Iron Man Three (2013)

 

This is the second time watching this movie.  I liked it more this time, even without any guest appearances from the other MCU superheroes (at least until the post credits sequence).  Pepper got to wear the suit for a minute or so, and she only sort of could use it properly.  Did the armor fit itself to her form?  She's not as tall as Tony, so the fit wouldn't work properly.  Here's a fun fact- after knowing Pepper for many years, I just found out her real name is Virginia.  It must have been said at some point in the comic books, but I never saw it.  The "Mandarin" is featured here, as is Aldrich Killian, the new head of A.I.M.  It's a misdirect, which works well enough the first time watching it.  Since the Ten Rings has reappeared for Shang Chi (since he can't be the Son of Fu Manchu these days) we eventually find out the Mandarin or someone like that is real.  It only took eight years.

The movie works pretty well as the actual end of Phase 1, since Tony looks like he is giving up being Iron Man.  We all know how that worked out, though.  I do think the hundreds of suits of armor is a bit overkill at the end.  I did really like the interplay between Tony and Rhodey.  That could have been a fun buddy movie, even without suits.  

The other fun thing, that I forgot, was Tony is narrating the movie.  We think it's the standard sort of narrating, but it turns out he is talking to Dr. Robert Bruce Banner.  Bruce tells Tony he's not that kind of doctor to no avail. Next: Thor: Dark World, but Sven will be on tonight.