The Iron Man
franchise was the beginning of great things for Marvel as their partnership
with Paramount allowed the creation of a Marvel Cinematic Universe, which
eventually cumulated into the Avengers.
But Iron Man
sequels themselves never quite had the popularity of the first. Iron Man 2 was
criticised for particularly its lack of Iron Man himself and its ending, where
Tony created an impossible to synthesise element in a matter of minutes. Still
it enjoys a 73% rotten tomatoes rating and made a decent $600 million at the
box office, so a 3rd instalment was inevitable.
Also note-worthy
is that this is the last movie distributed by Paramount Studios. Following
Marvel Comics Acquisition by Disney, Disney themselves handled the distribution
of the films that followed this.
There are
loud critics for Iron Man, despite its incredible box office performance,
managing $1.2 billion at the box office, and its favourable 78% rotten
tomatoes. I don’t consider this movie that brilliant, it’s flawed and I’ll be
spending the remainder of the review explaining it. But for all its problems, I
find, like most Marvel movies, it’s fun and enjoyable. So let’s dig into Iron
Man 3 and discover all that it can be.
