I think you might have missed Yensin, the guy who helped him in the cave in the first movie. He mentioned he had met him before, he was in the Switzerland scene in the beginning but Tony didn't really give him attention.
Fun fact about the giant bunny--the paw prints were added in later. While those were always meant to be paws, they were even _less_ paw-like without the prints. Almost no one thought they _weren't_ boobs. 😄 As for the President calling the Mandarin--I never did like that scene. There's a reason United States policy is to never negotiate with terrorists. The moment you do, you're teaching them and the rest of the world that those methods _work._ You're opening the floodgates for kidnappings, unalivings, splody threats, and more. Another fun fact--the Barrels of Monkeys scene was done _practically._ A team of stunt skydivers did it over the course of a handful of jumps.
Brian Tyler really knocked the score of this film out of ball park. Despite being one of the "worst" MCU films in ratings (never trust them) score is one the best. PTSD inclusion and performance was really good. This film got so much unnecessary hate.
1000% yes whenever a character holds their breath in a movie, I do it too. My success rate is about 50/50. Glad you dug this, buckle up because Phase 2 gets real damn good. Also, you owe it to yourself to watch the Marvel One Shot “Hail to the King.” You don’t need to react to it, but it’s a good follow up to this one, features more of Trevor.
5:57 "When's the last time you got a good night's sleep?" "Einstein slept three hours a year." Albert Einstein got a solid eight hours of sleep a night, every single night, and also took a number of naps through the course of the day. This was _necessary_ in order for him to perform so well, _academically._ Every animal the human race has ever studied _sleeps,_ Tony. Every single one. There's this group of people I've heard about who develop this medical condition under which they _lose_ the ability to sleep. Their abilities decline. Their _spirits_ decline. Fourteen to eighteen months later, in a state of uselessness and _absolute_ misery, they die. Don't neglect your sleep, Tony. For God's sake, don't neglect your sleep.
So this movie was written and directed by Shane Black. Shane Black has worked with Robert Downey Jr. before Iron Man 3, though... On 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'. It was one RDJs first leading roles after his drug and legal troubles. It was also his performance in 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' that helped him land the role of Tony Stark in the first 'Iron Man' movie, so this is kind of like everything coming full circle. ...All that is to say that if you like the dialogue and directing style in this one, check out 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang', it's actually really fun... And if you like KKBB, check out another, very similar, but set in the 70s movie, 'The Nice Guys'... Okay, I'll stop with the non-Marvel recommendations now, sorry. (I kid...about the non-Marvel recommendations, not the movies, those are both totally worth checking out)
“Fun” fact about Iron Man 3, originally Maya was the actual big bad of this film! Which is why the actress signed on, but then the script was changed when a producer (awful guy all around) decided that they’d sell less toys if the main villain was a woman 🙄 So it was changed to Killian, and Maya gets killed off anticlimactically instead. This same producer held back production on Black Panther, Captain Marvel and Black Widow as well, thankfully he’s been removed since!
Hey, Shadowcat! The fanbase was sharply divided over this Iron Man installment for two major deviations from the comics: the Mandarin and AIM. Ben Kingsley was admittedly hilarious as Trevor and the revelation that he's merely a paper tiger facade for Killian was completely unexpected. However, the Mandarin is Tony's nemesis and one of Marvel's great villains. When he was reduced to a laughingstock, it frustrated all the expectations the trailers had built up for a live-action showdown between these major opponents. The other disappointment was that AIM was reduced to a corporation run by Killian when it's supposed to be a major terrorist organization comparable to Hydra but comprised of rogue scientists! The movie also uses PTSD as a substitute for Tony's notorious alcoholism but this deviation nevertheless helps to ground the character and humanize him for audiences. The plot is adapted from the "Extremis" storyline written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Adi Granov which propelled the character into the 21st-century. The Mandarin is a top-tier Marvel villain who deserves a special note. He was created by Stan Lee in 1964 debuting in issue # 50 of the title that was running Iron Man's adventures at the time called "Tales of Suspense". He goes by many aliases such as Eugene Khan, Zhang Tong and Tem Borijgin but none know his real name. He is the bi-racial product of an aristocratic Chinese family from pre-Communist China who claim descent from Genghis Khan. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by a bitter dowager aunt whose hate for the Communist regime was exceeded only by her hate for the West! A boy prodigy, she spent every last bit of his fortune training him in science, history and combat until they could no longer pay taxes and were evicted by the government from his ancestral estate. Now a proud young man with a grudge against the world, he explored a hidden valley none dare enter and made a remarkable find: a spaceship with the corpse of a dragon-like pilot from a world called Maklu IV. This find explains the motif of intelligent dragons in Chinese folklore. He spends years mastering the technology which confers upon him longevity and the ten control rings that power the ship. Each ring has a specific function and can be wielded independent of the ship as weapons. He easily seizes the area around the valley which draws in the government whom he intimidates into a detente where they agree to shelter him and turn a blind eye to his machinations so long as he doesn't molest China. He moves his center of operations to the Gobi desert and begins his plans for world conquest. More recently, he has modernized his outfit into a legitimate corporation to advance his nefarious agenda. Perceived as a culturally insensitive "yellow peril" stereotype in collusion with the Chinese government, a true rendering of the character would have prevented distribution of "Iron Man 3" in the lucrative Asian market so the Ten Rings became a logo and the Mandarin himself became a joke. Feige attempted to correct this egregious misrepresentation in the One-Shot "All Hail the King" and the movie "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" but still came up short. Shane Black, who directed RDJ in the excellent neo-noir "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", handles this entry as if it were more of a techno-thriller than a clash of armored titans like the last two. It's a smart move and a faithful translation of the source material which has Tony out of his armor for most of the film! The relationship with young Harley is amusing and affecting presaging his mentorship of another character later on. The destruction of the Malibu mansion and the human chain skydive rescue are thrilling highlights! The cast, as always, is excellent headed by Robert Downey, Jr. playing Tony Stark aka Iron Man for the fifth time now accompanied by his regular stable of Don Cheadle as Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes rebranded as Iron Patriot, Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia 'Pepper' Potts, Jon Favreau as Harold 'Happy' Hogan and Paul Bettany as JARVIS. Paltrow, in particular, gets to perform some amazing action both in and out of some armor! Ty Simpkins of the "Insidious" franchise as the young Harley Keener, in whose cluttered garage runaway Tony flops, is excellent as an unwitting, pint-sized therapist. Shaun Toub returns for a Yinsen cameo set in 1999. Guy Pearce plays a lean and hungry Aldrich Killian nursing a hateful grudge with a perpetual sneer and running two evil organizations: his company, Advanced Idea Mechanics, which fronts for a mock Ten Rings terrorist cell. Ben Kingsley does a menacing job as the Mandarin and delivers a brilliant comedic turn as sleazy Trevor Slattery. The lovely Rebecca Hall is appropriately tragic as the spurned Maya Hansen. James Badge Dale is savage as the lead Extremis operative Savin. Stephanie Szostak, as another Extremis goon named Brandt, has a vicious throwdown with Tony. William Sadler plays President Ellis, a role he reprises in "Agents of SHIELD", and Miguel Ferrer plays treacherous Vice President Rodriguez compelled to collude with Killian for his amputee daughter played by Jenna Ortega of "Wednesday" and "Scream VI" making her screen debut! Character actors Spencer Garrett and Dale Dickey have bit parts as a Tennessee sheriff and barfly, respectively. Adam Pally is memorably amusing as a Stark-obsessed cameraman named Gary. TRIVIA: 1. Shane Black sets every movie he directs at Christmastime and "Iron Man 3" is no different. 2. The freefall rescue sequence was accomplished practically and filmed mid-air by a team of skydivers who performed the stunt multiple times! EASTER EGGS: 1. The dragon tattoos on Killian's chest are of the Makluan dragon and Iron Man antagonist Fin Fang Foom! 2. The red, white and blue armor and Iron Patriot moniker are references to when Spidey villain Norman Osborn wore the suit in command of the Dark Avengers! 3. The company the accountant hostage worked for, Roxxon, is the Marvel Comics equivalent of Exxon, a multinational petrochemical juggernaut! CAMEO: 1. Stan Lee appears as a gleefully generous judge of the beauty pageant issuing a score of '10'! END-CREDIT SCENE: 1. Tony recounts his adventure to a half-asleep Bruce Banner who protests that his doctorate doesn't qualify him to practice psychiatric therapy before Tony ignores him and goes on an even deeper dive into his childhood! The gag reveals that the entire movie has been a flashback from this session! The next chronological stop in the MCU is the One-Shot featurette "All Hail the King" in which we catch up with Trevor Slattery in jail. The featurette is found on the "Thor: The Dark World" blu-ray or on DPlus. This is followed by the first seven episodes of Season 1 of "Agents of SHIELD".
36:38 "You can take away my house, all my tricks and toys. One thing you _can't_ take away: I _am_ Iron Man. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go do the Robot. Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto."
all of the Avengers have visible/invisible conditions. Bruce Banner is DID/Rage issues. Black Widow was involuntarily experimented on as a young adult in the Widow program. Hawkeye is HoH and, afterwards, that grows (not spoiling!). Thor is masking depression & listlessness. Steve is PTSD, Depression, and Survivor's Guilt. Tony, as seen here, has panic disorder, anxiety disorder, insomnia, and C-PTSD. Folks were cheering on the MCU shows that debuted saying they were just now getting disability/conditions awareness, when that representation was there all along.
11:16 "Here's a little holiday greeting I've been meaning to send to the Mandarin. My name's Tony Stark and I'm not afraid of you." Now this challenge _wouldn't_ be such a bad thing if Tony's in-home _defenses_ were turned on. They weren't, though.
I think that this was a good development point for Tony as a character. Like... he kind of needed this to ground him through a lot of his arrogance. If there is one thing that RDJ makes clear through the performance of the character, it is that Tony is someone who is... more or less constantly haunted and driven. Every new version of the suit, even, is designed to address something that has been a problem for him in a previous version of the suit. Even with the move from the steel-looking suit to the red and gold, being a change made to address the icing problem. Tony is a character that it is easy to feel sympathy for, even as he's... a generally fairly insufferable jerk XD You really see where he's coming from with it.
Ah yeah the Mandarin Reveal, I remember how controversial that was back in the day! So much so that Marvel actually released a short film just to clarify that this wasn't *the REAL Mandarin* and that he was still out there waiting to make his debut, which wouldn't even happen until 2021 with *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.* Also Fun Fact: The Post Credit Scene with Dr. Banner wasn't even planned. Mark Ruffallo just happened to visit the set one day and RDJ convinced him to do the scene together.
I guess that's the positive with not being super familiar with the source material, bc I had no idea The Mandarin wasn't something they just made up for this movie and thus had no expectations. That's so interesting!
Iron Man 3 is one of those movies that I appreciate so much more now that it is years later. I was not a fan of the Trevor Slattery Mandarin fake out, as the Mandarin was a real enemy of Iron Man in the comics for decades. However in the rear view mirror I realize that this makes more sense and the actual depiction in the 60's and 70's was pretty racist by today's standards. Marvel could not have brought that to the big screen.
Man. See i agree with your assessment of Tony. Like. Hes a HUGE asshole. But hes also endearing and funny and charismatic. And contrary to what he might portray, he truly cares for and loves his friends and family.
I warm up to him more and more as time goes on! RDJ was so perfectly cast bc even though Tony annoys me a lot, he's just so dang endearing as you said 😅
@@shadowcatreacts it's kind of like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory to me, in a way. Like I love his character and he's so funny, but I also know he would be TORTUROUS to actually be irl friends with 😅 seriously though, Tony is super complex, more and more as the saga continues. But who REALLY surprised me was Cap! I was never a huge Captain America fan. But MCU Cap MADE me a fan.
Yeah, Tony Stark is honestly kinda gross. He's already lived so much of his life as a priviledged asshole. But he is compelling in many ways. His friendship with Rhodie helps humanize him. And his PTSD from nearly dying after saving New York. Tony Stark, in his own words, is a "hot mess". He will continue to be a fascinating and pivotal character in the MCU. But he's always far from perfect. Also, Tony Stark's suit technology only gets more and more advanced. It's his obsession. You're not gonna believe what he can do in later movies!
It's unfortunate that 20% of her reaction needs to be bleeped out because she appears incapable of communication without constantly using foul language.
Im just now coming across your channel and your reactions are great. Love you and your personality lol. Your in a phase of marvel essentially where its all up from here . The only mid movie here on out is Thor The Dark World. the stakes get higher, lots of easter eggs, better writing and choreo. 🔥🫶🏽
A lot of people said this movie wasn’t that good, but I loved it. Iron Man is my favorite Avenger.
That's so interesting to see that that was the initial reception to this movie. I thought it was pretty good!!
Iron Man is my favorite, too. Even when I disagree STRONGLY with his choices.
I ALWAYS try to hold my breath along with the characters. Hahahaha
Hahahaha good to know I'm not the only one 😆
I think you might have missed Yensin, the guy who helped him in the cave in the first movie. He mentioned he had met him before, he was in the Switzerland scene in the beginning but Tony didn't really give him attention.
I did miss it 😩 thank you for pointing it out!
Fun fact about the giant bunny--the paw prints were added in later. While those were always meant to be paws, they were even _less_ paw-like without the prints. Almost no one thought they _weren't_ boobs. 😄
As for the President calling the Mandarin--I never did like that scene. There's a reason United States policy is to never negotiate with terrorists. The moment you do, you're teaching them and the rest of the world that those methods _work._ You're opening the floodgates for kidnappings, unalivings, splody threats, and more.
Another fun fact--the Barrels of Monkeys scene was done _practically._ A team of stunt skydivers did it over the course of a handful of jumps.
LOL ok that makes me feel better about it then 😆😆😆
Until I read this comment, I STILL thought they were boobs, regardless of the addition of what I now know are apparently supposed to be paw prints
I'm glad they explored his PTSD in this movie. This movie got so much flak for the Mandarin reveal. It holds up strong.
The reveal is the best part and it’s a solid movie.
I’m really enjoying your reactions and watching you come around! Your comments are very insightful too. Looking forward to the rest.
Thanks Lazarou!! 🤗
Brian Tyler really knocked the score of this film out of ball park. Despite being one of the "worst" MCU films in ratings (never trust them) score is one the best. PTSD inclusion and performance was really good. This film got so much unnecessary hate.
1000% yes whenever a character holds their breath in a movie, I do it too. My success rate is about 50/50.
Glad you dug this, buckle up because Phase 2 gets real damn good. Also, you owe it to yourself to watch the Marvel One Shot “Hail to the King.” You don’t need to react to it, but it’s a good follow up to this one, features more of Trevor.
36:01 "Not even her _hair_ burnt off."
Forget her _hair._ Not even her _clothes._
5:57 "When's the last time you got a good night's sleep?"
"Einstein slept three hours a year."
Albert Einstein got a solid eight hours of sleep a night, every single night, and also took a number of naps through the course of the day. This was _necessary_ in order for him to perform so well, _academically._
Every animal the human race has ever studied _sleeps,_ Tony. Every single one.
There's this group of people I've heard about who develop this medical condition under which they _lose_ the ability to sleep. Their abilities decline. Their _spirits_ decline. Fourteen to eighteen months later, in a state of uselessness and _absolute_ misery, they die.
Don't neglect your sleep, Tony. For God's sake, don't neglect your sleep.
Great reaction........Can't wait for the next one. Better with the sound. Thanks
So this movie was written and directed by Shane Black. Shane Black has worked with Robert Downey Jr. before Iron Man 3, though... On 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'. It was one RDJs first leading roles after his drug and legal troubles. It was also his performance in 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' that helped him land the role of Tony Stark in the first 'Iron Man' movie, so this is kind of like everything coming full circle. ...All that is to say that if you like the dialogue and directing style in this one, check out 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang', it's actually really fun... And if you like KKBB, check out another, very similar, but set in the 70s movie, 'The Nice Guys'... Okay, I'll stop with the non-Marvel recommendations now, sorry. (I kid...about the non-Marvel recommendations, not the movies, those are both totally worth checking out)
“Fun” fact about Iron Man 3, originally Maya was the actual big bad of this film! Which is why the actress signed on, but then the script was changed when a producer (awful guy all around) decided that they’d sell less toys if the main villain was a woman 🙄
So it was changed to Killian, and Maya gets killed off anticlimactically instead. This same producer held back production on Black Panther, Captain Marvel and Black Widow as well, thankfully he’s been removed since!
Hey, Shadowcat! The fanbase was sharply divided over this Iron Man installment for two major deviations from the comics: the Mandarin and AIM. Ben Kingsley was admittedly hilarious as Trevor and the revelation that he's merely a paper tiger facade for Killian was completely unexpected. However, the Mandarin is Tony's nemesis and one of Marvel's great villains. When he was reduced to a laughingstock, it frustrated all the expectations the trailers had built up for a live-action showdown between these major opponents. The other disappointment was that AIM was reduced to a corporation run by Killian when it's supposed to be a major terrorist organization comparable to Hydra but comprised of rogue scientists! The movie also uses PTSD as a substitute for Tony's notorious alcoholism but this deviation nevertheless helps to ground the character and humanize him for audiences. The plot is adapted from the "Extremis" storyline written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Adi Granov which propelled the character into the 21st-century.
The Mandarin is a top-tier Marvel villain who deserves a special note. He was created by Stan Lee in 1964 debuting in issue # 50 of the title that was running Iron Man's adventures at the time called "Tales of Suspense". He goes by many aliases such as Eugene Khan, Zhang Tong and Tem Borijgin but none know his real name. He is the bi-racial product of an aristocratic Chinese family from pre-Communist China who claim descent from Genghis Khan. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by a bitter dowager aunt whose hate for the Communist regime was exceeded only by her hate for the West! A boy prodigy, she spent every last bit of his fortune training him in science, history and combat until they could no longer pay taxes and were evicted by the government from his ancestral estate. Now a proud young man with a grudge against the world, he explored a hidden valley none dare enter and made a remarkable find: a spaceship with the corpse of a dragon-like pilot from a world called Maklu IV. This find explains the motif of intelligent dragons in Chinese folklore. He spends years mastering the technology which confers upon him longevity and the ten control rings that power the ship. Each ring has a specific function and can be wielded independent of the ship as weapons. He easily seizes the area around the valley which draws in the government whom he intimidates into a detente where they agree to shelter him and turn a blind eye to his machinations so long as he doesn't molest China. He moves his center of operations to the Gobi desert and begins his plans for world conquest. More recently, he has modernized his outfit into a legitimate corporation to advance his nefarious agenda. Perceived as a culturally insensitive "yellow peril" stereotype in collusion with the Chinese government, a true rendering of the character would have prevented distribution of "Iron Man 3" in the lucrative Asian market so the Ten Rings became a logo and the Mandarin himself became a joke. Feige attempted to correct this egregious misrepresentation in the One-Shot "All Hail the King" and the movie "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" but still came up short.
Shane Black, who directed RDJ in the excellent neo-noir "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", handles this entry as if it were more of a techno-thriller than a clash of armored titans like the last two. It's a smart move and a faithful translation of the source material which has Tony out of his armor for most of the film! The relationship with young Harley is amusing and affecting presaging his mentorship of another character later on. The destruction of the Malibu mansion and the human chain skydive rescue are thrilling highlights!
The cast, as always, is excellent headed by Robert Downey, Jr. playing Tony Stark aka Iron Man for the fifth time now accompanied by his regular stable of Don Cheadle as Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes rebranded as Iron Patriot, Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia 'Pepper' Potts, Jon Favreau as Harold 'Happy' Hogan and Paul Bettany as JARVIS. Paltrow, in particular, gets to perform some amazing action both in and out of some armor! Ty Simpkins of the "Insidious" franchise as the young Harley Keener, in whose cluttered garage runaway Tony flops, is excellent as an unwitting, pint-sized therapist. Shaun Toub returns for a Yinsen cameo set in 1999. Guy Pearce plays a lean and hungry Aldrich Killian nursing a hateful grudge with a perpetual sneer and running two evil organizations: his company, Advanced Idea Mechanics, which fronts for a mock Ten Rings terrorist cell. Ben Kingsley does a menacing job as the Mandarin and delivers a brilliant comedic turn as sleazy Trevor Slattery. The lovely Rebecca Hall is appropriately tragic as the spurned Maya Hansen. James Badge Dale is savage as the lead Extremis operative Savin. Stephanie Szostak, as another Extremis goon named Brandt, has a vicious throwdown with Tony. William Sadler plays President Ellis, a role he reprises in "Agents of SHIELD", and Miguel Ferrer plays treacherous Vice President Rodriguez compelled to collude with Killian for his amputee daughter played by Jenna Ortega of "Wednesday" and "Scream VI" making her screen debut! Character actors Spencer Garrett and Dale Dickey have bit parts as a Tennessee sheriff and barfly, respectively. Adam Pally is memorably amusing as a Stark-obsessed cameraman named Gary.
TRIVIA:
1. Shane Black sets every movie he directs at Christmastime and "Iron Man 3" is no different.
2. The freefall rescue sequence was accomplished practically and filmed mid-air by a team of skydivers who performed the stunt multiple times!
EASTER EGGS:
1. The dragon tattoos on Killian's chest are of the Makluan dragon and Iron Man antagonist Fin Fang Foom!
2. The red, white and blue armor and Iron Patriot moniker are references to when Spidey villain Norman Osborn wore the suit in command of the Dark Avengers!
3. The company the accountant hostage worked for, Roxxon, is the Marvel Comics equivalent of Exxon, a multinational petrochemical juggernaut!
CAMEO:
1. Stan Lee appears as a gleefully generous judge of the beauty pageant issuing a score of '10'!
END-CREDIT SCENE:
1. Tony recounts his adventure to a half-asleep Bruce Banner who protests that his doctorate doesn't qualify him to practice psychiatric therapy before Tony ignores him and goes on an even deeper dive into his childhood! The gag reveals that the entire movie has been a flashback from this session!
The next chronological stop in the MCU is the One-Shot featurette "All Hail the King" in which we catch up with Trevor Slattery in jail. The featurette is found on the "Thor: The Dark World" blu-ray or on DPlus. This is followed by the first seven episodes of Season 1 of "Agents of SHIELD".
36:38 "You can take away my house, all my tricks and toys. One thing you _can't_ take away: I _am_ Iron Man. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go do the Robot. Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto."
all of the Avengers have visible/invisible conditions. Bruce Banner is DID/Rage issues. Black Widow was involuntarily experimented on as a young adult in the Widow program. Hawkeye is HoH and, afterwards, that grows (not spoiling!). Thor is masking depression & listlessness. Steve is PTSD, Depression, and Survivor's Guilt. Tony, as seen here, has panic disorder, anxiety disorder, insomnia, and C-PTSD. Folks were cheering on the MCU shows that debuted saying they were just now getting disability/conditions awareness, when that representation was there all along.
4:03 🤦 Aw, Tony. _Why'd_ you have to leave this guy _hangin'?_
11:16 "Here's a little holiday greeting I've been meaning to send to the Mandarin. My name's Tony Stark and I'm not afraid of you."
Now this challenge _wouldn't_ be such a bad thing if Tony's in-home _defenses_ were turned on. They weren't, though.
I think that this was a good development point for Tony as a character. Like... he kind of needed this to ground him through a lot of his arrogance. If there is one thing that RDJ makes clear through the performance of the character, it is that Tony is someone who is... more or less constantly haunted and driven. Every new version of the suit, even, is designed to address something that has been a problem for him in a previous version of the suit. Even with the move from the steel-looking suit to the red and gold, being a change made to address the icing problem. Tony is a character that it is easy to feel sympathy for, even as he's... a generally fairly insufferable jerk XD You really see where he's coming from with it.
Yaaay 🎉 Marvel journey continues
We're back at it!! 🥳🥳
Remember this moment 20:52. (Kind of an ity-bity spoiler, but not) Love your channel!!!
Ah yeah the Mandarin Reveal, I remember how controversial that was back in the day!
So much so that Marvel actually released a short film just to clarify that this wasn't *the REAL Mandarin* and that he was still out there waiting to make his debut, which wouldn't even happen until 2021 with *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.*
Also Fun Fact: The Post Credit Scene with Dr. Banner wasn't even planned. Mark Ruffallo just happened to visit the set one day and RDJ convinced him to do the scene together.
I guess that's the positive with not being super familiar with the source material, bc I had no idea The Mandarin wasn't something they just made up for this movie and thus had no expectations. That's so interesting!
@@shadowcatreacts true, sometimes fans can be a bit prickly with adaptations lol.
Iron Man 3 is one of those movies that I appreciate so much more now that it is years later. I was not a fan of the Trevor Slattery Mandarin fake out, as the Mandarin was a real enemy of Iron Man in the comics for decades. However in the rear view mirror I realize that this makes more sense and the actual depiction in the 60's and 70's was pretty racist by today's standards. Marvel could not have brought that to the big screen.
You missed the after-credit scene with the little kid, or you left it on the editing room floor.
Man. See i agree with your assessment of Tony. Like. Hes a HUGE asshole. But hes also endearing and funny and charismatic. And contrary to what he might portray, he truly cares for and loves his friends and family.
I warm up to him more and more as time goes on! RDJ was so perfectly cast bc even though Tony annoys me a lot, he's just so dang endearing as you said 😅
@@shadowcatreacts it's kind of like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory to me, in a way. Like I love his character and he's so funny, but I also know he would be TORTUROUS to actually be irl friends with 😅 seriously though, Tony is super complex, more and more as the saga continues. But who REALLY surprised me was Cap! I was never a huge Captain America fan. But MCU Cap MADE me a fan.
Marvel is king
Yeah, Tony Stark is honestly kinda gross. He's already lived so much of his life as a priviledged asshole. But he is compelling in many ways. His friendship with Rhodie helps humanize him. And his PTSD from nearly dying after saving New York. Tony Stark, in his own words, is a "hot mess". He will continue to be a fascinating and pivotal character in the MCU. But he's always far from perfect.
Also, Tony Stark's suit technology only gets more and more advanced. It's his obsession. You're not gonna believe what he can do in later movies!
Also Shadowcat I know you're married, but you look incredible! Just take my compliment! :)
Aww thanks Icy! 🤗
Hey, I just wanted to warn you that I see a spoiler in this comment section. Not a major one, but still.
It's unfortunate that 20% of her reaction needs to be bleeped out because she appears incapable of communication without constantly using foul language.
I miss u, i started watching your channel like a year ago and fell in love with u, your a dream. I wish i had a woma like u. I love when you swear.
Im just now coming across your channel and your reactions are great. Love you and your personality lol. Your in a phase of marvel essentially where its all up from here . The only mid movie here on out is Thor The Dark World. the stakes get higher, lots of easter eggs, better writing and choreo. 🔥🫶🏽
Can't wait! Welcome aboard 🤗