

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"Yes, near SAS campus."

what part of the movie was that? when the guy went to see piper at her office?

5/13/2013 1:07:58 PM

Thought I saw some NC barrier islands during the airplane scene.

Where did they film:
1) The scene where Iron Man crashes in the forest and that truck drives by?
2) The following scenes in the small town?

5/13/2013 1:11:01 PM

^^http://www.wsav.com/story/20947630/source-iron-man-3-to-shoot-on-sas-campus-wednesday

5/13/2013 1:20:31 PM

What they did to the Mandarin in this movie is unforgivable.

5/13/2013 1:32:28 PM

yeah the small town was in NC... my sister was an extra in the bar scene (but i didn't see her in the final cut)

5/13/2013 1:35:10 PM

The Chinese chick in the movie is pretty hot.

5/13/2013 1:37:02 PM

Not a bad movie, the wife and I saw it over the weekend.

I enjoyed the different shout-outs to the previous movies and even some characters from other series. Meeting the doctor from the first movie, the wreckage of the race car from the second movie and Brandt from the Man-Thing series.


Part of the Extremis virus caused Tony to become paranoid and not able to sleep. It was nice to see them include that aspect of it with his implantation of the mini computers. They also explained part of that with the PTSD from the Avengers movie.

I really liked seeing AIM involved. I couldn't remember if Killian's dad was a part of Hydra or talked about in the Captain America movie. That would have a been a nice tie-in and close to the comic books.

One of the nice things in the comics is Tony has always used the suit as a shield from the outside world, much like he used drinking. It was nice to see him do that here. The same with his controlling personality. I know the reason are different, but it's nice to see the movies bring a little of that in.

It was always interesting that Tony always thought he could do everything and that he started to define himself by the suit. When in reality it was always his mind that made him the super hero and not the suit and that he needed others even when he thought he didn't. So to see him ask for help from the kid and to go back to his roots of inventing was nice. It made the fight scene at the end better.


About the Extremis and Mandarin aspects of the story. The Mandarin was the opposite of Tony. Magic versus Technology. Which was great in the comics, but I'm not sure how it could have been done in the movies. I would have liked to see Tony change and take the Extremis virus like in the comics to heal himself.


Also Hulkbuster armor, wow!

5/14/2013 11:45:43 PM

It would be totally badass if RDJ was contracted to appear in the Guardians of the Galaxy film that's currently in development. I doubt it would happen, but it would guarantee the success of the movie.

Not sure if anyone is reading the Marvel NOW reboot of GotG, but I kinda hope that's the direction that the movie takes...at least as far as the origin of Star Lord goes.

5/15/2013 11:04:51 AM

This movie was a mess. If Tony had all those suits in the basement, why didn't he call one up when Pepper had on his prototype suit? And why did he suddenly summon all those suits near the end? Could he have called them at any time? That wasn't adequately explained.

RDJ is great at one-liners and plays the part well, but Tony and Pepper's relationship isn't believable at all. She's less his gf and more a coworker he flirts with and shares a bed with. And the villain was forgettable, they built up the Mandarin to be this huge menace and it turned out to be some guy trying to score military contracts. Easily the worst of the 3.

5/18/2013 7:57:18 PM

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"If Tony had all those suits in the basement, why didn't he call one up when Pepper had on his prototype suit? And why did he suddenly summon all those suits near the end? Could he have called them at any time? That wasn't adequately explained."

Were you in the can or something when jarvis informed tony that the crews had dug out the basement and thus, the door could be opened?

5/18/2013 8:38:52 PM

All I heard was Tony saying "Operation House Party" and suddenly 15 suits were in play. Might've missed exactly what he said before that.

5/18/2013 11:47:31 PM

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"Were you in the can or something when jarvis informed tony that the crews had dug out the basement and thus, the door could be opened? "

yes probably, I've noticed many here manage to miss information that is spelled out almost verbatim in movies.

5/19/2013 4:13:10 AM

i enjoyed it, but i prefer 1 & 2 over 3. and thus far it isn't my favorite blockbuster of the summer.

not a comic book follower, but i understand that mandarin is supposed to be his biggest villain in the series. i didn't feel that way watching it.

6/11/2013 5:36:13 PM

Watched this on a flight yesterday.

They edited out the part where people are falling out of the sky and Tony has to rescue them.

8/25/2013 12:31:01 PM

lol seriously?

8/26/2013 10:17:52 AM

Yes. Iron Man jumps out of Air Force One at altitude and is immediately hit by a truck.

I felt bad for anyone seeing it for the first time.

8/26/2013 11:41:10 AM

LOL I thought that was the best part of that movie


over time I take back everything I said about the movie. it's not that big of a deal. I get what they were doing

8/26/2013 4:25:48 PM

so now that ironman is done how are they going to make avengers 2? it's not like anyone is going to see that shit for hulk or captain america.

9/1/2013 12:12:51 AM

Iron Man isn't done. It says "Iron Man will return" at the end of the credits. And Avengers 2 comes out in 2015.

9/1/2013 1:20:33 AM

it's like i watch different movies than other people ...

9/1/2013 6:18:36 AM

he CLEARLY said he was done with ironman when he BLEW UP ALL OF HIS SUITS.

9/1/2013 8:24:58 AM

Spock CLEARLY died at the end of Wrath of Khan when he WALKED INTO THE REACTOR

9/1/2013 11:05:04 AM

what? that was kirk and they brought him back to life using khan's blood.

9/1/2013 11:44:40 AM

DVD was released, finally saw the movie.

I was liking it a lot better than part 2 for the first 2/3rds of the movie, the last 1/3rd was a mess. My #1 problem was: ok how are Pepper and Tony going to take out Lava Guy? ... Wait, he's dead? What? When? How? Where? Why? Who?

Larger explosion = pisses him off
Smaller explosion = gone forever

I figured they'd try freeze him or drown him or something, especially since I was getting a big T2 vibe toward the end. Nope, a firecracker takes him out.

After re-reading the last few pages of the thread, I've got to say that I disagree with there being any tension over Pepper dying at the end of the movie. At that stage you already know she got the regeneration/lava lamp blood (I guess it gives you super strength as well), she was able to process it without rejecting it, and now I'm literally on the edge of my seat wondering if she's going to die? Nope.

[Edited on October 1, 2013 at 8:25 PM. Reason : -]

10/1/2013 8:21:32 PM

yeah the ending is a mess. they kind of shoehorned in all the suits at the end to appease the fanboys cause it might be the last iron man (cause RDJ is so expensive)

10/1/2013 11:26:49 PM

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"what? that was kirk and they brought him back to life using khan's blood. "

DOT DOT FUCKING DOT

10/3/2013 1:27:47 AM

watched his last night. overall I enjoyed it but I wasn't as enthralled with it as parts 1 & 2.

10/23/2013 8:23:50 AM

So has anybody seen this?

https://vimeo.com/129341896

It's a 12 minute short basically confirming that yes, the Mandarin really does exist in the MCU, and not the Trevor Slattery Mandarin.

I had no idea this existed until just now.

Sorry if [old]

[Edited on December 28, 2017 at 4:25 PM. Reason : asd]

12/28/2017 4:24:29 PM

If only a moderator could fix that gigantic ass pic that my main man, shoot, embedded 4 years ago

12/28/2017 7:13:21 PM

there a bunch of stuff out there on the 10 rings thing with all the movies.

12/29/2017 8:58:18 AM

What is interesting though is that clip appears to be an MCU production.

Perhaps maybe they've talked RDJ into a fourth IM movie and this is laying the groundwork?

12/29/2017 9:20:21 AM

it's a short that came with the dvd release of thor: the dark world

since no one bought that movie, it's relatively unseen

12/29/2017 11:25:36 AM