the second one seemed to want to set up "these guys are hardcore" while she was assuming "man these guys got supertech like tony does"
Yeah, it was weird that they only had a tiny door-opening bomb and normal guns, though I suppose they were operating under really short notice.
it kind of makes more sense to me that they have door bombs than a magical skeleton keycard, though
Plus considering the lengths Stane was going to, it seemed like the last thing they wanted to do was risk terrorists getting supertech, so they only brought what they needed.
I meant that there was a bit of a disparity between the hardcore image the writer may have meant to convey (as Geebs suggested) and what the audience actually saw, at least until the post-credits scene. Nobody was really wowed by them getting past the door, or anything else they did.
the second one seemed to want to set up "these guys are hardcore" while she was assuming "man these guys got supertech like tony does"
Yeah, it was weird that they only had a tiny door-opening bomb and normal guns, though I suppose they were operating under really short notice.
it kind of makes more sense to me that they have door bombs than a magical skeleton keycard, though
Plus considering the lengths Stane was going to, it seemed like the last thing they wanted to do was risk terrorists getting supertech, so they only brought what they needed.
I meant that there was a bit of a disparity between the hardcore image the writer may have meant to convey (as Geebs suggested) and what the audience actually saw, at least until the post-credits scene. Nobody was really wowed by them getting past the door, or anything else they did.
Well, to be fair, there wasn't much they were going to be able to do in that situation.
I meant that there was a bit of a disparity between the hardcore image the writer may have meant to convey (as Geebs suggested) and what the audience actually saw, at least until the post-credits scene. Nobody was really wowed by them getting past the door, or anything else they did.
Well, to be fair, there wasn't much they were going to be able to do in that situation.
What an awesome movie. I hope that this proves to all the directors out there that you can stay faithful to the material and not try and reinvent the wheel in some "Well I never read the comics... but I want to treat this movie like... And my take on "Insert hero/ team name here" is that they should be like ..."
It's fantastic that Marvel is now making its own movies and has that control. If they keep this up with The Incredible Hulk we are in for some real comic move GOLD!!!!!!!!!!
Well thank you Cinemark Tinseltown for completely fucking up my Ironman experience.
What's that? You're going to cut off the sound half way through the picture, then let it keep running mute until the entire thing is shut down altogether? What's this? You're going to take twenty goddamn minutes to get it started again, only to have the rest of the feature with the most intense scenes played in mono sound?
Ugh.
Most theatres would give you a gift certificate after that, or something.
They gave me a raincheck, but now that I know everything that's going to happen in the movie, it's just not the same.
Out of curiosity, what Cinamark did you go to? We had a problem at the one I work at (today was opening night for our theater) where there was a tornado spotted nearby and we had to shut down all the movies for about 5 minutes to explain emergency proceadures and a ton of people got pissed off because hey who the fuck cares if I might die. I'm watchin Iron Man over here!
I am seriously considering picking up whatever the Ultimate incarnation of Iron Man is purely because I loved this movie so much, so I guess it did its job.
No complaints at all. I really liked that he had a drink in his hand at least once every fifteen minutes. The only thing that even made me blink was the Paltrow scene at the end; the one at the beginning was fine, as being flustered and confused in such a situation would be, you know, entirely normal.
I wouldn't recommend the Ultimate Iron Man miniseries. He's great in Ultimates 1 and 2, though, and he definitely has some good stories in the regular universe.
Totally awesome movie, the only complaint I have is I think they went a little over the top with the whole "millionaire playboy" thing at the beginning, it was fine and then that stripper pole rising out of the floor of his private plane just nudged it over the hill.
I hope the Wolverine movie is of this caliber, X3 makes me worry though. But I mean come on, they're putting Deadpool in it so it can't be terrible.
This was an origin movie. I thought that the whole SHIELD acronym thing, plus the way they opened the door and handled themselves in general, was also an origin of sorts. It felt to me as though SHIELD was just starting to get its feet wet and they were as new to the whole super-spy thing as Stark was to being Iron Man.
I fully anticipate that if in fact they make another Iron Man film, and if they make an Avengers movie, I bet we'll see SHIELD really grow. Especially if they collaborate with Stark. After all, a lot of their supertech comes from him anyway, right? Isn't the SHIELD helicarrier built by Stark Enterprises?
But, technically, as of this time last year they were planning on making one film for almost every character that had ever had their own book. It was the reason Avi Arad left/was leaving Marvel.
However, most of them (if not all of them) are still listed as in production on IMDB, so who knows.
Totally awesome movie, the only complaint I have is I think they went a little over the top with the whole "millionaire playboy" thing at the beginning, it was fine and then that stripper pole rising out of the floor of his private plane just nudged it over the hill.
I hope the Wolverine movie is of this caliber, X3 makes me worry though. But I mean come on, they're putting Deadpool in it so it can't be terrible.
I really wish everyone who thinks X3 was terrible could see all the deleted scenes.
They don't make the movie incredible, but they make it consistent and fix the most major flaws (pacing and plot continuity).
There were scenes that explained where the brotherhood have been since X2, and what they've been doing. There were more scenes that presented and explained the development and production of the cure. There was a scene or two of beast actually doing sciency-things, and some more of him kicking ass. There were a bunch of scenes of altered dialog or extended battles that just made things flow so much better.
But the absolute best was the most radically different ending:
Wolverine decides that he wants to stay and help continue the X-men, but after all that's happened, he's too shook up to stay. So he leaves, and reverts to his old self, ending up back at the bar from the first film.
A good movie was shot and processed, but it was edited into a broken film.
Well thank you Cinemark Tinseltown for completely fucking up my Ironman experience.
What's that? You're going to cut off the sound half way through the picture, then let it keep running mute until the entire thing is shut down altogether? What's this? You're going to take twenty goddamn minutes to get it started again, only to have the rest of the feature with the most intense scenes played in mono sound?
Ugh.
Most theatres would give you a gift certificate after that, or something.
They gave me a raincheck, but now that I know everything that's going to happen in the movie, it's just not the same.
Out of curiosity, what Cinamark did you go to? We had a problem at the one I work at (today was opening night for our theater) where there was a tornado spotted nearby and we had to shut down all the movies for about 5 minutes to explain emergency proceadures and a ton of people got pissed off because hey who the fuck cares if I might die. I'm watchin Iron Man over here!
The one in the Woodlands, TX.
Nothing but clear blue skies that day.
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what are the odds that bald guy who probably isn't dead after being 'killed' twice, has rings, and was the leader of the '10 rings' cult is going to be the mandarin?
what are the odds that bald guy who probably isn't dead after being 'killed' twice, has rings, and was the leader of the '10 rings' cult is going to be the mandarin?
Pretty much 100%, huh?
Zero.
He's not the Mandarin, or the leader of the Ten Rings. He's a part of them, and seems to have 1 ring he's wearing and fondling. It would be really fucking retarded to make the Mandarin an Arab guy because, you know, Mandarin Chinese.
Plus, they said repeatedly the Mandarin is not in the movie.
what are the odds that bald guy who probably isn't dead after being 'killed' twice, has rings, and was the leader of the '10 rings' cult is going to be the mandarin?
Pretty much 100%, huh?
Zero.
He's not the Mandarin, or the leader of the Ten Rings. He's a part of them, and seems to have 1 ring he's wearing and fondling. It would be really fucking retarded to make the Mandarin an Arab guy because, you know, Mandarin Chinese.
Plus, they said repeatedly the Mandarin is not in the movie.
Out of curiosity, did you ever see the remake of the Manchurian Candidate a few years ago?
'Manchurian' became the name of a british-american founded global conglomerate.
It was stupid. A bad, bad movie. But, it shows that it could be done, and if it was, it'd be a bit more graceful than that.
My bet is that movie-Mandarin ends up having ten lieutenants, in ten different countries or regions, and that they all wear a ring to signify their role.
I wonder how they would do the Mandarin anyway without re-jiggering the whole concept. It really feels like it would set a weird tone by bringing in dragon alien tech power rings.
I wonder how they would do the Mandarin anyway without re-jiggering the whole concept. It really feels like it would set a weird tone by bringing in dragon alien tech power rings.
Easily. It's like Fury says, Tony's entered a universe a lot bigger than himself. A universe of Marvels.
I saw it and loved it, think it belongs in the upper echelon of comic book movies, along with Batman Begins and the Spiderman franchise. Sequel/Spinoff is coming big time, maybe both.
but this one thing pissed me off big time...
How can the characters just hop-scotch around the globe without any accountability. I mean, it takes more than an afternoon to fly from California to Afghanistan, even if your motherfuckin' Iron Man. Hell, The Dude goes from California to Afghanistan to retrieve the first iron man armor back to California in less than 24 hours movie time. I can accept some small suspension of logic, but not on that scale.
And BTW
Retractable stripper pole is the private jet is P.I.M.P. Remind me to have one installed in my own private jet someday...
I saw it and loved it, think it belongs in the upper echelon of comic book movies, along with Batman Begins and the Spiderman franchise. Sequel/Spinoff is coming big time, maybe both.
but this one thing pissed me off big time...
How can the characters just hop-scotch around the globe without any accountability. I mean, it takes more than an afternoon to fly from California to Afghanistan, even if your motherfuckin' Iron Man. Hell, The Dude goes from California to Afghanistan to retrieve the first iron man armor back to California in less than 24 hours movie time. I can accept some small suspension of logic, but not on that scale.
And BTW
Retractable stripper pole is the private jet is P.I.M.P. Remind me to have one installed in my own private jet someday...
On the first spoiler
Motherfucking repulsor technology. Did you notice how he could fly from his house to the town that was under attack really fucking fast? Stark industry jets.
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it kind of makes more sense to me that they have door bombs than a magical skeleton keycard, though
Plus considering the lengths Stane was going to, it seemed like the last thing they wanted to do was risk terrorists getting supertech, so they only brought what they needed.
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tiny bombs and shiny gats
Well, to be fair, there wasn't much they were going to be able to do in that situation.
they did their best. jeeze.
How did that guy even survive?
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It's fantastic that Marvel is now making its own movies and has that control. If they keep this up with The Incredible Hulk we are in for some real comic move GOLD!!!!!!!!!!
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Out of curiosity, what Cinamark did you go to? We had a problem at the one I work at (today was opening night for our theater) where there was a tornado spotted nearby and we had to shut down all the movies for about 5 minutes to explain emergency proceadures and a ton of people got pissed off because hey who the fuck cares if I might die. I'm watchin Iron Man over here!
No complaints at all. I really liked that he had a drink in his hand at least once every fifteen minutes. The only thing that even made me blink was the Paltrow scene at the end; the one at the beginning was fine, as being flustered and confused in such a situation would be, you know, entirely normal.
I hope the Wolverine movie is of this caliber, X3 makes me worry though. But I mean come on, they're putting Deadpool in it so it can't be terrible.
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I fully anticipate that if in fact they make another Iron Man film, and if they make an Avengers movie, I bet we'll see SHIELD really grow. Especially if they collaborate with Stark. After all, a lot of their supertech comes from him anyway, right? Isn't the SHIELD helicarrier built by Stark Enterprises?
Technically: Yes.
But, technically, as of this time last year they were planning on making one film for almost every character that had ever had their own book. It was the reason Avi Arad left/was leaving Marvel.
However, most of them (if not all of them) are still listed as in production on IMDB, so who knows.
I really wish everyone who thinks X3 was terrible could see all the deleted scenes.
They don't make the movie incredible, but they make it consistent and fix the most major flaws (pacing and plot continuity).
There were scenes that explained where the brotherhood have been since X2, and what they've been doing. There were more scenes that presented and explained the development and production of the cure. There was a scene or two of beast actually doing sciency-things, and some more of him kicking ass. There were a bunch of scenes of altered dialog or extended battles that just made things flow so much better.
But the absolute best was the most radically different ending:
A good movie was shot and processed, but it was edited into a broken film.
The one in the Woodlands, TX.
Nothing but clear blue skies that day.
he also did guitar for a lot of the sound/music stuff. according to the credits at least.
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Pretty much 100%, huh?
Zero.
Plus, they said repeatedly the Mandarin is not in the movie.
Out of curiosity, did you ever see the remake of the Manchurian Candidate a few years ago?
'Manchurian' became the name of a british-american founded global conglomerate.
It was stupid. A bad, bad movie. But, it shows that it could be done, and if it was, it'd be a bit more graceful than that.
They said the Mandarin wasn't in the movie and that he would be in sequels
They said this many times.
The dude you see is probably a lieutenant of some kind.
...wait that's getting a bit too LotR.
That tends to happen when you have a bad director.
Easily. It's like Fury says, Tony's entered a universe a lot bigger than himself. A universe of Marvels.
but this one thing pissed me off big time...
And BTW
On the first spoiler
Is that better or worse than the normal kind?
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