IRON MAN 3 SPOILER REVIEW

 

This is a full spoiler review on Iron Man 3, if you haven’t seen it yet make sure you see are spoiler free review by clicking here.

So Iron Man 3 came out and I said that this movie would piss off a lot of people, when I said that I was mainly talking about the twist that happens half way through the movie when it’s revealed that Ben Kingsley character otherwise known as the Mandarin was just a distraction, he never existed. The problem is he is like the Joker to Iron Man, and fans of the Iron Man comics wouldn’t really like that.

I don’t know much about the Iron Man comics apart that the Mandarin is the leader of the Ten Rings and he has a bunch of rings with magical powers.

I remember looking two years ago an article on Iron Man 3 saying that it was decided the Mandarin would be the main antagonist, and when I saw the twist I was REALLY on board. Why? It was different, and honestly nobody expected it, whether you liked it or not, I was surprised.

In my review of Iron Man 3 I rated it as great entertainment for the summer. I stick to my rating, but I do wish they did the twist differently.

People say that Kingsley would have been a great Mandarin, but I think it would have been so predictable if the movie was just “Iron Knight Rises” and he had to overcome his defeat and fight Kingsley, I loved how Kingsley wasn’t The Mandarin.

 The actual Mandarin of this film is Aldrich Killian played by Guy Pearce and here’s why I come to think that.

Firstly I thought that when he screamed “I Am The Mandarin!” to Stark I thought the Mandarin did not exist. But then I saw an interview with Guy Pearce saying that he was Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Mandarin and I thought “Yes he is”.

1.       He is Iron Man’s biggest challenge

2.       He breathes fire

3.       Has a dragon tattoo

4.       Stark could not kill him due to his “powers

I know that four little bullet points don’t make him the Mandarin, but he is not the Mandarin from the comics, he is just everything he stands for; a challenge that Stark himself would not overcome and I love that.

Now I think that Aldrich Killian was a bad villain until the end of the movie, and honestly I quite like how he felt underdeveloped until the twist and how Potts killed him and not Stark.

People compared it to The Dark Knight Rises but I think that Catwoman killing Bane was a bit off climax while Potts killing Killian just proved that even Iron Man could not defeat him. It was different.

People would like to see the same as before even if it’s been done thousands of times, and that’s why I loved Iron Man 3, for being different to the others.

 

"Iron Man 3 is a great summer blockbuster for keeping you enternained with it's excellent comedic timing and mind blowing action sequences for long enough for you to love it and apreciate it's unique take on the story"

8.5/10 (Great)