you really want to play this game? The first five minutes of iron man should've killed Tony; a rocket exploded six feet away from him with no cover. To say nothing of the eighty other explosions or traumas that should have at least severely concussed him.
Ok. You're entitled to an opinion. But this is a good MOVIE. As a piece of film, of cinema, as a summer blockbuster, it completely works.
Your criticisms indicate that nothing they could've done to make you happy. Parts of the movie are silly. Yes. There's nothing in this movie plot-wise or character action wise that baffles the audience to the point that the movie breaks.
And I would encourage you to expand your film criticism beyond 'ZOMG PLOT HOELZ!'.
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Mom and Dad love you, Rowan - February 15, 2024
Looking forward to seeing this - maybe this weekend, for Mother's Day, with the kids. Loved the first one, enjoyed the second. Makes me really glad RDJ got his crap together because what a great series this has been so far, and I can't imagine any other actor playing Stark.
That also really bothered me. What was the point of that? Those suits must have cost hundreds of millions of dollars and he just destroyed them without any explanation. Did he do it because Pepper would think that the explosions were pretty? Beats me.
The ending was pretty much all Tony Stark stepping away from Iron Man, and blowing up the suits was the visual evidence of it. Which is fine and dandy if Marvel was going to walk away from the franchise at this point. Except, we already know there is an Avengers 2 coming, so now they are stuck with two options: retcon it to pretend that Stark didn't actually stop being Iron Man or provide some lame excuse as to why he came back.
The ending was pretty much all Tony Stark stepping away from Iron Man, and blowing up the suits was the visual evidence of it. Which is fine and dandy if Marvel was going to walk away from the franchise at this point. Except, we already know there is an Avengers 2 coming, so now they are stuck with two options: retcon it to pretend that Stark didn't actually stop being Iron Man or provide some lame excuse as to why he came back.
It gives him a character arc for avengers 2. Which is sort of important. five movies is a really long time to deal with any particular character, and you can't just have him 'being iron man' because that is boring.
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Mom and Dad love you, Rowan - February 15, 2024
The ending was pretty much all Tony Stark stepping away from Iron Man, and blowing up the suits was the visual evidence of it. Which is fine and dandy if Marvel was going to walk away from the franchise at this point. Except, we already know there is an Avengers 2 coming, so now they are stuck with two options: retcon it to pretend that Stark didn't actually stop being Iron Man or provide some lame excuse as to why he came back.
Who says his reason for coming back has to be lame? Was Bruce Wayne's reason lame?
My guess is what ever reason they have to assemble the Avengers again probably coincides with Tony's.
I really liked it. It was one of the first movies I've seen in 3D that I didn't find the 3D distracting at all. I thought that while there were some goofy scenes, it was a great action popcorn movie, with some good humour.
And key audiences for this film, kids/teens will eat this movie up. My little brother (13) absolutely LOVED this movie.
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I wonder if part of the lack of response from SHEILD in regards to the Mandarin threat gets addressed in Captain America: Winter Soldier, with the revelation from Bob Redford the other day. Bear with me... So the US is under attack, the vice-president is in on it is it far fetched to think that the head of SHIELD isn't in in it too? This could all lead to the bigger picture of Avengers 2, and lack of trust the Avengers have in SHIELD... I could be way off but maybe, Whedon has thought a few of, what seem like huge plot holes, through long term, or at least I hope.
The ending was pretty much all Tony Stark stepping away from Iron Man, and blowing up the suits was the visual evidence of it. Which is fine and dandy if Marvel was going to walk away from the franchise at this point. Except, we already know there is an Avengers 2 coming, so now they are stuck with two options: retcon it to pretend that Stark didn't actually stop being Iron Man or provide some lame excuse as to why he came back.
There is still the Iron Patriot suit is there not? Also, Isn't Tony Stark not actually Iron Man in the Avenger Comics, Rather part of the group as Tony Stark?
I felt that it was unfortunate to dilute the Mandarin but Marvel (like most film companies) now rely on China for a large amount of their box office. That's why there was a obscure (to Western audiences) mainland Chinese actress in "The Expendables". Even the credits of Iron Man 3 list Chinese film companies and staff. This was the safest route they can take to deal with this.
Unfortunately, that resulted in us never having the great Iron Man vs. Mandarin moments like Batman has had with the Joker in previous films.
Saw it tonight, enjoyed it. Wasn't the best, but still very entertaining and engaging. 7/10.
Though I think a single AI coordinating a fleet of Iron Man suits could decimate pretty much anything.
The last two movies have been a little suit heavy with Iron Man 2 and the multiple drones and then the dozens of suits in this film. It loses a bit of magic and becomes just a toy commercial with CG buzzing around.
Also, it's shown that a powerful repulsor blast can kill an Extremis powered human. Humans can't fly. Why don't all the suits shoot them into submission from range instead of flying in to tackle them and get melted?
I wish they kept the classic colors, I didn't like the MK42 coloration at all.
I saw it last night and I give it a resounding meh. I had read enough reviews to know it wasn't going to have me on the edge of my seat and that's about the extent of it. For me, RDJ is this whole franchise, not the suit. If he wasn't so good on the screen, delivering those impossibly bad comic book character lines, I don't think these movies would do nearly as well at the box office. The guy has a charisma that makes you like him, even when you don't like the movie.
Random thoughts -
-I didn't like the Happy Hogan stuff. It felt like filler that didn't need to be there.
-I actually laughed out loud a couple of times at Kingsley's take on the Mandarin.
-Guy Pearce was a great villain.
-The Pepper character needed to die. Not a fan of what they did with her at the end.
- The father figure/young boy relationship felt very forced.
- Cheadle's role started weak for me but finished strong. Cheadle has a more subdued version of that RDJ thing. People like him.
