Iron Man 3 Discussion Thread

[plasmid303]

More like they realized that trying to low-ball the budget would spell bad things. IM2 had a budget of 180-200mill.

 

[tomandshell]

all contents that harms Chinese image had been “removed”

Why should Marvel go to China if they can't tell the story on their terms?

 

[darthviper107]

Well, since comic books aren't exactly trying to make much of a statement I doubt they have an issue with giving in to that.

 

[thenammagazine]

I dunno. The $200mil budget is good and bad and the strings attached are unrealistic. Expecting it to be "the best Marvel movie yet" based on Avengers is kinda setting it up for failure. I can see Feige using a lower performing IM as an excuse to cut Downey's paycheck and bump him from future projects to save costs.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

If they're unwilling to do a proper Mandarin, just don't do him at all. What's the point if he's the Mandarin in name only?

 

[Mad Old Lu]

I dunno. The $200mil budget is good and bad and the strings attached are unrealistic. Expecting it to be "the best Marvel movie yet" based on Avengers is kinda setting it up for failure. I can see Feige using a lower performing IM as an excuse to cut Downey's paycheck and bump him from future projects to save costs.

I was thinking the same thing, although I didn't take it as far as using it against RDJ. But yeah, a higher budget is kinda a double-edged sword. You can have all the money in the world and it wouldn't mean a thing if you don't have a good story behind the movie. Likewise I would have been more intrigued to know if the movie had a lower budget because it would mean that Shane would have to come up with some pretty creative and clever ideas in order to make the movie exciting in other ways besides just seeing tons of explosions and special effects.

 

[The Josh]

Yes, it could be a bad thing but I'll roll with that it's going to allow them to make this movie the best iron man film yet.

 

[Ziggie]

Yes, it could be a bad thing but I'll roll with that it's going to allow them to make this movie the best iron man film yet.

That's what I'm going with as well.

 

[Khev]

Captain America 2 better get 200 big ones for its budget as well then.

 

[The Josh]

Captain America 2 better get 200 big ones for its budget as well then.

I would hope cap 2 and Thor 2 would see similar bumps.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Thor 2 could definitely use a bump. The non-Asgard locations in that flick were underwhelming to say the least. I kept expecting one of those worms from Tremors to pop up.

 

[tomandshell]

I think they already mentioned that Thor 2 will focus on Asgard and more of the nine realms. I hope it gets a budget bump as well to support those locations and visuals.

 

[thenammagazine]

I would hope cap 2 and Thor 2 would see similar bumps.

I'd be surprised if they get more than $150mil honestly.

 

[Darth Cruel]

No on IM3

No on Cap2

No on Thor2

No on Hulk reboot/sequel...whatever


Yes on Avengers 2, 3, 4, and 5.

 

[Irvy]

I was thinking the same thing, although I didn't take it as far as using it against RDJ. But yeah, a higher budget is kinda a double-edged sword. You can have all the money in the world and it wouldn't mean a thing if you don't have a good story behind the movie. Likewise I would have been more intrigued to know if the movie had a lower budget because it would mean that Shane would have to come up with some pretty creative and clever ideas in order to make the movie exciting in other ways besides just seeing tons of explosions and special effects.

I agree with this, the first movie doesn't have a whole lot of action in it, the story and characters make it work so well.

 

[The Josh]

I'd be surprised if they get more than $150mil honestly.

I'd be surprised if they don't get at least 180 million.

 

[thenammagazine]

I'd be surprised if they don't get at least 180 million.

Cap will depend on IM3.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, that's true each may depend on the other.

 

[Ziggie]

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=60377

And Jon Favreau will reprise his role as Happy Hogan.

 

[JonWes]

With the announcement of another villain, I'm starting to wonder if this movie won't be a combination of Extremis and Armor Wars. Which means a lot of these villains wouldn't have a ton of screen time.

It could work very well.