An Iron Man Weekend

Review

I caught Iron Man 3 this weekend at Tiong Bahru Plaza. Fast-paced, action-packed, overall a good action movie but not a great comic book one. There was more focus on Tony Stark, but less on Iron Man and the perennial bad guy, the Mandarin. Wasn't he suppose to be a genius scientist and a superhumanly skilled martial artist, with ten power rings? I wonder what happened to all that.

Good plot though with a number of plot twists and the action scenes were well filmed. There's also the charisma of Robert Downey Jr, which delivers the role of Tony Stark / Iron Man with much suave and style. It is pure popcorn-chomping entertainment.

I quite like how they and it made me read up more on the whole Iron Man Extremis Arc, which you can get a pretty good summary and coverage of the comic book series over here. I liked how the Fire breathing bit of Mallen carried over to the movie.

One great thing at Tiong Bahru Golden Village is that seats on a weekend is still pretty empty and makes for a good place to catch a movie in short notice, though if you are placed in Hall 2, I do suggest Row H or I. They are central seats and not too forward that you crane your neck for the movie.

Movie Memorabilia

Japanese company e-blue (aka E-3LUE) has released this gold and hot-rod red peripheral (wireless mouse) with official Marvel license and it looks great (if you are a big Iron Man fan. Whether you're looking to instill fear in enemies, or just want to own spreadsheets in style, this Iron Man mouse would rock. Most importantly,the eyes light up and they come with an awesome display case. Retails for around 699 yuan (roughly $113), and you can order one with free shipping from AliExpress.com.