Caught this at Bugis+ last night, it wasn't too bad, off the bat i can tell you it's better than part 2; at least the "final battle" was more satisfying than the wasted opportunity in part 2. This movie takes place after the events in The Avengers, so there are a lot references to the events there.
Truthfully there are more scenes with Tony without the armor on than with the armor, the movie seems to be trying to make a point that it's the man beneath the armor, rather than the armors themselves that are important. I mean, the show starts off with Tony testing the Mk 42 suit.... boy, he's sure had a lot of time since New York! His new armor is cool, there are references to the extremis 'virus', but it's totally different again from the comic version, although extremis itself does play a pretty big part in the show.
The bad guy this round is The Mandarin... no spoilers but after seeing the movie, you'll know how "important" he is to the show, no doubt that Ben Kingsley steals most scenes he's in, at least they removed the weird slur he had in the trailers.
So, it's entertaining throughout, but to me it felt kind of messy, the scenes were all over the place and not in very defined acts, guess i'll need to watch it again to make sense of some of the parts. Will definately get the BD once it's out, but not the HT figures; most of the new armors appear onscreen for a couple of secs at most.
I'll give this a 7.5/10, fun to watch but needed to be more focused! Oh, stay till the end as usual for the secret ending after the credits, and spot Stan Lee!
Haven't gone to see IM3 yet :P I'm expecting it to be slightly better than IM2 ? :P hope so ! What's with all the new armors - they're really cashing in on it.. especially HT ! Did you see the new figures by Play Imaginative ? Think they had some display at Bugis... the HS isnt as good as HT's :P Well, as with all sequels, I'll watch it just cos' I watched IM1 and IM2 :P Still have yet to catch G.I Joe Retaliation..and looking forward to Wolverine ! HT has a new Wolvie fig in his X-Men getup but decided not to get.. too many liao :P Can't keep up :P
ReplyDeleteYeah! Once you see the movie, you'll realise they're all screen fluff anyway; although they do play a key role/s at the ending, they appear for just a couple of seconds each! And the quality! Must be made in China! :p
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