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Bang, Boom: Terrorism as a GameIron Man 3, With Robert Downey Jr.
By MANOHLA DARGISPublished: May 2, 2013
Right before I sawIron Man 3, a publicist implored theseveral
hundred attendees professionals and civilians jammed into a
multiplex box and throbbing with excitement not to reveal any
crucial information about the movie to anyone else. After the final
credits rolled, and I staggered toward the exit, the booms of
explosions still ringing in my ears, I wondered what I could possibly
divulge that would spoilthe pleasure of an innocent ticket buyer.
After all, originality isnt the point of a product like Iron Man 3,
which, despite the needless addition of 3-D and negligible differences
in quips, gadgets, villains and the type of stuff blown up, plays out
much like the first two movies.
And so, once again, Tony Stark a k a
Iron Man a k a Robert Downey Jr.
jokes and poses, wears his superhero
suit and flirts with Pepper Potts
(Gwyneth Paltrow). Stuff blows up, and then more stuff
blows up, because thats what happens when diversions like
this hit movie screens around this time of year: chaos
reigns, and then some guy cleans it up.
The only significant difference between Iron Man 3 and
others of its type is that it is opening a few weeks after the
Boston Marathonbombings. Its an unhappy coincidencethat might not be worth mentioning if Iron Man 3 didnt
underscore just how thoroughly Sept. 11 and its aftermath
have been colonized by the movies.
The makers of Iron Man 3 including the director,
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A vers ion of this review appears in print on May 3, 2013, on page C1 of the New York edition w ith the headline: Bang,
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Kingsley, Ben
Shane Black, who wrote the script with Drew Pearce
could not, of course, have known that their carefully
engineered entertainment would open so soon after the
Boston attack. Yet the explosions in the movie, as well as
its plot elements among them the threat of terrorist
violence, homegrown terrorism, American soldiers and
improvised explosive devices made it impossible not to
think about the marathon. When a Los Angeles landmark
is blown up on screen, a twist rendered with the usual
state-of-the-art digital technology, all I could think washow clean it looked without the pools of blood and
grotesquely severed body parts.
Not that anyone w ants to see that, especially with kids in
the theater. (The movie is rated PG-13.) Iron Man 3 is
conspicuously meant to be escapist entertainment (a
pathetic conceit, given what it says movie people think
about real life or rather the real lives of their customers).
But Mr. Black and his colleagues, like other filmmakers
who use the iconography of Sept. 11 and its aftershocks,
want to have it both ways.
They want to tap into the powerful reactions those eventsinduced, while dodging the complex issues and especially
the political arguments that might turn off ticket buyers.
The result is that in some movies Sept. 11 along with
Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism, the war on terror and torture
registers as just a device, at once inherently political and
empty, in a filmmakers tool kit.
Iron Man 3 uses that iconography in the extreme, with a terrorist figurehead, the
Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), made up to look like Osama bin Laden; a televised execution;
Middle East locations; American soldiers; and a complexly choreographed scene of falling
bodies. It all looks and sounds familiar, though this is strictly Marvels world, with its own
rules and reality.
The story takes place after the events of Marvels The Avengersand a battle for New
York, with Stark talking in a voice-over: We create our own demons. Theres a bunch of
plot, the usual special effects and new faces, including Rebecca Hall as Maya Hansen, a
geneticist, and Guy Pearceas Aldrich Killian, a rich guy with one of those mysterioso
organizations that are invariably up to no good.
Thats more or less it, give or take a few explosions. Those are loud and generally less
impressive than Mr. Pearce and especially Mr. Kingsley, who turn in the sort of engaged
performances that Mr. Downey no longer gives in the franchise. The Iron Manfilms
turned Mr. Downey into a huge star, but the role has gradually, maybe inexorably,
swallowed him. He no longer necessarily does and probably isnt asked to do the hard
work of a real performance.
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Entertaing but....
Entert aining bu t one can see wha t's happening t o the series already . I won't spoil here in th e event
y ou h av en't seen i t y et, but i t's gett ing more & more ou tr ag eous w / ea ch ent ry & il logi ca l t o follow
the plot. The series is even depart ing from the comics,which is an unforgiv able wrong. But if you're
the kin d of viewer t hat goes for action & NOTHING ELSE---Guess what ? You're in for a t reat . So bring
out the popcorn & ha v e mindless fun.
Yaly445, NYC
Awfu l for ch ildren on so many l evel s
My h usband and I really enjoyed Iron Man 1 and 2, there wa s wit, some play fulness, wonderful
special effects, and style, w ith good actin g by Downey , Paltrow and others.
This was an aw ful experience, in sharp contra st. The plot was a complete m ess, so ma ny explosions
and the evil cha racter really didn't make any sense, nor any idea where th e huge wealth came from
to wreak such carnage. We figured in the effort to appeal to Chinese culture it was simplest to just
hav e unending explosions and carnage tha n to create a story line tha t sustained the nature of the
first two films.
Ver y depr essing th at childr en i n t he m ovie a udi enc e w ere cheer ing goda wfu l t ort ur e and c ar na ge a s
if it was a great joy to watch. I wonder how this ma kes a contribution to the international scene, that
this is what will bridge Asia and the US?
This movie shows that parents should scrutinize films v ery carefully before letting their children
wa tc h t hem, a nd I'm an un abash ed li ber al .
Hideously l oud and chaotic mess. I wan t my ears back!
Va Mom, Alexandria, VA
Kiddie Movie with Some Good Lines for the Adults
Since it wa s raining, w e decided to go to Ironma n 3 sev eral w eekends after it opened. We were
surprised that people brough t smal l children h olding enormous cups of soda (May or Bloomberg ha s
no jurisdiction in NJ). It turn ed out th at th ese overly -suga red kiddies lov ed what I found mil dly
bori ng (a ll th e "act ion") and t al ked a nd w al ked a rou nd du ri ng wh at I liked (w itt y lin es, pr ett y good
actin g, especially from Ben Kingsley a nd Robert Downey , Jr, and not too bad of a plot -- I went
beca use I r ead th er e actua lly wa s a pl ot a nd n ot ju st m ind less a ct ion). Th e r ecen t Sta r T rek showin g
I went to had a m uch m ore engaged audience (a nd no one was un der 14 or guzzling soda). Bottom
line is that it is tough to judge a movie with such an au dience, but in general I liked it enough to give
it thr ee star s for its wit, acting , and reasonably sensible plot.
GinaK, New Jersey
Tin Man 3
Downey and Paltrow did yeomen's duty in agr eeing to act in this piece of gar bage.
Shane Black should stick with being a screenwriter. Too bad he was giv en that first nam e; Having a
fantasy that y ou are the hired gunslinger come in to sav e the day ; Because he doesn't know how to
direct.
Semper Nonfidelis, Bos ton, MA.
Ver y Loud
An enor m ously loud m ov ie w ith ADHD.
Mick, Boston
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Dynamite entertainment
Sorry I didn't read the r eview, but from comm ents I can discern tha t it w asn't v ery favorable. Too
bad. Thi s mov ie h ad de cen t a ct ing , g ood script , v ar ious c onfli cts, su ffici ent ac ti on, a nd a won der ful
soundtrack. Listening to the m usic with th e credits gave m e goosebumps. Very much worth seeing.
Al so good enough in 2D. I pai d $5 bec au se I wen t i n t he morn ing . Lots of ba ng for t he buck.
PJ, Fairfax , VA
Beat The Heck Out Of Gatsby
Saw this for free following Ga tsby--both flicks were only
slightly satisfactory --a Hollyw ood staple--mediocrity .
amcartemis, aus tin, texas
Iron Man 3 ~ Rusted.
An excel len t r ev iew by Dar gi s wh ich offers som e poin ts i ha dn't conside red but do n ow, wh ich , i t hen
recignised, illustrated Dargis' analy sis about how folks like my self, who liv e in Am erica, are
succeptible to being reconditioned by capitalist profiteers, and made to (via facist psychedelia [topara phrase Kubrick]) be dumbed-down about rea lity in fav our of being dazzled by meret ricious
films. Prior to reading th e analy sis presented by Dargis, i left the mov ie disappointed. The plot wa s
dull and unoriginal, and the direction was mediocre (poor, in fact, regarding the action sequences
wh ich were too bu sy , m ak ing th e ch oreogr aph y diffi cu lt to foll ow [ lik e in Bour ne2 , Qu an tu m an d
DarkKnight1]). I wish Favreau had directed it, for he knows how to direct action sequences
properly). As a fan of the 7 0's Marv el Comics canon, i wa s also annoy ed by the la me rew orking of
elements: a dull, Nitro-reduced-to-TheMoltenMan hybrid; a complete elimination of the true
Mandarin character; a n introducing of AIM but without MODOK which would hav e been a far m ore
entertaining v illian/ menace than what was settled on. The film is being far too overrated by the
plethora of unin spired critics and fans present these day s. In closing, i do wish to disagree w ith
Dargis' (and other s) praise for the DarkKnight films wh ich (wit h th e exception of some of the
element s of the 2nd one) are as dull and uninspired as IronMan3, a nd are guilt y of the same
man ipulation of the m asses that Dargis accurately accuses Disney/ Marvel of in IronMan3.
StellarJay, Southern Oregon
Did Ms. Dargis even wat ch th e movie?
Iron Man 3 wa s one of the better , more clev er superhero movies I'v e senn. After t he Av engers and
the Harry Potter m ovies Ms. Dargis cherished, it w as refreshing to wa tch a big franchise movie that
stood alone and wasn't a mere two hour adv ertisement for the nex t chapt er in the fran chise. if she'd
seen the m ovie, she'd know tehre were ma ny laughs, clever dialogue, and a hilar ious twist that I
never saw coming. For m y spoiler free review of Iron Man 3 h ead to
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Pablo, Los Angeles, Ca
bia sed rev iew
I think the critic is being biased and is taking the review on a personal lev el. It is fairly clear tha t th e
critic doesn't know an y thing about the cha racter nor the h ard endeavour to make films such as this
one. I also hav e some complaints about th e film but by and large I hav e enjoy ed every mar v el film
from Iron Man to The Av engers. That's the problem with critics. They enjoyed tearing a film apart
but i nstead of soun ding clev er I rath er see them as bi tt er. Cri ti cs tal k t he ta lk but I'm afr ai d th ey
couldn't wa lk the wa lk.
Hector, Mexico
What about t he poor wri t ing...
While th e NY T r ev iew er c lea rl y wa sn't l ooking to see a com ic book film , for th ose of us w ho w ere ,
wh at wa s wi th th e terr ible wr it ing . Please bri ng bac k Fa v rea u as di rec tor , if th ey ev er mak e
another one of these. Why build up the character Mandarin character in m aking this movie and
then t ake the story in the direction Black did. What a wa ste. Why doesn't a power ringed Chinese
peasant t ranslate as a m odern bad guy . What is with the wierd-techno DNA bad guy w ith a chip on
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his shoulder and a broken Ironman struggling with his PTSD. Is it really that hard to carr y along
the cha racters and story from th e first movie to new a nd interesting comic book bad guy s. Am I the
only one tha t thin ks this movie is Hulk-lev el bad, as comic book mov ies go? I actu ally went ba ck and
re-watch ed the pathetic Ironman 2 as a feelgood after coming out of this crapfest. If they wan ted to
go in a bold an new direction in th is franchise, how about killin g off Pepper Potts, an a nnoy ing an d
wh iny ch ar ac ter ha ted by most ev ery one. Perh aps t he wr iters c ould explore wh at th at wou ld do t o
the Tony Stark character.
BK, Phila, PA
Nothi ng Special at All
I completely a gree with t he rev iewer's comm ents on this film in ev ery way . I'm a huge Downey, Jr.
fan, grew up reading Iron Man, and enjoyed the A vengers film, but this film m isses its mark and left
me regr etting spending the money . Also, I don't find terrorism enter tain ing or enjoy able as a villa in.
I found the sequences uncomfortable at times, not at all what I wanted from this film.
ND, NV
Was i t a cart oon or th e rea l t hing?
Critics are paid to dissect films, thus the term criticize; viewers pay to experience them, like the
wor ld outside , a s nec essar ily fla wed wholes. IMO, t he film wor ked a s a w hole . It w as a solid, i fsometimes predictable, genre entertainment with some fairly nuanced darker notes by Downey Jr.
a tr adeoff for th e inev itable crescendo of exploding objects in the last qua rter of the film . Eg, it wa s a
fun cart oon. Interestingly , wh at t he NYT saw as a m ail-in performa nce, other media such as NPR
saw the same performa nce as a significant development of Downey Jr.'s charact er. I agree with t he
latter.
As fa r a s th e ch oru s her e about v iolen ce, I'm rem inded of an in ter v iew wi th Ta ra nt ino, in wh ich he
grew quite u pset w ith being labeled as a "violent" director. His films, h e insisted, ar e cart oons of
v iolen ce, in ten ded t o be utt er ly un lik e li ke t he real th ing . A ny one w ho h as been ar oun d real
demolitions or actua l guns and their w ounds would agr ee. I find many "serious" films with angr y
adults thrusting their faces at each other, no guns, no explosions, to be more rife with anticipatory
v iolen ce, m ore u nset tl ing , t ha n l ar ge st ru ctur es goin g k abloooomb in v iv id com put er colors. Indeed,
perhaps critics should exam ine their own fascination with mining na tional catastrophes rather than
confronting day t o day violence on ev ery street in America.
SMB, Boston
Hipster Nytim es Reviewers
I really don't know why I keep reading these New York Times Rev iews. Alway s pompous, alwa y s
wi th a n at ur e of "I'm sm ar ter th an ev ery one el se th er efore ev ery th ing I wa tc h i s below me". If I
wa nt ed to list en t o a r ev iew by a h ipste r, I woul d go t o Sta rbu cks.
The film is really a superhero film, m eant to ma ke us escape from our liv es for a couple of hours, by
imm ersing ourselves in a fut uristic w orld full of robots, special effects, and heroes vs. evil , but it 's not
ju st t ha t, an d th e fa ilu re to a ccept, or u nder sta nd t ha t, m ak es th e Ny ti mes Rev iew ers, as u sua l,
bori ng hi pster s.
The film dealt w ith th e notion of pum ped up Terrorirst puppets made up and empowered by th e
media, and found a way to arm us as adults, but a lso the kids watching this film, to deal with ourown fears, by m aking th e Evil, look ridiculous, just like Harry Potter an d his mates used the
Riddikulus charm to turn the Boggart into something funny . Mandarin is turned into a clown, and
Killian's ma sk is ripped of when t he face of evil is rev ealed. It dealt with the idea of how terrorism,
and terr orist wars are fueled by people who like to control the world today by creat ing these villa ins,
and as Killian said, fueling t he "supply and dema nd" for war on terr or. And lastly Iron Man 3 doesn't
dodge September 11 , it deals with it in a way that most film-makers don't hav e the courage to, by
dealing with the idea that 9 /11 and other terrorist threats are just a made-up war-factory fuel
engine.
I'm not saying t his was the m ost brilliant film ever w ritten, but it wa sn't just another pop-corn flick.
I would like for once to read in a ny times review, someone liking movies. Every review is written by
people who don't like going t o the mov ies, snotty English looking arch ety pes that despise this form of
entertainment.
Unlike the Ny tim es, I don't th ink it m akes you look sma rter t o hate something , or to despise
someth ing. As some other g reat ma n wh o lov es the mov ies Abed Nadir said, I guess I just like liking
things.
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Things Th at Go Boom
I'm nev er been a big fan of "thin gs that go boom" and "Oh, we're 10 m inut es into the movie: tim e for
another series of film explosions."
Because tha t Iron Man 3 is: a thin plot backed by t hings th at "Go Boom
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An d, w ha t's up with t he Man dar in bein g r eally a d ru gg ed-out ac tor (pla y ed bea ut ifu lly by Ben
Kingsly?). Ah , y es,the mov ie makers wanted to show th eir film in China, a nd so had to get the
Comm unist Party to allow it.
An d, w ha t's up
Cy nthia, San Francsico
What can y ou rea ll y sa y about t he m ovie or a bout it s rev iew?
It's easy t o go after th e curren t Iron Man mov ie's use of terr orism, but th e trut h of the mat ter is that
Iron Man mov ies hav e a problem th at can 't be solv ed.
Iron Man is a franchise that is at least forty y ears old and was written for children and the standard
franchise movie formu la inv olves referencing the original source ma terial and char acters and
updating them for a young adult au dience, before releasing them into the world like children with
ey es full of hope.
The intractible problem with the Iron Man franch ise is the ma terial it h as to update. The Marvel
Comics superv illain, Th e Mandar in, was originally a Chinese Peasant wh o found ten, ring-like
structures in a crashed alien space-ship, put them on his fingers and found that he could zap things
wi th ten differ ent energ y bea ms, or, as a ch ildh ood frien d of m ine once put it : "bur nin g t hi s, a nd
freezing that."
His rings and yellow-peril cunning m ade him into a recurring Iron Man enemy .
As h e w as, th e Manda ri n j oins a long list of Mar v el Comi cs Vi llai ns of the sixt ies a nd sev ent ies w hose
wor ld w ar tw o an d cold-w ar orig ins m ak e them usel ess as c ur ren t en ter ta inm ent wi th out gig an tic
am ounts of tweakin g for them to be val id in our w orld where no audience could be expected to
understa nd why Iron Man wa s facing red-menace-era Iron Man kn ock-off supervil lains like
Titanium Man, or the Crimson Dyna mo.
Perhaps terrorism is a distasteful subject for use in an action mov ie in today's atm osphere but stu diosare for-profit organizations that exchange experience for cash and international terrorism might not
be t he best th ing or t he nic est t hi ng th e stu dios can u se to g ar ner int er est, but i t r ea lly is th e only
gam e in town.
Sahtori, New York, NY
Disconnected?
"...w orthy of the legacy of those Hollyw ood movies that comforted and cheered America ns through
wor ld w ar s an d bleak ti mes.. ."
Really ? You mean t he escapist, evil Nazis and Japanese, bumbling Italians, v aliant Westerners
Worl d Wa r 2 mov ies tha t w ere pur e pr opag an da wi th out , in al m ost a ll cases, r efer enc e to an y of th e
"tough issues" of the time? Ther e were v ery few mov ies in that t ime - perhaps "Saha ra", "30 SecondsOv er Tokyo" as two exam ples, that would fit y our criteria as "worthy of the ar t", though NOT of
tackl ing "tough issues" (though "30 Seconds" did refer, lightly at t he end, to injuries). And y ou're
seriously m entioning "worth y of the audience..." in regar ds to cartoon char acter m ovies? By
definition, they are n ot going to tackle tough issues. More serious movies, like "Zero Dark Thir ty " or
"Sav ing Priv ate Ry an" can nev er hope to be the m ega-blockbusters the studios need for their bottom
line. Big studio mov ies, as money generat ing v ehicles, are not disconnected now from th e world, as
they weren't then. As alway s, money doesn't equal ar t, and v ice-versa.
Josh, Manhattan
Enough about Boston!
The Boston bombings wer e two m isguided kids with IEDs. Honestly , wh at h appened there does NOT
man date reflecting on any aspect of our entertainm ent. It was an aberration and a r andom ev ent
that is actually really RARE in this country . You would be better off talking about the im pact of
drug cultur e, alcoholism or texting wh ile driving. Those claim more American liv es ev ery w eek
than the bombings. Can we stop turning every thing into a commenta ry on the events in Boston?
Brad Schultz, NYC
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Pretentious Crap
This review was a load of pretentious rubbish. Most Americans ha ve already forgotten about the
Boston Marath on bombing . Stev en Soderbergh ? What's the point of bringing up his nam e in this
review? Iron Man 3 was enjoyable to watch. It's a m ovie, not the Great American Novel. Judge it for
wh at it is, n ot w ha t Ma gic Mike sa y s it coul d be. ..
Some Dude Named Steevo, Wisconsin
Wherefore a rt th ou, Iron Man?
The tru e lament is how th is franchise has devolved. The first film wa s a success chiefly because it
took its protagonist's conceited livelih ood and self-deprecatingl y deconstruct ed it by didactically
slapping him down, m ost effectively by confronting him with the v ictims of his own destructive
we apon ry . A s it tu rn s out , i ts sequ els h av e m eander ed n oisily int o pain t-by -th e-nu mber s exposit ions
of explosiveness, betra y ing th e seeds of potentia l path os tha t wer e once so effectiv e, and could hav e
potentially been exploited (and I mean that in a good way ). As it is, we ha v e just a fine film and, um,
two forgettable encores. Sigh.
TishTash, Merrick, NY
This was a rev iew?
This was more a diatribe aga inst the m ovie industry , full of venom a nd hot wind! And completely
lacking in a ny objectivity . The au thor spends more time talking a bout people talking a bout Iron
Man 3 than actually talking about the movie.
I though t it quite enter tainin g and Downey did a great portray al of someone suffering from PTSD,
someth ing a lot of soldiers hav e to deal wit h constantl y . Yet th at isn't good acting a nd is only
Downey playing himself?
Some of the parts were over done and play ed too far for comedy , but as an adu lt, I can see where th at
wou ld a ppea l t o a y oun ger cr owd r at her t ha n som eone w ho h as fol lowed Iron Ma n for ov er tw ent y -
five years.
Arthur Hansen, Bountiful, Utah
Consider the T heme
[Mr. Soderbergh said he thought that the country still has post-traum atic stress disorder and t hat
we ha v en t r eal ly heal ed in an y sort of complet e way an d th at people a re , a s a r esul t, lookin g m ore
toward escapist entertainm ent.]
I'd argue th at is exactl y t he them e of Iron Man 3, except th at Tony recognizes it and rises abov e it.
*Spoilers* Tony is suffering PTSD from t he ev ents in NY, he looks for escape/seeks solace in the Iron
Man arm or, and rises above th is debilitatin g condition as evidenced when h e enacts Project: Clean
Slate.
Ben, AL
Response from a Nearby Galax y
Is ther e any one in the galax y t hat doesnt know Iron Man is opening on Friday ? asks Stephen
Soderbergh.
An swer : Yes.
The fact tha t a major movie m aker doesn't realize this neatly explains why audiences hav e such a
hard tim e finding moves even r emotely reflecting "the world in which t he rest of us live."
Robert, G arrison, NY
Wrong pla ce for rea li ty !
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beca use t hey wa nt to ex per ien ce a hi gh er sense of r ealit y . La st t im e I check ed, n o one r eads comic
books for t ha t r eason eit her. Or from at ten din g a sport ing ev ent , t he pur pose is to en ter ta in. Like
Maxim us fam ously said in Gla diator, "Are y ou not entert ained? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? IS
THIS NOT THE REASON WHY YOU ARE HERE?" If y ou're looking for t he stu dios to cha nge t he w ay
they ma ke films like this, don't hold y our breat h. WE ALL give th e license for th e studios to do wh at
they do because at the end of the day , guess what? Despite everyt hing y ou all say, t his film w ill
STILL gross ov er a billion dollars! Just like th e first two Iron Man film s, or the Av engers, or th e Dark
Knight, or just a bout ever y other comic book film. We say we dislike these senseless movies with no
depth but y et and still we giv e up our h ard earn ed money to wat ch th em EVERY SINGLE TIME! It's
no different tha n wh en we complain about an actor or an athlete wh o makes too much m oney but
fail to acknowledge that ev ery time y ou go see their movies, see their gam es, buy their
mer chan dise, th at Y OU'RE PAYING THEIR SALARY! These people are w here th ey are beca use of
us...POINT, BLANK, PERIOD! If y ou're REALLY sick and tir ed of these mov ies with their lack of depth
and sensitively y ou'd simply stop watching t hem. But we all know wh at's gonna h appen. When
movies like Man of Steel, Thor 2, A nt Man, Captain America 2 : the Winter Soldier, and Av engers 2
come out w e're gonna do what we ALWAYS do! We're gonna ha ve our money ready to give u p, watch
every single last one of them, and complain about the lack of depth these movies hav e and how sick
we al l a re from it . J ust some food for th oug ht !
Marvin, North Hollywood, CA
Not a fan boy
I know I sound like a Fanboy. Don't ev en read th e comics ,but for your in format ion ,Marv el (and)
Iron Man hav e been dealing w ith th ese terrorists long before 9-11 . And No ,the Mandarin is Not
ma de up to look like Bin Laden.
Dheep', Az
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