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Iron Man 3

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Brett Alan Dewing
May 04, 2013
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One thing I greatly appreciate in a film is when everything revolves around one central idea, but you don't necessarily know it until it's over.  These sort of theme movies aren't usually summer tentpoles, but Iron Man 3 is that kind of film.

In this case, the unifying theme is the loss of idealism and the spread of hubris.  Every character deals with t…

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