Iron Man 3 Discussion Thread

[Niltusk]

I am just a little surprised how people could love this movie after seeing all the better movies marvel has made. This is the worst one so far yet people say its so great. It just seems that people who really like this movie are giving it the benefit of the doubt because of the movies that came before it and/or are part of this universe. In fact all marvel movies get this benefit even in critic reviews because its not easy to tie all these different movies together. They get brownie points for difficulty kind of like an Olympic diver regardless of how good the film is. A lot of people did not like IM2 or captain america but check out the reviews on RT. They will always be skewed because of the scope of the undertaking and their association to a larger universe that; the largest ever attempted in hollywood, not on the merits of the individual films. Its like the sum is greater then its parts!!!

For the record, I liked captain america and thought IM2 was pretty good. I just didn't like IM3 for ignoring continuity and breaking rules already established in the films before it and what we knew about ironman, his armor how it was powered and how durable it was.

I liked the movie and I liked it better than part 2. Sorry you didn't enjoy it, but you're ridiculous theories about people only liking it because of the other movies is BS.

If you read the things Josh posted and thats the direction the movies are going (Bleeding Edge armor) then the rules are obviously oging to change just like they must have in the comic. If you can't hang sorry, but you really don't need to be an apologist for those that liked the film, its your problem with the movie.

 

[JAWS]

Wow all of this discussion, trying to fill in plot holes the size of gap in Tony's chest

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

I liked the movie and I liked it better than part 2. Sorry you didn't enjoy it, but you're ridiculous theories about people only liking it because of the other movies is BS.

If you read the things Josh posted and thats the direction the movies are going (Bleeding Edge armor) then the rules are obviously oging to change just like they must have in the comic. If you can't hang sorry, but you really don't need to be an apologist for those that liked the film, its your problem with the movie.

I don't have a problem with people enjoying the movie I have problem with them saying it was a great movie and up to par with what came before it. There is a lot of ****ty movies I enjoy that aren't good. Then again these ****ty movies aren't linked to 4 or more good ones in the same universe and aren't getting the benefit of them to sway my overall opinion. How many people would have liked tdkr as much if batman begins and TDK never existed??

 

[The Josh]

I don't have a problem with people enjoying the movie I have problem with them saying it was a good movie and up to par with what came before it. There is a lot of ****ty movies I enjoy that aren't good. Then again these ****ty movies aren't linked to 4 or more good ones in the same universe.

I'm really not trying to be rude about this but I don't give a rotten flip-flop that you have a problem with me thinking its on par with what we've gotten before.

 

[Niltusk]

I don't have a problem with people enjoying the movie I have problem with them saying it was a great movie and up to par with what came before it. There is a lot of ****ty movies I enjoy that aren't good. Then again these ****ty movies aren't linked to 4 or more good ones in the same universe and aren't getting the benefit of them to sway my overall opinion. How many people would have liked tdkr as much if batman begins and TDK never existed??

I didn't say it was up there with them, I said even better than 2.

Its your opinion that its not a good movie, not a fact. You make a lot of assumptions about how other people feel about this movie, kind of like me assuming your arrogant because you presume to know why I enjoyed the movie.

 

[Darkmatter]

I wonder what all that means for Avengers 2. I said it before that Iron Man 3 would have been great as an end to his story, but there still a lot of ground to cover with Avengers 2 and 3. I feel is way to early for all these radical changes. I almost get a feeling that Tony is retiring for good. He doesn't have an arc reactor anymore, he lost his lab, he destroyed all his armors and said there won't be anymore "distractions" (meaning he won't be making more suits)... so like, what happens now?

we all know that's malarkey because tony will be coaxed out of retirement to once again save the world from aliens in the avengers 2. tony likes to tinker and he's a builder...and he will keep building whether in retirement or not. did anyone notice the elaborate lab setup tony gave to the kid? obviously way above the kid's league. hmmm.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

I'm really not trying to be rude about this but I don't give a rotten flip-flop that you have a problem with me thinking its on par with what we've gotten before.

That's OK I am just pointing out that things can influence opinions and keep people from being impartial. All of us who did not like im3 are not crazy, picky comic book geeks, as people suggest. Nobody should have to explain to us what was supposed to be shown in the movie. Fact is this movie left a lot of questions because it failed in explaining key things and passing over logical answers just to fit a stupid story that didn't even fit in with the world that came before it. I don't hate the movie its just not a great entry and does not warrant people who like it to convince others that point out its flaws that they are wrong. I am guilty of this too only because I was disappointed by the film and wish it was as good as people who really like it say.

I apologize for coming off as arrogant but the same can be said to those that go in elaborate detail to explain the movies short comings to those that didn't like it, or that imply we are crazy for not liking it. I mean if u recognize that its not the best marvel movie or even the best IM movie why go through so much trouble to defend it????!!!

 

[Darkmatter]

Again, that's not entirely clear but one would certainly hope they closed it up somehow so he doesn't have a death star trench right to his life button.

you didn't see extremis rebuild countless limbs including killian's entire body? a chest cavity should be a piece of cake.

 

[Niltusk]

you didn't see extremis rebuild countless limbs including killian's entire body? a chest cavity should be a piece of cake.

I posted this up a bit, but it didn't heal Brandt's scars tho'.

 

[Boba Ben]

Yeah. It didn't get rid of the scars on the girl with the cute haircut.

 

[jye4ever]

It didn't heal the unoriginal plot and over complicated end action scene either.

 

[DFanatic]

Yeah. It didn't get rid of the scars on the girl with the cute haircut.

Well, scars mean it's already healed.

It didn't heal the unoriginal plot and over complicated end action scene either.

 

[Niltusk]

It didn't heal the unoriginal plot and over complicated end action scene either.

Steer clear of Croydon if you know whats good for you.

 

[jye4ever]

The 2nd biggest jaw drop in movie history for me personally, I guess that has to count for something.

 

[Boba Ben]

Well, scars mean it's already healed.

The same could be said of the missing limbs. They've healed. If the extremis can grow back bone and flesh from a stump, and return burned skin to perfectly unscarred flesh, you'd think it'd be able reverse a couple old scars as well.

 

[Niltusk]

The same could be said of the missing limbs. They've healed. If the extremis can grow back bone and flesh from a stump, and return burned skin to perfectly unscarred flesh, you'd think it'd be able reverse a couple old scars as well.

I was being facetious, her scars were from magical damage in the comics. I don't know if they just put that in as an Easter Egg to have some of the better known AIM agents appear in movie or its setting up for future tech that extremis could be vulnerable to Thors Hammer, etc...

 

[Boba Ben]

I was being facetious, her scars were from magical damage in the comics. I don't know if they just put that in as an Easter Egg to have some of the better known AIM agents appear in movie or its setting up for future tech that extremis could be vulnerable to Thors Hammer, etc...

Yeah, I get that. I'm just pointing out that someone who isn't familiar with the comics might question that aspect of the Extremis. Repairing some things, not repairing others. No background on her being damaged by magic.

 

[Niltusk]

Yeah, I get that. I'm just pointing out that someone who isn't familiar with the comics might question that aspect of the Extremis. Repairing some things, not repairing others. No background on her being damaged by magic.

Yeah, thats why I brought it up, it could just look like a plot hole, but its actually a little deeper after I googled the character. In the movie, she seemed like a throw away, but shes been in Marvel Comics since the 70s. I have zero modern Iron Man comics, but I've googled extremis and bleeding edge and I think this movie was just the stepping stone into Tony's evolution. (The bleeding edge which basically just sounds like the suit magically comes out of him.)

 

[buzzybean]

You guys are funny. I'm just saying.

You like poor, lazy, sloppy writing. But it's super heroes, right? And we should just sit back and enjoy whatever they put on the screen. Hollywood loves people like you!

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[buzzybean]

It's not as complicated as you guys are making it.

Pepper had the virus. Tony got it out of her. He put a modified version into him, which allowed them to take the shrapnel out of his heart, and then probably took it out again.

The end.

Did you pull that one out of your ***... As I said; sloppy writing.

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