Iron Man 3 (2013)

As somewhat of a Marvel connoisseur in recent years I feel it my obligation to give the down-low on Marvels most recent venture. The film could have been somewhat of an anti-climax in light of its most recent venture, The Avengers Assemble, yet bringing back the solo adventure in style is the father of the enterprise, the millionaire philanthropist playboy Tony Stark. Who can’t love this guy?

Starting off with your typical trip down memory lane we see a younger looking Stark seducing English-rose and botanist-genius Rebecca Hall while Guy Pearce, playing bad guy Aldrich Killian, comes up all fan-struck-geek and makes a bit of an arse of himself in his desperation to please and impress Stark with his work. Fast forward and we now see Stark comfortably settled with long-term love Pepper Potts and playing about with his many suits; cue hilarious scene where he summons the parts of his suit and they aggressively attach themselves to him while he tries to dodge the lethal objects. Then, of course, we meet our bad guy again, who clearly has a bit of a thing for Pepper Potts as he tries to impress her with his brain. Yep, a super enlargement of his brain. Romantic, huh?! (Pfftt…)

To cut a long story short, Starks long-time bodyguard is suspicious of Pearce and makes it his mission to follow him and his bodyguard, which results in an explosion and the bodyguard ending up in a coma while Stark worries in the hospital room and makes sure Downton Abbey is showing on the TV-screen, because obviously this is his bodyguards guilty pleasure, and we all want to know how Lady Sybil is going to end up with her chauffer, don’t we?! Stark isn’t happy that his friend has fallen victim to this attack, and obviously, in all of his I’m-a-superhero-and-I’m-gonna-kick-your-ass heroism he threatens the Mandarin (played by a hilarious football-loving-cockney-Ben Kingsley) who, by the way, is a public front for real baddy Killian.

This scene is truly epic and shows us just how far Stark will go to protect his long-term-love Pepper Potts. 

This results in Starks house being bombarded in a seriously bad-ass helicopter scene and Potts donning the Iron Man suit while Stark tries to escape his crumbling mansion. Fast-forward somewhat and we see Stark escape whilst making a just lovely connection with fatherless-child-turned-Starks-personal-saviour, who helps Stark overcome his anxiety attacks after the New York fiasco in which Stark nearly met his maker, and also helps Stark figure out that the real bad guy is Killian and he only has about 48 hours to save both the President and his true-love Pepper.

This results in a butt-load of action scenes which I don’t have the patience to recall, although I can assure you that they are seriously brilliant and showcase Stark in all of his Iron Man glory. As Stark saves the day and shows his devotion to Pepper by exploding all of his Iron Man suits and removing that silver-thingy in the middle of his chest (I’m sorry, I know it’s not called silver-thingy, but I can’t remember its real name. I am a true Marvel fan, I swear!) We come to the end of the Iron Man trilogy. And man, what a trilogy it was.

You've got to love the man behind it all - Stan Lee. He does a brief yet very funny cameo in the latest Iron Man installment. 

Also, yes, there is a sneaky after bit, as there always is in the Marvel films, and yes, there is another hilarious Stan Lee cameo. Gotta love that guy and his willingness to look like an idiot in these films. With that, we are left with the tantalising promise that ‘Tony Stark will return’ – which afforded an over-enthusiastic scream from myself and the possibility that might see an Iron Man 4. Here’s hoping…

Best line: (I had a tough time deciding here, and I ended up going with two, both of which sum up the themes prevalent within the film...)

#1 Tony Stark: Dads leave. No need to be such a pussy about it. (No need to spell it out I guess, but this film is extremely comedic and this line was just one gem out of many - if you don't mind the language that is.)

#2 Tony Stark: Things are different now, I have to protect the one thing I can't live without. That's you. (And at the heart of the film lies the compassion and sincerity - I always knew Stark had it in him *wipes tear*)

To cut a long story short...
Would I recommend th

is? If your a marvel fan, then absolutely YES. Though even a non-marvel-initiated could see this and be happy, I think. 

A film ramblers star rating? 

That's it for now folks...