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Friday, April 26, 2013

Iron Man 3 : The Big Summer Blockbuster - My Movie Review

Directed by     Shane Black
Produced by     Kevin Feige
Screenplay by     Drew Pearce, Shane Black,

   Starring

Robert Downey, Jr.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Don Cheadle
Guy Pearce
Rebecca Hall
Stephanie Szostak
James Badge Dale
Jon Favreau
Ben Kingsley

Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography John Toll

Editing by Jeffrey Ford
Peter S. Elliot

Studio Marvel Studios, DMG Entertainment
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures (India)

Release date(s) April 26, 2013 (India), May 3, 2013 (United States)
Running time 130 minutes

Country     United States, China
Language     English
Budget     $200 million

Iron Man 3 (U/A - 2D) My Movie Review

Big Man In a Suit Of Armour. Take That Away - What Are You? asks CAP in the Billion dollar Blockbuster The Avengers to which Tony Stark aka Iron Man says 'genius billionaire playboy philanthropist' - this answer is what explained in Iron Man 3 by series debutant Dir. Shane Black [Lethal Weapon Series writer]

Iron Man continues from where The Avengers left off [including the Shawarma scene ;-)] . Post the 'New York' incident Tony Stark is suffering from PTSD. Adding to the worries, is a previously unknown terrorist, Mandarin [Ben Kingsley] who brings Tony back to square one, right into the ground from the billion dollar mansion, super cars and tons of money, with nothing but his brain & brawn [& a 10 year old boy] to depend upon. This is where he answers the question that has been baffling him for years, The question that has been long baffling him, does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Iron Man 3 is the best movie in the series. The series is back on track, with a bang after a disappointing Iron Man 2 which was like Tony Stark himself - lots of money wasted with a lazy script which kinda looked like IM1 reboot. Coming after Avengers Shane had a lot to do and prove as IM3 marks the beginning of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 [followed by Thor 2, CAP2 and Avengers 2].

We like Super heroes when they are cornered and pushed to the walls - this is exactly what Shane Black did in IM3. Plus there are lots of quirky one liners, which is one of the USP's of the character, which only Tony Stark/RDJr. can pull off. This is the 5th appearance of RDJr., still we cant get enough of this character, that's the stars charisma and performance in a role that changed even his life of drugs, drinks and prison. His contractual obligation is over with IM3 hope he returns in avengers 2 and IM 4, 5 etc - because I personally can't imagine anybody else doing Tony Stark/Iron Man .

The story also has an investigative kinda touch to it - ie its not monotonous like most super hero movies. The are many well executed/written scenes like the one with Kid, Flight scene, climax, scenes with Mandarin etc

After Joker (The Dark Knight) we got another equally powerful cinematic villain in the Mandarin played excellently by Sir Ben Kingsley.

Rebeca Hall gets limited screen time, but Gweneth Paltrow as Pepper Pots gets a meatier role this time, the best outing of the character in fact in the series.

Don Cheadle [War Machine/Iron Patriot] & Guy Pearce did good job as well.

The film doesn't look like needed 3d conversion [so don't waste your money and tire your eyes]. There are some things left unanswered. It is a stand alone movie, it doesn't hype Avengers 2 much [may use any one of the scenes later]. Nick Fury who was part of all previous 'Avenger' movies is absent in IM3 [& Thor 2 as well according to reports].

Jos Whedon after watching Iron Man 3, especially the climax, said it will be difficult to top this in Avengers 2, may be a little extravagant comment but still the movie and the climax can stand upto the grandeur & awe set by The Avengers.

For banner/Hulk fans there is a cameo in the end credit scene [not by the alter ego], which is a comic one, unlike the other IM, Thor, Cap movies had. It doesn't lead to Avengers 2. [May be they are waiting for the film to release in US, to add another end credit scene, on May 3rd, like they did with Avengers adding the Thanos scene]

Final Word: The Best in the series, best follow up to Avengers

Rating : 4/5

Verdict: Too Goooood for Super Hero Geeks and RDJr/Tony Stark fans, Others too will like it for sure

Box Office - Blockbuster Worldwide !!!! Hit-Super Hit in India

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Monday, April 30, 2012

The Avengers - My Movie Review - 'Go Smash It' 4/5

Theatre: PVS Film City - Sapphire Active 3D screen

Finally saw the much awaited Marvel’s summer mega super hero bonanza ‘The avengers’ [1 week before its US release]. With small teasers of movie inserted into every marvel universe super hero movie since Ironman 1 the movie has generated considerable amount of curiosity & hype, before the shooting even began [Those who hasn’t seen or even heard about Ironman, Thor, Captain America & Hulk, I request you to watch it before you buy a ticket for this ultimate superhero multi starrer show down.

Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), director of S.H.I.E.L.D [Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division] reactivates the Avengers Initiative as Norse god Loki (Tom Hiddleston) steps through to Earth with the help of Tesseract, an energy source of unknown potential & allied with the alien race the Chitaurii to conquer Earth.

The First half is basically about finding all the members of the avenger’s initiative, assembling them and making them work together. The 2^nd half involving the 30 min long climax deals with whether the avengers will be able to co-exist and save our planet from Loki.

Favourite Scenes

All scenes involving Tony Stark

Last 10-20 mins where Hulk SMASHES everything

Fight sequence between Black Widow & Hawk-eye

3D in the outer space scenes & the SHIELD Headquarters breaking down scene

Positives

1. Superb Direction & Screen play by Joss Whedon – a perfect blend of action, humor, heroism and everything else than one expect from a superhero movie

2. VFX – Super cool animation works, lots of jaw dropping moments

3. Performances – All heroes gets almost equal importance in the film, even though its Hulk & Tony Stark/Ironman who walks away with most of the applause & whistles. In fact it’s the quirky one liners of Tony Stark that makes the first half, with comparatively less action, more interesting. But towards the end of the movie especially the last 10-15 minutes its Hulk who steals the show & gets thunderous non-stop claps

4. 3D work is good, but not that great, tried to give detailing & depth to most of the scenes, but the film lacks eye-popping 3D effects. But there are certain awesome effects for you 3D lovers

5. Is Fast paced, no time to think or relax

6. Unlike transformers which also dealt with similar theme, this one has a Soul, backed up by outstanding script, dialogues, performance etc.

Negatives

1. Can’t wait 2/3/4 years to watch avengers 2, hopefully the good work will be kept up in Ironman3, Thor 2 & Captain America 2 which acts as prequels to Avengers 2

2. 3D proved to be gimmicky, just like all other Hollywood movies

Verdict

Must watch for all Hollywood , super hero, action movie buffs

Rating

4/5

Box Office

Just like Hulk, it has already started smashing records worldwide, when it releases in the US next week expecting a Box Office Tsunami

GO SMASH IT !!!!

Spoiler: Like all Pre avenger movies, this one also has a small end credit scene, where the Chitauri leader tells his shadowy master that attacking Earth "would be to court death". The master turns to reveal himself as Thanos and smiles

Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Avengers - Exclusive Compilation of Critics Reviews [25 Reviews in 1]

The Avengers - Exclusive Compilation of Critics Reviews [25 in 1]

Variety - Blockbuster for sure

Hollywood Reporter - The biggest Marvel movie yet, destined for the box-office stratosphere.

Marvel's finest heroes finally come together to set a comic book franchise gold standard that will take some beating.

Total Film - Big, brash and very funny, Joss Whedon’s Avengers Assemble is equal to the sum of its parts – and for once, that’s no faint praise. Suit up.

A witty, well-acted sci-fi adventure bolstered by a great deal of novelty factor.

Marvel’s The Avengers B+

Mail Online - Superhero onslaught on the Avengers Assemble is simply irresistible

Avengers Assemble

The Avengers is sure to thrill and satisfy its core audience, delivering a whole load of visual effects eye candy and a whole lot more.

The Avengers - 4.5/5

The Telegraph - Avengers Assemble is a lavishly enjoyable assemblage of everything that’s good about contemporary popcorn cinema 4/5

The Guardian - 3/5

Screen daily - Marvel’s The Avengers is mostly a successful amalgam of skilful actors, witty banter, top-of-the-line effects, bigger-is-better action sequences and giddy good cheer.

IGN - The Avengers Review - Guess what? It's awesome.