Iron Man 3 Discussion Thread

[Dr.Mirakle32]

Nope. And that's all I can or will say.

People need to stop making these instant comparisons anyway. They are very different films. And it's not a race or a contest.

I'm just going by what I've seen of how watershed films affect the genre afterwards. I don't doubt MOS will make a ton of money, but the last origin reboot (TASM), the last Snyder movie (Sucker Punch) and the last big DC film (TDKR) have lowered my expectations, since Supes is my favorite hero.

I'm sure I'll enjoy it either way, but I'm not expecting a truly great Batman Begins or Iron Man calibre comic book film. I'm hoping I'm wrong, I'm just not going in expecting to have a heart attack from its preconceived greatness.

 

[DFanatic]

Especally since the airplane rescue went flawless, there's nothing he can't do remotely.

**** you IM3.

100 Iron Men drones vs Thanos.

Zzzz Zzzzz Zzzzz

Wow, it's just so irritating you know. Iron Man up to now was such an awesome concept. A regular guy doing amazing things in these cool armors. Why would you mess up with that? Remember the first time Tony took the Mark II for a ride? Great scene! Or remember when Tony had to escape those 2 Raptor Jets? How meaningless would these scenes become if he wasn't inside the suit. I think the biggest reason I hate this movie is because they messed with the formula too much. Why take him off the armors? Why take off his arc reactor? This movie would have been great as a finale for the series (the last Iron Man movie) but they got bring him back for Avengers 2 AND 3! Why change everything half way through the series?

 

[IrishJedi]

i really don't understand why you hate it so. from the beginning of the trilogy, pepper's biggest problem with tony was he risked his life every time he became iron man. as he explained after new york, he now wants to make sure all the important things in his life are no longer at risk...including his own life. his relationship with pepper became the most important thing to him. that's the storyline...gushy but very good IMO.

For one, I never really cared for the movie Pepper. She annoys the **** out of me. Partly because of Paltrow, and partly because she's a bit of a mueling quim, as Loki might observe.

But mostly, when I see Iron Man (Tony Stark) go into a crashing plane and then save 8 falling people the last thing I want to see is Tony having accomplished that while chilling with Rhodey on a boat. It just removed all the heroics from it entirely.

 

[Anzik]

I just got back from watching it with my kids and we all loved it. My daughter has been watching I,II and the Avengers over and over, and my son was in his glory sitting in the theater with his Iron Man hoodie. I thought it was big and explosive and very entertaining. The big twist was, in my opinion, very enjoyable. I liked the way it focused on Tony and his intelligence and reasoning skills. The wing chun dummy cameo was cool too.

 

[IrishJedi]

e last origin reboot (TASM), the last Snyder movie (Sucker Punch) and the last big DC film (TDKR) have lowered my expectations, since Supes is my favorite hero.

Fair enough. Remember, though, that none of those things are mutually exclusive. And MoS is quite different enough from all 3 of those movies, too.

 

[jye4ever]

Wow, it's just so irritating you know. Iron Man up to now was such an awesome concept. A regular guy doing amazing things in these cool armors. Why would you mess up with that? Remember the first time Tony took the Mark II for a ride? Great scene! Or remember when Tony had to escape those 2 Raptor Jets? How meaningless would these scenes become if he wasn't inside the suit. I think the biggest reason I hate this movie is because they messed with the formula too much. Why take him off the armors? Why take off his arc reactor? This movie would have been great as a finale for the series (the last Iron Man movie) but they got bring him back for Avengers 2 AND 3! Why change everything half way through the series?

 

[jye4ever]

Trevor was not enough to save this movie.

 

[Darkmatter]

I just got back from watching it with my kids and we all loved it. My daughter has been watching I,II and the Avengers over and over, and my son was in his glory sitting in the theater with his Iron Man hoodie. I thought it was big and explosive and very entertaining. The big twist was, in my opinion, very enjoyable. I liked the way it focused on Tony and his intelligence and reasoning skills. The wing chun dummy cameo was cool too.

those complaining take note....THIS is the demographic targeted by the movie and it's merchandising. the family unit, not just the middle aged comic book geek.

 

[DiFabio]

Wow, it's just so irritating you know. Iron Man up to now was such an awesome concept. A regular guy doing amazing things in these cool armors. Why would you mess up with that? Remember the first time Tony took the Mark II for a ride? Great scene! Or remember when Tony had to escape those 2 Raptor Jets? How meaningless would these scenes become if he wasn't inside the suit. I think the biggest reason I hate this movie is because they messed with the formula too much. Why take him off the armors? Why take off his arc reactor? This movie would have been great as a finale for the series (the last Iron Man movie) but they got bring him back for Avengers 2 AND 3! Why change everything half way through the series?

Stark going in with the tools he made from a Home Depot store and taking out all those men while storming the mansion was bad *** and fully in character and he didn't have the suit.


Not saying the suit isn't important, it is. But the movie was about being in there, flying around in the armor. They didn't ruin Tony Stark in this one, how could anyone deny how cool he was? It's not like he'll never be in the suit again.


Also, looking back at Iron Man and Iron Man 2, he's not even in the suit that much. A good BULK of the scenes are Tony Stark messing around. There way more than him tinkering, chilling in planes, talking, etc. then there is of him in the suit "pew" "pewing". The remote controls is the thing throwing everyone off I think.

 

[DiFabio]

Trevor was not enough to save this movie.

So now you think it's lame?

 

[jye4ever]

Stark going in with the tools he made from a Home Depot store and taking out all those men while storming the mansion was bad *** and fully in character and he didn't have the suit.

He's a genius, not a commando.

Commando only when in suit.

You want Commando, watch Commando when Arnold storms the mansion.

 

[jye4ever]

So now you think it's lame?

No no no

That's the best part.

Not enough for me to choose this movie over IM1/2 though.

Biggest surprise i've had in a movie in decades, i'll give Marvel that.

Well done too.

 

[Darkmatter]

Stark going in with the tools he made from a Home Depot store and taking out all those men while storming the mansion was bad *** and fully in character and he didn't have the suit.

a tony urban commando figure with exclusive workbench perhaps?

 

[IrishJedi]

Stark going in with the tools he made from a Home Depot store and taking out all those men while storming the mansion was bad *** and fully in character and he didn't have the suit.

I loved that sequence. Ultimately, it's 10x more heroic and compelling than the Air Force One via remote-controlled empty suit rescue.

 

[Niltusk]

Yeah, I loved the Tony Stark Home Depot version Iron Man. The shock glove and whole nine yards.

 

[IrishJedi]

Yeah, I loved the Tony Stark Home Depot version Iron Man. The shock glove and whole nine yards.

Yeah, it's great. No problem at all with Tony "McGyver" Stark. It made perfect sense, not only for the character as established but the plot at the time as well.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

Not going to get into the why now as I just got out but I really enjoyed it. I'm a batman guy obviously so I'm bias but that was by far my favorite Marvel movie. I think I loved the fact he was hardly in the suit.

Bold statement considering there's around Twenty Marvel movies.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

those complaining take note....THIS is the demographic targeted by the movie and it's merchandising. the family unit, not just the middle aged comic book geek.

Alot if not most of the complaints aren't about comic accuracy from stereotypical geeks, but being a generally disapointing movie in and of itself.

Was it a comedy? Was it a deep story about PTSD? Was it trying to show him as being a hero without the suits? Was it about terrorism? Was it an ending for the character?

It seemed to try to be about all of these and it made the movie a mess.

Lord knows thats true... but please less posting more building.

I wanna see some pics.

Almost done

 

[TheGDBatman]

Bold statement considering there's around Twenty Marvel movies.

Yeah as much as I enjoyed the popcorny stuff they've done so far I never found them to be engaging films. Avengers was more of a comedy than anything else and the villains sucked in everything else. I really liked the first half of IM1 and enjoyed parts of Cap. I dunno I feel like this was the first Marvel movie where the one liners and dialogue wasn't too cheesy for my taste.

 

[jye4ever]

I would've preferred if Mandarin reveal was at the very end, no extremis stuff.

Just a rogue agent from Shield or real Mandarin/Ten Rings playing games as a means to ruin Stark and the Avengers great reputation after saving NYC.

I hated the lava people, bunch of wannabe Anakin Skywalkers.

This movie failed for me as a follow up to Avengers and IM2.