Iron Man 3

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by silver5liter

I liked the movie, didnt really like the curve ball. Mainly because Kingsley played the perfect creepy villian, well until the middle of the movie came. Alot less corny than iron man 2, just a step under iron man 1 imo

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****ing Trevor

[Aries Walker]

It was a step under everything. The more I think about this movie, the more I hate it. Even if they hadn't

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completely sold-out Iron Man's most distinguished and memorable long-time villain, and shot an uninspired and misguided movie, and populated it with boring villains and half-formed story lines and a God damned PRECOCIOUS CHILD that stupids down the experience by steps,

they still would have to answer for

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that ending that completely undermined his entire four-movie arc.

"And then I decided to fix it all, and so I did, show ever, the end, go home, TA-DAAAA."

[Deberg_1990]

The more I think about this flick, the more I like it. But I can see why some of you didn't like it. Marvel definatley did a bait and switch with the trailers and marketing.

[Deberg_1990]

Basically this flick is an 80s/90s Shane Black action film, with Iron Man grafted on.

It could have been Lethal Weapon 5 or Last Boy Scout 2 with a few rewrites.

[Buehler445]

I really enjoyed it. There were some problems, but overall, I liked it. Definitely worth seeing, even if you don't like what's going on with the Mandarin character.

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I would have liked the mandarin to be behind the whole thing, but I didn't necessarily hate what they did with him. But I can see how the comic book guys just absolutely hate it. And to be honest, I didn't see it coming. They did a nice job of hiding it.

As for the Extremis...

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I thought they were a little over the top. I mean reprogramming DNA and all that shit, yeah, that can make a lot of shit happen. But Tissue is still fragile, and my god it would take a hell of a lot of metabolism to make that shit happen. Whatever, most people liked them. I can get over it.

But I can't help to think that the CGI on them was bad. It looked like bad guys from the 80's when CGI first came out and they were all like LOOKZ AT THEEEE EEEYYYYYEEEEZZZZ. Their CGI on the Extremis was bad. Real bad. IMO.

My buddy thought it ripped off Batman pretty hard. He was kind of disappointed.

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Loses power (loses suit instead of body breaking down). Goes to find himself (dungeons---Tennessee is pretty much a dungeon). Comes back to get the baddies. Until he had mentioned it, I hadn't made the connection. I think if you watch most superhero movies, that is how it goes. And the two movies are so markedly different, that I don't think it is a big deal.

My question is whether they will continue adventures of Iron Man.

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Yeah, they took the shrapnel out of his chest (which, yeah, why the **** didn't they do that in IM2 when he was ****ing dying?), and he doesn't have the power source in his chest anymore. But he still knows how to make the machines and there might be a need for them.

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The Banner cameo is ****ing hilarious. HILARIOUS

I'm kind of hoping they do. Yeah, I know he'll be back for Avengers, but I'm kind of hoping they keep making IM movies. I know the 3 story arc is clean and nice and works well. But they've done a nice job of not making it too reeruned. And as long as they don't get too over-sweeping and huge enemies, I think they can do some decent movies yet. Marvel has earned enough credit to let them try another.

As to RDJ as Stark, I think they need to leave it alone, if RDJ can't do it anymore, they need to leave it alone. RDJ is it.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

My buddy thought it ripped off Batman pretty hard. He was kind of disappointed.

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Loses power (loses suit instead of body breaking down). Goes to find himself (dungeons---Tennessee is pretty much a dungeon). Comes back to get the baddies. Until he had mentioned it, I hadn't made the connection. I think if you watch most superhero movies, that is how it goes. And the two movies are so markedly different, that I don't think it is a big deal.

I haven't seen the movie, but that's a pretty weak criticism as the whole "lose power/symbolically die, journey to find oneself, reborn into greater power, redemption" story arc is archetypal stuff. I mean, that storyline is embedded in our DNA.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I haven't seen the movie, but that's a pretty weak criticism as the whole "lose power/symbolically die, journey to find oneself, reborn into greater power, redemption" story arc is archetypal stuff. I mean, that storyline is embedded in our DNA.

The standard line is: Man against Man, Man against Nature and Man against Self.

All tales begin and end there.

[Sure-Oz]

Didn't Favre not direct this one due to differences with Marvel? I dont remember if he directed Iron Man 2 or not.

Iron Man 1 easily the best and Avengers is up there with it as far as iron man movies

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Didn't Favre not direct this one due to differences with Marvel? I dont remember if he directed Iron Man 2 or not.

Iron Man 1 easily the best and Avengers is up there with it as far as iron man movies

I'm not sure what happened with Faveru? But it was probably over money. I'll bet Black came cheaper. I give Faveau all the credit in the world for setting the right tone and creating the world right, but as an action director he's just kinda meh.

I thought this one created a better self contained, complete story than any of them.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I haven't seen the movie, but that's a pretty weak criticism as the whole "lose power/symbolically die, journey to find oneself, reborn into greater power, redemption" story arc is archetypal stuff. I mean, that storyline is embedded in our DNA.

Originally Posted by silver5liter

I've seen both, thats a pretty big freaking stretch lol

That's what I thought too. I was just passing on his take that I hadn't thought of.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

I'm not sure what happened with Faveru? But it was probably over money. I'll bet Black came cheaper. I give Faveau all the credit in the world for setting the right tone and creating the world right, but as an action director he's just kinda meh.

I thought this one created a better self contained, complete story than any of them.

Action was crazy but it was like TDK in a sense that it was much less iron man

I still enjoyed it more than the 2nd one which almost seems forgettable at this point

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Action was crazy but it was like TDK in a sense that it was much less iron man

I still enjoyed it more than the 2nd one which almost seems forgettable at this point

Heh, yea...I kinda admired the creative ways they kept keeping him out of the suit. Understand why a lot of hardcore comic geeks might not have liked it, but overall I liked how they tried to do something different than the standard comic hero thing.
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[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Heh, yea...I kinda admired the creative ways they kept keeping him out of the suit. Understand why a lot of hardcore comic geeks might not have liked it, but overall I liked how they tried to do something different than the standard comic hero thing.
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Makes me wonder if they'll make another IM movie or do another Avengers

[siberian khatru]

Saw it today. Liked it a lot. Thought it was VERY funny.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Didn't Favre not direct this one due to differences with Marvel? I dont remember if he directed Iron Man 2 or not.

He finished his deal with Wrangler and left it at that...