The Mandarin mentions that Thomas works for the Roxxon Oil Company. Stan Lee cameo as usual. He's holding the 10 sign up during the pageant. Post-credits scene with Bruce Banner.
Wouldn't the doctor at the start of the movie, who saved Stark in the cave, count as a huge easter egg?
Overall the movie was fine. Not great. Not bad. Full of the normal tropes.
Still don't understand why people are still playing the role of "villian" in a world where gods and aliens are proven to exist and want to destroy earth. Stark literally saved all these idiots from certain death.
I've started to detest typical Hollywood action movies as I've got older, but I found this tolerable. Far better than the garbage job they did with Transformers and less cliched than Avengers anyway.
On May 05 2013 16:28 tomatriedes wrote: I've started to detest typical Hollywood action movies as I've got older, but I found this tolerable. Far better than the garbage job they did with Transformers and less cliched than Avengers anyway.
"Puny God"
Avengers was excellent. Transformers 1 was pretty good but 2 was horrible
I agree with a lot of other people. Better than Iron Man 2, but not quite as good as the original. I thought he did a good amount of tinkering, and it was nice seeing that he was definitely human, with him being out of the suit and what not.
I thought think they might have overdone the immortal can't die extremis people but you know, oh well. + Show Spoiler +
Having not read the comics, does Iron man actually "retire?" Or how does he come back?
Just came back from watching it. I found it worse than Iron Man 2 to be honest. A couple of rather glaring mistakes done by supposedly one of the greatest minds of our time as well as some bad explanations which required more suspension of disbelief than I could muster up. To mention one issue: + Show Spoiler +
I get that Jarvis "goes to sleep" and hence there is a period of time where Tony is on his own, but why in the world did Tony not trigger his army of suits when his and Peppers life was threaten at the mansion? Jarvis was intact there and we even saw that Jarvis could pull out the suit Tony was in rather than having a regular crane do the work.
The Mandarin mentions that Thomas works for the Roxxon Oil Company. Stan Lee cameo as usual. He's holding the 10 sign up during the pageant. Post-credits scene with Bruce Banner.
Wouldn't the doctor at the start of the movie, who saved Stark in the cave, count as a huge easter egg?
Overall the movie was fine. Not great. Not bad. Full of the normal tropes.
Still don't understand why people are still playing the role of "villian" in a world where gods and aliens are proven to exist and want to destroy earth. Stark literally saved all these idiots from certain death.
Actually this was brought up during the movie. The villain say that with gods and aliens humans are desperate. The Extremis project is to make humans have a fighting chance.
First movie I saw in 3D in cinema (second movie in 3D), and holy shit 3D is horrible. I mean wtf did technology had a major step back into gimmick shit?
About the movie, it was exactly as I expected of such a movie. And when everything happens as expected, it really does not make it good, just another 7/10 movie (and I hand out 9 and 10 rating easily if it moves me)
Saw the movie today. Laughed alot, but can't say much more beyond that. The ending was terrible in my opinion. Everything fit together too well. I will log this away with several other recent movies where I really enjoyed watching it, but the enjoyment lessens the more I think about it.
The Mandarin mentions that Thomas works for the Roxxon Oil Company. Stan Lee cameo as usual. He's holding the 10 sign up during the pageant. Post-credits scene with Bruce Banner.
Wouldn't the doctor at the start of the movie, who saved Stark in the cave, count as a huge easter egg?
Overall the movie was fine. Not great. Not bad. Full of the normal tropes.
Still don't understand why people are still playing the role of "villian" in a world where gods and aliens are proven to exist and want to destroy earth. Stark literally saved all these idiots from certain death.
Actually this was brought up during the movie. The villain say that with gods and aliens humans are desperate. The Extremis project is to make humans have a fighting chance.
I thought that might be the reason, but I didn't remember anybody saying that. Makes sense if so. The main bad guy would have been a very nice addition to the Avengers realistically...
I'm a little torn about this movie. The best thing you can say about it is that Shane Black is a very stylistic writer who is great at writing banter and jokes for characters. If you've watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Robert Downey Jr. is the perfect actor to channel his bro-tastic sense of humor.
The downside of this movie is the pacing, tonal shifts and plot holes galore.
A major problem with the Marvel movies going forward is whether or not to acknowledge the existence of the Avengers or SHIELD. There are trials in the film which Iron Man faces that could be easily be resolved with a single phone call.
The biggest mistake with this film is bothering to acknowledge the events of the Avengers at all. It's a distraction that makes it impossible to suspend your disbelief over the course of the movie. Tony Stark is a member of a superhero team run by the world's most elite military organization, and world famous for saving the freaking world from alien invasion. There's absolutely no way he would ever need to scramble for resources, do detective work or MacGuyver his way out of any situation.
On May 05 2013 15:50 Gahlo wrote: What really bothered me about this movie?
1. Lets make an excuse for 42 different models of Iron Man suit toys + battle damage ones!
2. You're releasing a movie set around the holiday season IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY. At least make it near July 4th.
You proved to me one thing. You don't have a clue as to why studios select the dates they did. This is what happens when you're an outsider, so don't nitpick the release date when you don't know their reasoning.
On May 05 2013 15:50 Gahlo wrote: What really bothered me about this movie?
1. Lets make an excuse for 42 different models of Iron Man suit toys + battle damage ones!
2. You're releasing a movie set around the holiday season IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY. At least make it near July 4th.
You proved to me one thing. You don't have a clue as to why studios select the dates they did. This is what happens when you're an outsider, so don't nitpick the release date when you don't know their reasoning.
Unless they tried to put symbolism in doing it near Christmas, I know why they chose to release it in May. It just felt weird.
Unless they tried to put symbolism in doing it near Christmas, I know why they chose to release it in May. It just felt weird.
Dude, you're not crazy. It's just the way Shane Black writes.
He has used kidnapping as a plot device in several films: Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man 3. Five of his scripts start with the letter L. At least four of his screenplays take place during Christmas.
On May 05 2013 21:10 crappen wrote: First movie I saw in 3D in cinema (second movie in 3D), and holy shit 3D is horrible. I mean wtf did technology had a major step back into gimmick shit?
About the movie, it was exactly as I expected of such a movie. And when everything happens as expected, it really does not make it good, just another 7/10 movie (and I hand out 9 and 10 rating easily if it moves me)
Yeah, 3D is garbage. I only ever go to 2D showings. Besides, it cuts the price by like a third in most places. IMAX, on the other hand, can be worth it or a waste depending on the screen you go to.
As for your comments, Defacer, yeah, you have a point. The thing I don't like is that they've never really explained SHIELD's role in the MCU. In the first few movies, it was portrayed as some sort of federal agency of the US government, but in The Avengers, suddenly we find out that Fury gets his orders from a secret council of anonymous leaders. What the heck? So what do they do, other than tracking down potential superheroes and spying on the Russians, and where do they get their funding? The US? The UN?
Ben Kingsley was fucking brilliant. I did figure out the twist a bit early, when The Mandarin needed a teleprompter to give his manifesto I figured he was just being manipulated and not a real villain.
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