I want to catch up on the older movies before going to see Iron Man 3.
Do I need to watch The Avengers (and therefore Thor, too)*?
Or will Iron Man and Iron Man 2 be enough?
* I realize this linked question says that the Iron Man movies are not necessary to understand what's going on in The Avengers, but I wasn't sure if the reverse was true. I am wondering if Iron Man 3 builds off of The Avengers at all.
Answer
Since part of the Iron Man story will revolve around Tony's mindset after the events in New York with the Chitauri invasion, you do not HAVE to see the Avengers, but you will likely understand a lot better the overall state of how superheroes will have come to be treated both by the general populace and the government. The events in Avengers made it clear that superheroes could be an amazing asset or complete disaster depending on how well or poorly they perform their operations.
Since the Marvel Cinematic universe tends to be built around the relationships between the movies, the more of the connected universe stories you have seen, the better you will be able to relate. This was the rational for the related and overlapping stories in the Cinematic Universe. The goal is to replicated the connected feeling you have when you read comics with overlapping characters and stories.
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