Three point of view review.

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2017)

I grew up on DC Comics, and my wife grew up on MARVEL Universe so there is a bit of tension in the house over what heroes to worship.
Iron Man was not really on my radar as a kid, Batman, Superman, Spiderman, these guys where who I was when I played at the park with my friends. So when "Iron Man" (2008) came out, I was not all too excited. I saw it and liked it but by the time Iron Man 2" (2010) came along I was a full fan. Then of course you have all the other Marvel Superhero movies "Captain America", "THOR", and the countless of thousands of "HULK" movies. (Alright there is only one true Hulk; we all know who it is.) Which all lead up the "The Avengers". Now by this time I was drooling and waiting and peeing my pants after the end credits of every movie and so on and so on. Now we have "Iron Man 3" which continues where "The Avengers" left off.
The biggest complaint people are having about this movie is "Where are the rest of the Avengers and why aren't they helping him?" First off, it's not like they all don't live in LA and they didn't move in together and well you have to wait for all of their sequels coming out 2014, 2015 to see what they were doing while "Iron Man 3" was happening. Can you picture it? "MTV's The Real World: Avengers" I would actually watch that!
Jack "The Film Lover" says... I liked the movie. It was fast and well passed and the necessary slow parts where not painfully slow. There were some surprises and twists along the way that change your view on many things. I was OK with them, no big deal to me but remember I never read the comics so the movies can do whatever they want and I won't be blogging about how they destroyed my childhood by changing one key detail about Iron Man.
The one thing that bothered me was the villains. They were a bit weird to me. I couldn't really put my finger on agendas and plans. Yes of course the monologues they gave told you everything but the whole time I asked myself. "Why, so what?" They didn't really sit well and make me feel as if there was a real solid threat. You know I never spoil the fun for you so I will stop there.
Jack "The Filmmaker" says "The Avengers" was a very well made movie, but there was one piece of dialogue that bothered me. Captain America says to Tony Stark "Big man in a suit of armor, take that away what are you?" Tony's reply was awesome and funny and smart and witty but it cut him, it changed him, it affected him. Aside from his quick self-defense rant, we see what it did to him in "Iron Man 3" and we see how it changed him as a hero, a man, and an individual. We see what happens when you strip him of everything. "Iron Man 3" fixed everything and ended and began so many things all in one spin.
Jack "The Parent" says As a parent of five girls it can sometimes be difficult to get them interested in movies like "Iron Man 3" and this movie did fall of their radar, so it was a wife and me, date night mission. BUT I can say as a father of five girls that it is also very hard to find a movie that displays women's strength and women as more than just something to save or just another problem for the hero. And yes this movie did have a lot of that but Pepper Potts does kick some ass in this movie showing some skills and strength in her own right. I personally would not have a problem with my girls watching this movie at all; it's fun, adventurous, and creative. It ignites ideas of protecting the ones you love.