Just watched Iron Man 3 today, and it was fairly incredible. The references to the last movies (In particular Thor, Iron Man 2 and the Avengers) were less subtle than in the last movies, which I liked, such as "Since that big guy with the hammer came here, things haven't been the same". Instead of hinting at connections, they've just went along with acknowledging the larger picture in the movies. This had no impact on the immediate plot, however. Also, the events in the Avengers have a significant effect on Tony and the plot, besides from children asking "Will the aliens come back? How did you get back from the worm hole?"

One thing I loved was the constant comments made towards Rhodey that "War Machine was was cooler than 'Iron Patriot'." I believe this is reference to some comic fans who disliked the change, seeing as Rhodey's login for his email is "WarMachineRox86"

The suits obviously got far cooler. I myself preferred War Machine, but Iron Patriot is a worthy replacement. I'm just glad they didn't change Rhodey's character again, I like the current one.

One thing I did like about the film is that they finally recognized Tony Stark's weakness in that him himself, there is little to nothing special going on besides his engineering genius. He comments several times about how it's "all the suit" and "He's hiding in a tin can". He is then put into situations where without the suit where you see Tony struggle, not Iron Man. This was a fantastic choice for the story. Pepper is also an important role, but I won't go into that.

In all, I thought the movie was fantastic, with brilliant action and funny jokes that had the entire audience laughing out loud (myself included). So. Watch it. And to those who have watched it, what did you think?

ACDC?

Hmm. No, actually.

I havnt watched it yet but I do plan on it, along with Thor 2 this November (trailer for it is pretty good). I actually like the idea that they are keeping the movie in sync with the Avengers and are acknowledging other characters and story arcs outside of Iron Man. It makes the world really feel like the Marvel Universe.

Yeah, that was one of my favourite elements of the movie. There was also a teeny weeny X-Men reference (to the movie, specifically) where one particular woman who passes Iron Man has exactly the same hair as Jane from X-Men. Tony then comments "Nice hair, suits you." I think one other guy in the cinema picked up on this reference/possible coincidence.

Oh is this out in theaters already? I gather you liked it, but where would you put in terms of the first two?
That is, for the genre, I loved the first one, but didn't care much at all for the 2nd.

I'm initially much more interested in the Thor sequel, at least from the ads.

Better than the second, not as good as the first.

Watched it yesterday. It was an ok movie.

Best of the three, IMO.

personally I think Iron man is overrated.

Never really understood why people say that: instead of just saying they didn't like something, it sounds more like they think other people are wrong to like it.

Spoilers much? Also, are you from the future? Because this movie isn't even out yet. Comes out this upcoming Friday.

It's out now.

Otherwise I suspect a massive lawsuit.

I didnt mean it that way. but I know what you mean.

I just watched two commercials for it on TV. May 3rd is the release date. You must be from the future.

My nephews went to see it today.

Europe gets it before the US maybe?

That must be it which is odd.

Yup very odd.

Yes, this is the case. Which makes for a nice change, I must say.

It's not that odd. We got the Avengers earlier than the US too as far as I remember. Star Trek comes out on the 9th here and I think it's the 17th over there.

I watched it at 00:15 on the 24th (so you could just about say midnight on the 23rd) at GMT so it'd definitely been out for a few days now.

Oh and my favorite out of the 3, wasn't even all that fond of the first 2 movies but this one was pretty darn good.

Who's Jane? Do you mean Jean?


Finally! Take that, America! How does it feel, huh, huh?

Yeah, Jean. Stupid typo.

Ben Kingsley is a great actor, looking forward to seeing him in it.

Prepare your body.