For those of you that have been following the blog for a while, you will remember that I had the incredible opportunity to attend the red carpet premiere of Iron Man 3 in Hollywood earlier this year. So obviously this one holds a special place in my heart 😉
I am quite excited to announce that it is now available on BluRay and DVD!
A must-have for any Marvel fan for sure!
We received a promotional review copy last week and see it again on the TV at home was just as great as in the theater! The quality is outstanding. The sound and video quality was unreal — we have an LED TV and it was literally like Tony Stark was standing in my living room.
In terms of the movie itself?!! Well, I loved it the first, second and now third time I saw it! 😉 There is a lot of controversy on this one as it doesn’t follow the comics exactly. My hubby liked it but had issues with some of the differences. You will hear that from “hard-core” comic junkies though! As someone who only watches the movies, I thought it was the best Iron Man to date for sure.
My review of the movie:
If you have seen the Avengers, you know that at the end of that Tony Stark carries a nuclear bomb through a portal out of this atmosphere and falls — unconscious — back to Earth. Barely making it out alive. That experience — and the knowledge that there are such enemies on other planets — has taken a toll on Tony.
Iron Man 3 starts with a narrative of Tony recounting that. Musically it started with Blue by Eiffel Tower, giving that song a nice 14 year comeback 😉
Meanwhile…. that song takes you back 13 years earlier. You see the young, arrogant play boy that was Tony Stark. One night stands and a rejected business proposition with Aldrich Killian, the creator of AIM (Guy Pearce), that then comes back to bite him.
Fast forward to the present, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) is now the President of Stark Industries. Happy (Jon Favreau) is now the Director of Security — there to keep Pepper safe and report back to Tony.
When Aldrich Killian visits Pepper, Happy’s alarm bells go off and from there you are thrown into the action that is this EPIC film. There are twist and turns I wasn’t expecting and plenty of comedy in between!
Don Cheadle is back now with his own suit, as the Iron Patriot. Tony — who hasn’t been sleeping since New York — is building all kinds of new suits for himself. Which comes in handy right when it is needed. For those of you that love a good fight sequence, you will get it!
One totally new character and really a pleasant addition, is Ty Simpkins as Harley. Tony Stark runs into Harley in the backwoods of Tennessee. Without revealing too much of the story, Tony has NOTHING with him other than one broken down suit. The on screen chemistry between Tony and Harley is a pure joy to watch and adds some great comedy too!
Do note, there is more violence in this one that some of the others, although they are careful not to show too much that I wouldn’t allow my kids to see it. My 5 year old son definitely wants to see this one but it really is up to the parents, some children are more sensitive than others! 🙂
All in all, Iron Man 3 is nothing short of 120 minutes of pure action and a MUST see! As with all Marvel movies, be sure to stay all the way through the credits!!
Be sure to come back and let us know what you think!
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