Iron Man 3 Discussion Thread

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

For me anyways it's not that the twist ruined the Mandarin. I really knew nothing about the character. What sucked was

1. Before the Twist he was such a great bad guy. There was a real sense of evil there. Then Bam. He really is not what we think. A great character wasted. Second viewing will suck.

2. The guy he turns out to be was far too over the top and goofy. **** jokes and stupid personality ruined the whole feel of the film.

3. The back up / real villain was nowhere near as good or cool as the Mandarin was before the reveal.

Nothing to do with the Comics, just the movie

 

[xjamiex]

Ole ole ole ole ole ole!

 

[FQRizzo]

Let's get this out of the way right up front: Iron Man 3 and The Dark Knight Rises both rock so this isn't a criticism of either movie.

Stopped reading right there.

 

[Josette]

For me anyways it's not that the twist ruined the Mandarin. I really knew nothing about the character. What sucked was

1. Before the Twist he was such a great bad guy. There was a real sense of evil there. Then Bam. He really is not what we think. A great character wasted. Second viewing will suck.

2. The guy he turns out to be was far too over the top and goofy. **** jokes and stupid personality ruined the whole feel of the film.

3. The back up / real villain was nowhere near as good or cool as the Mandarin was before the reveal.

Right with all three, IMO. I've not read any Ironman comics, and that's EXACTLY how I felt about the Mandarin "twist".

I still like parts of the movie, but this did bring the movie down for me. Pre-reveal, I was much more into the film, honestly thinking it might equal the first movie.

 

[ZaCHw117]

Just got back, loved the first half, meh on the last.

 

[budafett]

Much better than Iron Man 2!

Spoiler

I'm excited for Tony's return *hopefully with Downey Jr* and A.I.M!

 

[Darkseed]

Just got back, loved the first half, meh on the last.

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[Sithlord1975]

Why IM3 succeeds....

Chill out nerds

https://www.ign.com/blogs/siphen.0/2013/05/06/5-reasons-why-iron-man-3-succeededspoilers

 

[Biojex]

IGN article?

 

[jye4ever]

IGN article?

 

[ZaCHw117]

Skimmed it.

Spoiler

Good point on the Mandarin there, it would be cool to see them bring him back to be the villain he could have been.

It would be hard, but awesome if they pulled it off.

 

[Biojex]

pffft, Jye's been saying that since the beginning

 

[ZaCHw117]

I've been avoiding this thread with little success.

 

[DiFabio]

That'd be cool if they brought Kingsley back as the "real" Mandarin but instead of being cheap about it, bring back Trevor too.

Maybe the Killian's "Mandarin" was based off a real terrorist (hence Trevor's face lift and surgery) and the real Mandarin is out there. Kingsley could play the real terrorist leader and also Trevor.


It'd be lame if they pulled the rug out from everyone and said that Trevor was really just Mandarin pretending/acting all along though. That'd be stupid.

 

[IrishJedi]

Guys, the Mandarin wad has been blown. These theories are plain nuts.

 

[ZaCHw117]

Agreed Difab.

Also,

Spoiler

trevor ****ing killed a guy on TV. How did he not notice he was actually dead and lose his ****.

He thought he was in a movie the entire time, right?

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

Guys, the Mandarin wad has been blown. These theories are plain nuts.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

IGN article?

 

[jye4ever]

That'd be cool if they brought Kingsley back as the "real" Mandarin but instead of being cheap about it, bring back Trevor too.

Maybe the Killian's "Mandarin" was based off a real terrorist (hence Trevor's face lift and surgery) and the real Mandarin is out there. Kingsley could play the real terrorist leader and also Trevor.


It'd be lame if they pulled the rug out from everyone and said that Trevor was really just Mandarin pretending/acting all along though. That'd be stupid.

Why would it be lame if he jumped back in as the real Mandarin?

Just some random terrorist would be lame I think.

Agreed Difab.

Also,

Spoiler

trevor ****ing killed a guy on TV. How did he not notice he was actually dead and lose his ****.

He thought he was in a movie the entire time, right?

I thought about that.

I don't know if the actual execution was shown, but good point.

 

[DiFabio]

Agreed Difab.

Also,

Spoiler

trevor ****ing killed a guy on TV. How did he not notice he was actually dead and lose his ****.

He thought he was in a movie the entire time, right?

Spoiler

Cocaine, it's a helluva drug.





Or whatever he was on.