Iron Man 3

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I watched it last night for the first time on Blu-Ray. Maybe I was in the wrong mood.

The dialog, to me, was weak and unconvincing. I thought that Loki was a bad choice and overall, the film felt clunky. The weird camera angles they used at times made no sense, Cobie Smulders was wasted and stiff and outside of Ruffalo and Downey, the actors were boring.

I expected more of an Iron Man 1 or Dark Knight type of movie. Instead, it was like a Michael Bay film but instead of Transformers, the Avengers.

I'll watch it again, if for no other reason that I bought it on Blu Ray with the digital copy, music CD, etc. but it was extremely disappointing to me.

Interesting take. The only thing I didn't like is that it wasnt shot wide, so the whole thing felt confined to me. Puzzling decision since all the other Marvel films were shot wide, then they get to the biggest one and shoot it 1:85:1. WTF?

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Interesting take. The only thing I didn't like is that it wasnt shot wide, so the whole thing felt confined to me. Puzzling decision since all the other Marvel films were shot wide, then they get to the biggest one and shoot it 1:85:1. WTF?

My guess would be that's Whedon's preference. Each director is different; Kubrick hated widescreen, for instance.

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Interesting take. The only thing I didn't like is that it wasnt shot wide, so the whole thing felt confined to me. Puzzling decision since all the other Marvel films were shot wide, then they get to the biggest one and shoot it 1:85:1. WTF?

IIRC that was forced on Joss Whedon by Disney. They seem to like the Flat format, as it translates better to home video. Apparently, Disney thinks all their customers are poor and own tube TVs. Worked out for me, though, as Flat looks better than Scope on my IMAX Digital so "Avengers" was actually smaller than normal on the "35mm" side of the building but bigger than normal on the IMAX screen.