Iron Man 3 Explained
Iron Man 3
Explained
In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is suffering from PTSD. This is due to his experiences in The Avengers.
Tony Stark is a character who is always in control, whenever he runs into a problem, he either throws money at it or he builds something to make the problem go away. In The Avengers we see him in a situation that was out of his control.
As far a Tony was concerned, when he threw that missile into that wormhole, that was end.
He almost died. Captain America even mentions it beforehand: It’s a one-way trip and there’s a very high chance that he might not come back alive.
Tony Stark is a character who is always in control, whenever he runs into a problem, he either throws money at it or he builds something to make the problem go away. In The Avengers we see him in a situation that was out of his control.
As far a Tony was concerned, when he threw that missile into that wormhole, that was end.
He almost died. Captain America even mentions it beforehand: It’s a one-way trip and there’s a very high chance that he might not come back alive.
But thankfully he survived. A near-death experience is nothing to
gloss over.
· As a result, it makes sense, that
he would lock himself away in his workshop and build all these Iron Man suits
to deal with every possible contingency to avoid death and protect his loved
ones.
This causes him to ignore Pepper, makes him cut off from society and
justifies his anxiety attacks.
Considering Tony Stark/Iron Man is played by an actor who use to
suffer from alcohol and drug problems for a few 5 years, I found Robert Downey Jr.
performance in this particular film to be pretty mesmerising.
Sometimes anxiety attacks happen with little to no provocation and they’re paralyzing and ultimately to beat them, you have to find that one point on the horizon. That one thing to focus on, so you don’t fall into a mental spiral. Thankfully for Tony, making suits of armor is one of his go-to methods for regaining control of a situation and coping with the PTSD.
Sometimes anxiety attacks happen with little to no provocation and they’re paralyzing and ultimately to beat them, you have to find that one point on the horizon. That one thing to focus on, so you don’t fall into a mental spiral. Thankfully for Tony, making suits of armor is one of his go-to methods for regaining control of a situation and coping with the PTSD.
None of this makes the character weak it just makes him human.
Loads of audiences complained about Tony stupidly giving his address to the bad guys.
Firstly: Tony Stark is a celebrity, known for throwing wild parties at his Malibu mansion. I’m pretty sure his address is not hard to come by.
Secondly: Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) is a genius with a think-tank of geniuses working for him. I’m sure he has multiple methods of getting Tony’s address if he doesn’t have it already as someone who has been plotting revenge for over 10 years.
Loads of audiences complained about Tony stupidly giving his address to the bad guys.
Firstly: Tony Stark is a celebrity, known for throwing wild parties at his Malibu mansion. I’m pretty sure his address is not hard to come by.
Secondly: Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) is a genius with a think-tank of geniuses working for him. I’m sure he has multiple methods of getting Tony’s address if he doesn’t have it already as someone who has been plotting revenge for over 10 years.
It also makes sense to me that almost losing one of his closest
friends (Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau)) would push him into picking a fight with a
terrorist.
People even complain that Iron Man is bearly in the movie. If you’re one of the people who thinks this then you missed the point of this film entirely. Iron Man is not the armor/suit: IT’S TONY. The armor is just an extension of his genius and ingenuity combined with that armor that make him a hero. HE is Iron Man.
This film, however is about the man inside the armor and finding out who he is without it.
Fans got angered over what they saw as the tarnishing of Iron Man’s arch-nemesis: The Mandarin.
Hold the phone for a minute after two movies that dealt with Tony dealing with the sins of his past and his own technology being pitted against him, you wanted to see him fight Fu Manchu wielding 10 rings of power. Look that idea sounds cool on paper but just because something sounds cool doesn’t mean it’ll work on screen. If it were as simple as that Batman v Superman would be a critical hit.
What they don’t seem to get is that The actual Mandarin wasn’t in this movie. To quote Ben Kingsley in the film, he was in the film and he wasn’t, I’ll explain:
People even complain that Iron Man is bearly in the movie. If you’re one of the people who thinks this then you missed the point of this film entirely. Iron Man is not the armor/suit: IT’S TONY. The armor is just an extension of his genius and ingenuity combined with that armor that make him a hero. HE is Iron Man.
This film, however is about the man inside the armor and finding out who he is without it.
Fans got angered over what they saw as the tarnishing of Iron Man’s arch-nemesis: The Mandarin.
Hold the phone for a minute after two movies that dealt with Tony dealing with the sins of his past and his own technology being pitted against him, you wanted to see him fight Fu Manchu wielding 10 rings of power. Look that idea sounds cool on paper but just because something sounds cool doesn’t mean it’ll work on screen. If it were as simple as that Batman v Superman would be a critical hit.
What they don’t seem to get is that The actual Mandarin wasn’t in this movie. To quote Ben Kingsley in the film, he was in the film and he wasn’t, I’ll explain:
What was actually in the movie was a frightening image of what people
perceive as “The Mandarin” a smokescreen to conceal the actual threat at hand.
That image of terror is a very powerful, topical and relevant thing and I
thought the film did a superb job exploring that.
As a twist, I thought it was brilliant, unexpected as well as highly amusing and a great opportunity for Ben Kingsley to show off his acting talents.
As a twist, I thought it was brilliant, unexpected as well as highly amusing and a great opportunity for Ben Kingsley to show off his acting talents.
Also, the way I see it, The Terrorist, Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley)
is not actually called The Mandarin that’s possibly just a name that Killian
“borrowed” because it sounded threatening. Kind of like The Master naming the
spheres “The Toclafane” because it sounded neat in the Series 3 finale of
Doctor Who.
I just find it sad that people ignore Kingsley’s brilliant performance
as both the dangerous terrorist known as
The Mandarin and the washed up actor and focus on the so-called erroneous
portrayal of a character who was a wasn’t even there to begin with. This was
the conclusion of the films greatest mislead.
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