By Helen Fulton
So I'm sitting in the packed cinema surrounded by people buzzing with excitement, eagerly awaiting the stroke of 12:01am. Why? Because that's when the first showing of Iron Man 3 hits our screens...
Well in fact the film doesn't start for another 30 minutes, but who's counting?
So after previewing the trailers (including a 3D Star Trek: Into Darkness trailer...eep!) we settled into the film. I, along with probably about 100 others, were on the edge of our seats, right up until the last scene when we all let out our breath and began the self-reviewing.
So I'm sitting in the packed cinema surrounded by people buzzing with excitement, eagerly awaiting the stroke of 12:01am. Why? Because that's when the first showing of Iron Man 3 hits our screens...
Well in fact the film doesn't start for another 30 minutes, but who's counting?
So after previewing the trailers (including a 3D Star Trek: Into Darkness trailer...eep!) we settled into the film. I, along with probably about 100 others, were on the edge of our seats, right up until the last scene when we all let out our breath and began the self-reviewing.
Iron Man 3 is set after the events of Avengers Assemble and follows Tony Stark as he begins rebuilding his life. We see him suffer through Anxiety attacks, plus the return of an old flame Maya Hansen. Tony discovers a new threat in his most feared opponent yet... The Mandarin, coupled with a new threat, ‘Extremis’, which makes his little minions extremely hard to kill. With an extremely big plot twist, this film makes for interesting viewing.
So the final credits roll and people begin to file out of the cinema, and I began to think about what I had just watched. Now I'll admit I'm not an Iron Man comic book reader, but I do know my stuff. I would say that this, as a film, is very good, but if you are a reader of the comics, you may not enjoy it as much as you would expect to as it takes liberties with the original plots. Then again, name me a comic book movie that doesn’t.
With a film as big as Iron Man 3, it comes with a lot of expectations from the viewer. I feel like, coming away from watching it, that I did expect this film to be super-duper-awesomely-amazing, but it fact it was just awesomely-amazing. There were some scenes where I sat there, gawping at the screen, admiring the purely breath-taking moments I was being held witness to or laughing my head off at some of the cracking one liners, yet at other times I was sitting there thinking "is this it?"
So the final credits roll and people begin to file out of the cinema, and I began to think about what I had just watched. Now I'll admit I'm not an Iron Man comic book reader, but I do know my stuff. I would say that this, as a film, is very good, but if you are a reader of the comics, you may not enjoy it as much as you would expect to as it takes liberties with the original plots. Then again, name me a comic book movie that doesn’t.
With a film as big as Iron Man 3, it comes with a lot of expectations from the viewer. I feel like, coming away from watching it, that I did expect this film to be super-duper-awesomely-amazing, but it fact it was just awesomely-amazing. There were some scenes where I sat there, gawping at the screen, admiring the purely breath-taking moments I was being held witness to or laughing my head off at some of the cracking one liners, yet at other times I was sitting there thinking "is this it?"
You can tell there has been a change in director. This film is a lot darker, even with the humour, but the content was different as well. This film was very story-based, rather than Jon Favreau’s work, which had its basic story more focussed on the fighting side of things, which personally I preferred, though to give new director Shane Black some credit, he has directed one of my favourite fight scenes. Once you see the film, you will know what I mean.
So in conclusion: would I pay £8 to watch this film? Yes I would, it was worth every penny. But would I go back and see it again and again like I did with Avengers Assemble and The Hunger Games? No, I probably wouldn't. However, go and watch it for yourself and make up your own mind, I can guarantee you'll have a good laugh either way!
So in conclusion: would I pay £8 to watch this film? Yes I would, it was worth every penny. But would I go back and see it again and again like I did with Avengers Assemble and The Hunger Games? No, I probably wouldn't. However, go and watch it for yourself and make up your own mind, I can guarantee you'll have a good laugh either way!
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