As we all know, well those of us who know, Shane Black has scripted Christmas for a lot of us. Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. These movies imprinted on me hard when I first saw them as a kid (I was 10 in 1987 - Mr. Black was 26 - the year that Lethal Weapon came out). Brutally hard movies with noir dialogue (and yes I knew what noir dialogue was when I was a kid because my father took me to a revival theater that mostly screened noir but that's another story for another time...).
So Shane Black directed and co-wrote Iron Man 3.
Fuck it. This movie was awesome. I wasn't expecting some of the human elements (though I should have) that Black brought to Tony Stark. Stark's PTSD wasn't overplayed nor did it have/lean back on Hallenbeck humor (Tony Stark is too, well, Tony Stark). I found the dialogue play between Downey Jr. & Cheedle to be not only the best parts of the movie but also the most Black-esque.
Not as satisfying as the first Iron Man movie nor as satisfying as Black's earlier works, I think that this movie will grow on me as I watch it. Fuck, when's the last time I wanted to own a movie after watching it? Iron Man 3 is fun and filled with mayhem and Black gets some solid performances out his crew (something Branaugh and Whedon didn't on Thor: the Blonde Douche God).
So Shane Black directed and co-wrote Iron Man 3.
Fuck it. This movie was awesome. I wasn't expecting some of the human elements (though I should have) that Black brought to Tony Stark. Stark's PTSD wasn't overplayed nor did it have/lean back on Hallenbeck humor (Tony Stark is too, well, Tony Stark). I found the dialogue play between Downey Jr. & Cheedle to be not only the best parts of the movie but also the most Black-esque.
Not as satisfying as the first Iron Man movie nor as satisfying as Black's earlier works, I think that this movie will grow on me as I watch it. Fuck, when's the last time I wanted to own a movie after watching it? Iron Man 3 is fun and filled with mayhem and Black gets some solid performances out his crew (something Branaugh and Whedon didn't on Thor: the Blonde Douche God).
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