My name is Gage Lewis; I watch movies go to college and occasionally, I write critical reviews of blockbuster movies. Today I review Iron Man 3. Get your arc Reactors ready, and inject yourself with some Extremis virus because no movie is without The Good, The Bad or The Ugly.

The Good
The Marvel cinematic universe is nothing if not incredibly self-referential and most strongly does this define the Iron Man section of the franchise, Iron Man 3 doesn't go without pointing out how sappy or unoriginal a scene might be and uses this for comedic effect. There were moments in the movie that could have been overwhelmed by generic action movie clichés. The film manages to twist away from dried out tropes due to Shane Blacks' well crafted script. I also enjoyed how the movie did not, pull, any punches, every action scene felt well placed and different from the previous scene; along the same lines Tony Stark has just as many actions scenes in the movie as Iron Man, this is something that I think was needed in order for us to relate with Tony after what he experienced in The Avengers. Stark saw things that now one had ever before and the effect of that permeates all of Iron Man 3, was vital because Tony is our, way into a world that is populated by aliens and gods.

The Ugly
I had a few issues with some of the visual effects that looked worse than Jurassic park, which was made 20 years ago. I also didn't quite like the score, but Iron Man was the only movie of the Marvel Cinematic universe, which had a score that was not just background music.

The Bad
All of my stuff in the Bad Category is saved for my spoiler section at the end of the review.

Over All Iron Man 3 gets 5 Mandarin Lessons out of 5

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Read beyond this point at your own risk
Spoilers
So as much as I like the idea of reusing the "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain" concept in an Iron Man movie, it is something kind of deflates the tension a little bit. However I am glad the ending actually came to a physical altercation something I feel happens more and more rarely in summer blockbusters but sorta of replaced a villain who felt like he could have become iconic with a guy who felt a bit generic. I also found the ending confusing even after sitting through credits seeing Mark Ruffalo and a message stating Tony Stark will return, has Tony stopped making suits altogether, is he no longer Iron Man, my nerd brain needs to know these things. I also found the way the Maya Hill character was used in movie a bit annoying, you cannot reveal a character to bad (which was kind of obvious from the start) turn her like 15% good for like a minute and then kill her off, then your just f*ing with me and the entire audience.