Movie Review: Iron Man 3

So here I am sitting on my couch trying to figure out about a film named Iron Man 3 and the bell rings. And as I answer the door who do I find on the other side?

It’s none other than the great, the genius… Iron Ma.. no wait.. you.. you are not Iron Man.. you look like some piece of crap from the junkyard.. Holy shit.. you are..

“I am Steel. From the 1997 film..?”

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

And I snap out of my sleep! I am still on my couch. I look around and nothing has happened.

“It was a dream.. It was just a dream..  efffinnn clichés!”

Iron Man 3 as the name suggests is the third installment to the Iron Man franchise.

Directed by Shane Black, the film has some “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” humor which is certainly quite refreshing to watch. But is it better than the previous installments?

Well not exactly.

Robert Downy Jr. plays the multimillionaire Tony Stark who this time around faces a threat named Mandarin (terrifically played by Ben Kingsley) who looks like a Chinese version of Bin Laden with a British accent.

Having seen Iron Man 1,2 and The Avengers, my expectations were sky high on this one but sadly this film does not deliver.

Don’t take me wrong here. It has some good enjoyable moments throughout but it’s the lack-luster story and a ‘Joker’-ish villan named Aldrick Killian(played by Guy Pearce) with his team of uninteresting and exploding zombies that really suck the life out of this film.

The visual effects overall are fantastic though. Especially a terrific flight sequence where Iron Man saves eleven people falling off an airplane. But the effects are pretty much what you would expect them to be by now.

Apparently it’s RDJ and his hilarious conversations with Jarvis, with Pepper and with a kid who looked like he dropped in straight from a 'Home Alone' film, that kept me awake till the end, which is not what I was expecting from a film that promised to be so much more.

And about that twist. Oh wait! Don’t worry! I’m not going to reveal it! But here’s a thing. For better or worse, this movie had one of the most deceptive trailers you could ever imagine.

Conclusion: It’s certainly a good film but also an overrated ‘Marvel’. ;)