IRON MAN 3 Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch! | Robert Downey Jr

IRON MAN 3 Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch! | Robert Downey Jr | Gwyneth Paltrow

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Kristen reacts to Iron Man 3, which sees Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer, Sherlock Holmes, Tropic Thunder), facing a formidable enemy known as the Mandarin while dealing with the aftermath of the events in The Avengers (2012).
Directed by Shane Black, the film also stars Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love, The Royal Tenenbaums, Contagion), Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash, Ocean's Eleven), Guy Pearce (Memento, The Hurt Locker, Prometheus), Ben Kingsley (Schindler's List, Gandhi, Hugo), and Rebecca Hall (The Prestige, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Town).
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@kartiksharma7674 Ай бұрын

The girl who played vice president's amputee daughter was Jenna Ortega! From Wednesday!!

@ircjesselee Ай бұрын

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" comes to mind..

@dggydddy59 Ай бұрын

The best thing about Kristen is that, for an eye poppingly gorgeous woman, she's still grounded, and can be silly and goofy and is obviously someone who is fun to be around.

@jokerz7936 Ай бұрын

"Dad's leave no reason to be a pussy about it" hands down my favorite line from the MCU.

@philreed2241 6 күн бұрын

😊lol! You are the perfect woman! Love yah! Your reactions are priceless! Thoe where did the Pals part of CinaPals go?

@kristofferremmell Ай бұрын

Fandom gatekeepers are so annoying. What does it matter if Kristen hasn’t seen these movies yet? People live different lives. She’s watching them now, and we should welcome new fans. Not make them feel as if they are any lesser. I’m really enjoying watching her reactions to the previous movies. Hope you continue to have fun, Kristen. It’s really interesting that this is Kristen’s favorite Iron Man. I enjoyed it, but a lot of people didn’t like this one. I blame it on the movie not meeting people’s preconceived ideas. A lot of people were looking forward to seeing The Mandarin, a classic villain. I enjoyed the twist.

@BorkBork01 Ай бұрын

This woman is ... GORGEOUS!

@darkkforest Ай бұрын

Apart from being gorgeous, she seems to be a great friend and a woman that enjoys her life. 😊

@Shadow-qo7eg 28 күн бұрын

Simp Loser

@janeycorpuz978 Ай бұрын

I teared up realizing how they're setting her up for Endgame ...

@modsquad3123 Ай бұрын

Remember Howard stark wasnt really there for tony growing up, Harley the kid is a mirror of him…..

@futuramayeah Ай бұрын

Kristen, in the comic books, the Mandarin was a Chinese Archaeologist who found a cave in China with an ancient alien spaceship and inside was a giant Robot Dragon called Fing Fang Foom, and it had 10 power rings on it's claws that fit on human fingers, and he took them and each ring had a different alien symbol on it, and each one had a different power like lightning blast or freeze ray or black hole , and he was Iron Man's arch enemy , they even teased Ben Kingsley being the Mandarin on movie posters with his ten rings on his fingers, so we were all disappointed that it wasn't him and the the villains were A.I.M. , not that they aren't a good villain, but they are known for wearing yellow bee suits and coming up with more mad scientist inventions, like M.O.D.O.K. a cyborg with an oversized head with a floating death suit that can destroy anything, there was a robot chicken animated tv show based on MODOK, but it is supposed to be a sitcom not as serious as it could be.

@greygorthegoateedgeek5350 Ай бұрын

Don't speak for ALL of us, I loved the twist with the Mandarin being a fake out. And with over a Billion Dolars in Box Office I wasn't the only one who enjoyed it. The comics are the comics and the films are the films, you can't get too hung up when it doesn't meet your expectations.

@ricardoortiz4870 27 күн бұрын

I just realized now that this is the first Iron Man Movie to not be directed by Happy Hogan actor Jon Favreau, but rather by Shane Black. It is the first Iron Man movie in which Nick Fury, Christine Everhart, and Agent Phil Coulson do "NOT" make a physical appearance. It is also the last MCU film to be distributed by Paramount.

@Corey313 Ай бұрын

Forget what the haters say I enjoy your reaction to these. Reminds me of when me and my mom watched these and she would constantly ask me questions about the story or the characters and I didn't mind it either. So I appreciate you taking the time out your day to watch these awesome movies. Loving your reactions Kristen ❤️

@waqasrahman2535 Ай бұрын

She has haters? 😮

@EleventhCubFan Ай бұрын

This movie gets too much hate

@robertjordan7807 Ай бұрын

because "a hero is only as good as their villain", and tgey took a huge dump on iron mans greatest villain, imagine joker was just a stage actor in the dark knight and the real guy behind it was rutger hauers character from batman begins, thats exactly what they did here

@IAmHavok Ай бұрын

@@robertjordan7807The Mandarin doesn't have to be his biggest villain today tho that's the biggest take away I get from the MCU as a whole. The Mandarin worked in the past because folks didn't care as much but today Tony can literally battle industry, the government, and his best friend and it works better! They literally showed us that. I for one loved the bait and switch they did in this movie because no one saw it coming.

@prasannasurange Ай бұрын

It's the best storytelling in the Marvel universe....I'm a fan of Shane Black's method

@WheresWaldo05 Ай бұрын

Without RDJ this movie would be 1/10. With him it's barely watchable.

@Navin4061 Ай бұрын

@EleventhCubFan The hate was mostly due to the misdirect of using Mandarin as some throwaway character cuz Mandarin to Ironman is what Joker is to Batman or Green Goblin is to Spider-Man so it kinda pissed the fans. But as a film, it is one of the best solo films in the MCU.

@nitish.anand99 Ай бұрын

This is my favourite Iron Man movie. It helped me feel normal about my condition seeing Tony Stark deal.with Panic Attacks and how it is represented here made me feel not alone. and the movie is just straight up fun. Love this. movie.

@patmolinie2529 Ай бұрын

This movie gets hate and i love it. I don't care what they did with the Mandarin, this was a good idea to surprise the public. A Shane Black's christmass movie again :) (leathal weapon etc) I loved the relation with the kid and the fact that Stark had ptsd

@LordVolkov Ай бұрын

I enjoyed the inclusion of Stark's PTSD, but he just kinda gets over it after he gets his suit back and they never speak of it again 😅

@ablazindevilhead Ай бұрын

Jeez. I can watch her by herself all damn day.

@Zackinder Ай бұрын

Idk if anyone else has mentioned this in the comments but the Iron Patriot in the comics is Norman Osborn. Later on other people took on the mantle of the Iron Patriot but the OG Iron Patriot was Norman Osborn back when he led the Dark Avengers and H.A.M.M.E.R.

@Jigsaw407 Ай бұрын

I absolutely love this movie. Great action, some amazing dialogue (of course, it is Shane Black!), fantastic music and I really like the villain. Can't understand the haters one bit.

@ericmcnair4083 Ай бұрын

This is also my favorite Iron Man movie. I've never read the comic books so I enjoyed the reveal of Trevor Slattery as just the face of the Mandarin.

@Cafeman_2D Ай бұрын

13:38 now that is a reaction, girley girl!

@aaronpincus6095 Ай бұрын

When you said you didn't grow up with cable it made me laugh in memory of the fact that my neighborhood was the first in the country to get cable TV. Channel Z. I saw my first music videos on this platform. Years before MTV burst on the scene. YES, I'm old. lol

@Caseytify Ай бұрын

Grew up with 3 channel broadcast TV. First experience with cable was in the early 70s in West Virginia. The mountains pretty much prevented broadcast TV. The local cable was so boring I wanted to claw my eyes out (hey, I was 13). Local quilting methods & such. Finally experienced cable around 1979 or 1980. MTV and all that. Mostly books when I was a kid.

@leftorright04 Ай бұрын

Loving your reactions and your journey through the MCU, Kristen! Can't wait to see more!!

@jennysutton7409 Ай бұрын

Yes this is my fsvorite Iron Man movie too and seeing Pepper tough is always fun as well. Ben as Trevor always makes me laugh as well so didn't expect him to be in this one as well. Grate reaction and no worries when I was a kid we used to spend time outside too none of the computer stuff in the 80's haha. Any way glad you liked this one.

@IOSALive Ай бұрын

CinePals, You're the best! I subscribed because I love your content!

@desmoove Ай бұрын

He said he's going to "get his beak wet" = getting a drink

@briantidwell651 Ай бұрын

This is in fact what that phrase means CLASSICALLY… but that’s not what HE meant… he was going to be alone with the girl… think LOWER beak😉

@helium1468 Ай бұрын

This is the best Marvel Christmas movie imo, Ironman has always been my favourite since I was a kid and the 72 armours showing up in that final battle was like a fever dream. Also, what Tony did for Harley in the end was so sweet. He probably covered his whole academic future expenses as well. ~The Mechanic~

@TheOddPolymath Ай бұрын

This should be released weekly ! That's how excited for this I am

@Mr_Sinatra95 Ай бұрын

Fun fact the litte girl in the wheelchair is actually jenna ortega

@Corey313 Ай бұрын

Who knew lol. Imma have to watch this again to see but appreciate the fun fact 👍🏾

@ricardoortiz4870 27 күн бұрын

No 💩 Sherlock (pun intended).

@tb1633 Ай бұрын

Why don't ya'll get someone else alongside her? Things are only going to get more dense and she might need help with keeping track of things. Having Achara with her in the Dune 2 reaction really helped Kristen.

@-M0LE Ай бұрын

She reacts better alone no distractions

@ThunderWolf86 Ай бұрын

Yoooo….. who did the preview pic for this video!? That editing makes the movie look WAY harder than it ever was lol

@roronoauchiha69 Ай бұрын

Naah the movie went hard

@nommyyt Ай бұрын

I love your MCU reactions and how much you love Tony. He was my favorite from start to finish. IM3 sort of has a mixed reaction from diehard MCU fans but I personally love it. I really liked how seriously they took Tony's PTSD from what he experienced in the first Avengers movie. I thought him building so many suits because of it made sense, and then blowing them up at the end made sense too because he was trying to move past that. Tony mostly being out his suit in this movie and just showing his smarts as an engineer/mechanic also worked super well for me. Him just building things are some of my favorite scenes in the entire MCU. Some people found Harley annoying but I thought the actor was great. His delivery felt natural, not like one of those "i'm so precocious" kid characters. His dynamic with Tony was so funny. "I'm obsessed with this combo." Lol same. When I first saw Avengers, I thought they were going to pair up Tony and Steve as friends because of the comics. But I love that they went with Science Bros combo instead. RDJ and Mark Ruffalo were already friends before Avengers so maybe that helped with how natural their chemistry is. Having Bruce at the end here was a nice treat. Also... Yinsen sighting! I wish he'd been mentioned more in these Iron Man movies. Still, it was so nice to at least see him in Tony's flashback. In the first IM movie, he actually tells Tony that they met once a long time ago at a science conference in Bern.

@NadeemShekh-uy9zn 20 күн бұрын

I've grown to love Iron Man 3 over time

@neilmerrifield2281 Ай бұрын

And I'm enjoying your wanderings through cinema and reactions to awesome movies

@ChrisReise Ай бұрын

I don't mind you by yourself. YOU are, in fact, the reason I've subscribed.

@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb Ай бұрын

Iron Man 3 was awesome 😊

@shadmedina3033 Ай бұрын

Also from a time when I had to play outside lol. Looooooved to climb trees. Now I love smoking them 😂

@markjohnson7396 Ай бұрын

I don't see it mentioned in comments, I just recently found out that the girl playing VPs daughter in wheel chair is Jenna Ortega in her early career.

@Deedric_Kee Ай бұрын

I like when he's getting down with the music at the beginning and I enjoyed it at the party. It is so much going on. Really fun. I also enjoyed "Pepper looking so badass at the end. I really this. Very good video 💐👏

@-M0LE Ай бұрын

I love when Kristen reacts alone

@chand911 Ай бұрын

I am loving this journey. Such great reactions.

@RobFMDetroit Ай бұрын

Kristen - may i suggest making a playlist of your Marvel journey? It would make them easier to find and probably boost your views. 👍🏼

@LordVolkov Ай бұрын

Tony - I just created a demon... but I'm different now... Are you Tony? 🤔 Not gonna create any more enemies? Promise?

@fullmoonprepping4024 Ай бұрын

As you go along you will become part of the Family and you will come to be totally invested in these characters.

@biswabhusanbarik5636 10 күн бұрын

The bodyguard is the Director of first two Iron man movies

@daryl772003 Ай бұрын

Maya was supposed to be the big villain but the studio execs didn't want that

@kingbeef66 Ай бұрын

I know that people like this movie and that’s fine, but they still squandered potential with the Mandarin. I wanted to see the Mandarin fight Tony/Iron Man with armor tech vs Mandarin’’s ten power rings with their different set of powers and his super human martial arts abilities. The action would’ve been epic with that.

@javelldunn3379 Ай бұрын

Iron Man 3 are my favorite superhero movie ever CinePals are the amazing

@borgcy0001 Ай бұрын

Do you know 1 day before release of this movie, RDJ was slapped by random guy on street.

@joshuajabson6014 Ай бұрын

13:39 😂

@exzile4166 Ай бұрын

🤣

@fullmoonprepping4024 Ай бұрын

There is a special level of hell for those who spoil.

@abnergenece4307 Ай бұрын

Great reaction! So much fun! Enjoy your MCU journey. Make sure to watch in order, to catch the clues and easter eggs. Thor: The Dark World is next!

@jaimeantoniomangune5793 Ай бұрын

Iron Man 3 is the GOAT film 🐐🔥

@pmontyjaaaymes488 Ай бұрын

I thought Nick Fury was in this one. You need to check out The Negotiator with Samuel L Jackson. Very underrated movie of his. One of his best!

@Sherman1fan Ай бұрын

Keep going Kristen! Really picks up from here.

@20tejas Ай бұрын

In the “END” we see the boy again❤❤ him 3- - -

@animatorFan74 Ай бұрын

I really like Iron Man 3 for the reason you said, that it shows Tony out of his suit and he doesn't need to rely on his suit so much - I absolutely loved that about this movie. Tony is awesome even without his suit. People didn't like the movie for this reason, but it definitely impressioned itself on me for that very reason. Are you guys doing the whole Infinty Saga jpurney of all 23 MCU movies, or only certain movies here and there? Either way, hope you enjoy the ones you see :)

@fluffernutter6633 Ай бұрын

Love that the movie critiques corporations/politicians creating threats to American society when they themselves are the real threat.

@Vulcanerd 27 күн бұрын

Kristen "DAYUM" StephensonPino 😝❤

@SmokinDroFrayser Ай бұрын

Keep it going and don’t forget the kid it will be a while before you see him again

@A1lNYCBKLYNGIRL-tc5ot Ай бұрын

What about the kid he almost got his jaw broken and his ribs lol 😆.

@forbiddin4085 Ай бұрын

I think you should watch the marvel shorts, I think you'd get a kick out of them.

@tommyc139 Ай бұрын

Im a huge fan of iron man one of my favorite marvel comics super heroes of all time i watched his movie ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@JustGrowingUp84 Ай бұрын

Well, the good part about Kristen not having watched all these movies, is that we get to watch them with her!

@Escrima88 Ай бұрын

Your never alone Hun love the channel

@THEDODGERYT Ай бұрын

if you noticed Kristen that vice president's daughter is Jenna Ortega

@ricardoortiz4870 27 күн бұрын

I noticed her when it first came out.

@kaviyak9220 Ай бұрын

32:04 I was just like you Kris.. But now, I live and breathe with Marvel❤

@auric180 Ай бұрын

Should make a playlist for MCU films. Trying to find where’s the first film being shown here.

@jaysreacts Ай бұрын

Oh Kristen ❤😍🥰

@Luck-tv3hs Ай бұрын

13:38😂

@Random-mj5np Ай бұрын

When I had watched it I absolutely loved it and had no idea of the existence of criticism against this movie lmao

@jesseatkins9826 Ай бұрын

Can’t to see your reaction to Captain America: Winter Soldier! Also, you have the cutest little face☺️❤️!

@jmoney6782 Ай бұрын

Yay!! Its about time 💪

@luciaarnaotorrego6852 Ай бұрын

Loved your reaction as always💗 You should check out society of the snow, i would love to hear what you have to say about that one

@tree6787 Ай бұрын

I love this movie ❤

@lazypaulreact Ай бұрын

She need to watch Agents of SHIELD at least the 1st season. PLEAAASEEEE !! 🤍🤍🤍

@IsiahBradley Ай бұрын

THANKS for this!!! Enjoying your Marvel journey with Achara or without!!! :) And thanks for reminding us that it is very possible to have not seen any MCU, Trek, Wars, etc. There are whole genres and franchises, television and film, I have never seen and never will see.

@stackels97 8 күн бұрын

Parts of this film are my favourites of all 3 Iron Man films; a lot of the staging, the color grading, Tonys PTSD, his relationship with Pepper and how intimidating the Mandarin was made out to be at first. And other aspects of the plot and some of the dialogue are the absolute worst.

@smoovetee365 Ай бұрын

Kristen is so pretty !! I love watching your movie reactions!!

@scottredding7357 Ай бұрын

The comic book version is an interesting contrast. No Mandarin. Tony takes Extremis to save his life, and his suit becomes part of his body.

@jaddlawand2358 Ай бұрын

Jadd J.A.D.D. Jadd Kristen, you're just as gorgeous as ever, This is my second favourite Iron Man movie after the first. Kristen, how would rank the MCU so far? I can't wait for you to watch Guardians of the Galaxy.

@JoseMartinez-kf8kk Ай бұрын

I love this movie

@wiseoldman53 Ай бұрын

I remember when this one first came out, I had mixed feelings about it. But as time has gone by and I've re-watched it a few times, it has become one of my favorites in the MCU. Great reaction!! 🙂

@Deedric_Kee Ай бұрын

Just getting home. This is so good. I guess I'll check this out with you. 👌

@Blaiyan Ай бұрын

He literally can't just pick up somebody else's kid and take him out of state. For many reasons. Common sense, Ambert alerts, parents promission, kidnapping and ped implications. It's just not a good look.

@daryl772003 Ай бұрын

You should watch the marvel short "hail to the king"

@desenhos_passo_a_passo Ай бұрын

Please react to 80s classic movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

@KaneKaylan Ай бұрын

I would love to see Jabby and Uchara watch the DC Animated Movie Universe. Start with Justice League War ❤

@pankajkthakur8042 Ай бұрын

3 reasons why i am here .. first is the movie .. rest two .. you know what 😅😅

@cbhunts7732 Ай бұрын

Speaking of DC. I can't wait until you get to watch the DCEU. JABY LETS GET HER STARTED ON THAT 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@parsman9914 Ай бұрын

Let's go!

@yugrajsingh3252 Ай бұрын

Pure Marvel fan he or she would be if he watched only movie here😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😘😘😘

@p0ppyfarr95 Ай бұрын

What if…? In an alternate continuity that will affect the MCU… Ben Kingsley is the real Mandarin - reimagined by myself as a Hindu Singaporean militarism extremist who has been the main orchestrator of the entire Iron Man trilogy, sporting the same attire, hairdo, beard and even having a dragon tattoo from left clavicle, around and down to the right back hip of his chiselled muscular physique that lights up when super Saiyan’d up - and the characters Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) and Xu Wenwu (Tony Leong) from Shang-Chi were his protégés - next in line to adopt the mantle to further spread his iron plague - similar to Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Bin Laden, Jinping, Putin etc And to further extent, similar to Heath Ledger’s Joker, have him stand out as force of nature, never to be reckoned with. His past his unknown (real name) and he considers himself as a true civil servant (mandarin). That is what the MCU could’ve ended up with. Imagine the Kingsley Mandarin working with Thanos (Josh Brolin)!!! Those two have similar agendas/mindsets - imagine all of the chaos and carnage throughout the infinite world…and other multiverses… P.S. reason why Kinglsey’s Mandarin would sound American while speaking English in contrast to sounding Asian when speaking his native Singaporean, Mongolian and/or Chinese he might’ve learned it from some radical far-right extremist from America who can also speak Asian languages