{"id":33697,"date":"2013-05-10T22:19:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T04:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/10\/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013.html"},"modified":"2014-01-08T11:42:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T18:42:40","slug":"movie-review-iron-man-3-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/10\/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: "Iron Man 3" (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tony takes a licking and keeps on ticking. \u00a0But will a somewhat more sophisticated Iron Man<\/i> movie be, paradoxically, less interesting and entertaining?<\/div>\n

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Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 review of Iron Man 3 (2013) on Letterboxd.com<\/a>
\n I dearly love the first IM film, and despite some shallowness and obsession with explosions enjoyed the second film. The third IM flick is a much more thoughtful, considered film, delving in more subtle ways into the mess that is Tony Stark, and the whole issue of (as another Marvel hero would put it) great power meaning great responsibility, but also the need to take care of yourself. Also, stress kills. Despite that, I just didn’t enjoy this re…\n <\/p>\n

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Tony takes a licking and keeps on ticking. \u00a0But will a somewhat more sophisticated Iron Man movie be, paradoxically, less interesting and entertaining? Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 review of Iron Man 3 (2013) on Letterboxd.com I dearly love the first IM film, and despite some shallowness and obsession with explosions enjoyed the second film. 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