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4. We see Stark experience a change of heart, literally and figuratively. Why do you believe he changes his business philosophy and overall worldview? Is it because he faced his own mortality? Because he witnesses injustice firsthand? Something more? In what ways have experiences shaken your own personal convictions more than words?
5. As Iron Man, is Stark merely using violence to fight violence—"an eye for an eye"? Is he a vigilante enforcing justice by taking matters into his own hands, or is he justified in seeking redemption and righting his past wrongs?
6. Would you say Stark becomes a totally changed man after his experience? How has he changed for the better? If he's still a work in progress, in what ways does he still show a need for growth and responsibility?

The Family Corner

Iron Man is rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content. Though there's some profanity in the film, it's relatively light and kept to a minimum. The suggestive content refers to some mild innuendo and a brief scene of Tony Stark enjoying (clothed) foreplay with a reporter. The violence is appropriately comic book action, with very little blood. Some people are shot, but it's usually off-screen. And there are some ooky moments involving the hole in Stark's chest, but nothing bloody or graphic; the movie rightfully compares it to the game Operation. Also, Stark and other characters are seen drinking throughout the film, which is something that will play a more prominent role in future films with serious consequences.

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