Review by Matt Finley
Marvel Studios is devouring filmgoers’ money with all the appetite and efficacy of Ego the Living Planet… but it’s not as if they haven’t earned it. Among other successes, they’ve made a fantastic show of thoughtfully matching their classic comic properties with star-crossed cinematic soul mates. Who better than Kenneth Branagh to unleash the proscenium-rattling mythic heroism of THOR? Or Joss Whedon to embody the fragile and volatile ad hoc family that composes THE AVENGERS?
And who better than Shane Black (LETHAL WEAPON), self-conscious and overblown action auteur, to capture the smarts, ‘splosions and swagger of Iron Man? Did someone just say Paul Verhoeven circa 1988? Okay, maybe – but let’s pretend the question was rhetorical and focus on how totally fun IRON MAN 3 turned out.
