Iron Man 3

— “Iron Man 3” wasn’t as good as I’d like. Oddly slow getting started and references to “The Avengers” were just too much verbal product placement. Luckily, there’s some clever banter and Robert Downey, Jr.’s timing and likeability keep everything going. To be fair, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pepper Potts helps too. The first two installments in the franchise worked a little better and I suspect changing directors for the third installment wasn’t a good idea. Just the same, it didn’t take itself too seriously and it was fast moving fun. What more could I want?

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[2013. 130 min. Directed by Shane Black. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, and Ben Kingsley.]
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