Iron Man 3 director Shane Black just lately mirrored on how Christmas is concerned in a lot of his movies, together with the divisive third Iron Man movie.
Not like the primary two installments, Iron Man 3 explicitly takes place within the Christmas season. The director mentioned his intention behind this selection, in addition to the Christmas Carol themes that permeate the sequel.
“I didn’t need Christmas to really feel like a gimmick, or one thing that was predictable, or ostentatious on my half,” Black informed Empire. “It began out as enjoyable, and as quickly as folks seen it, it stopped being enjoyable. However I acquiesced largely due to the Christmas Carol facet of it. Tony loses his assist, loses his base, he’s adrift in Mid-America. And he’s not going to be visited by ghosts, however he’s definitely going to be in the midst of a reckoning, or a reconciliation, the place he has to take inventory, determine what’s troubling him, and the way he’s going to proceed. It labored out effectively for the ending.
The coda is principally him at Christmas, giving a present to his fiancée, and giving a present to somewhat child who helped him. And there’s a Christmas miracle when Jon Favreau’s character comes out of a coma. There’s one thing about it, the place you may get darkish and darkish and darkish, as harsh as you need, after which summon up somewhat Christmas, and it provides you that nice out that you simply’re on the lookout for.”
“Plagued with fear and insomnia since saving New York from destruction, Tony Stark , now, is extra depending on the fits that give him his Iron Man persona — a lot so that each facet of his life is affected, together with his relationship with Pepper,” reads Iron Man 3‘s synopsis. “After a malevolent enemy often known as the Mandarin reduces his private world to rubble, Tony should rely solely on intuition and ingenuity to avenge his losses and defend the folks he loves.”