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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
It worked in the first Iron Man because the plot was pretty basic and while the dialogue was improvised in a lot of scenes, there are definitely scenes where it isn't. The dialogue was simply being written at the same time it was filmed, which is...not ideal. But it worked because of a lot of things, including the charisma of RDJ, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges.
Stane works partially because of Jeff Bridges charisma, but also because of his personal connection with Tony. Unlike the sequels where the villains have little direct connection to Tony, Stane was a direct part of his inner circle and benefited the most from his lack of interest in Stark Industries. Loki stood out in large part to being A) a compelling character B) a personal connection to the hero and C) surviving past the first film to have a continual impact on the overall universe. Compare to Hela, who is fun and charismatic but believes Thor is dead after the first act, or even Toomes, whose tangential connection to Peter is kept hidden until right before the climax, which (barring a return appearance) is not allowed to really explore that impact on him.
I never understood why people kept saying Iron Man 1 had a weak villain back in the day (hell, I remember there being a lot of it even in this thread). You could argue that he's Boring, but Practical on paper, but the "boring" part is taken care of by Bridges' performance. And Boring, but Practical works a far sight better than some of the more exotic but ultimately forgettable villains prior to Phase 3. Perhaps in comparison to comic book villains in other franchises, but as far as the MCU goes, I always felt he was not only passable but a downright good one.
Edited by AlleyOop on Sep 29th 2019 at 5:02:14 AM
Honestly, I liked Ultron's design. The facial animation gave him a nice (in)human touch.
And his drones were kind of a Mythology Gag to his comic book design already.
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianSpeaking of Age of Ultron, has anyone here heard Brian Tyler's unreleased soundtrack
to the movie? Imagine a version of his main theme over the Portals song in Endgame.
And what do you know, Iron Man and Dark Knight both went on to disappointing sequels.
Although Iron Man at least got his whole post-trilogy stuff.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersWas DKR that disappointing? I mean, it wasn't as good as The Dark Knight, but that isn't saying much. I liked it.
Leviticus 19:34I actually disagree on The Dark Knight Rises being better than Iron Man 2. They both have a similar principle and problem (strong first 1/3 that then loses most of its steam), but I don't think Iron Man 2 falls as low as TDKR.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."It's been years since I've seen TDKR, so maybe I would react a lot more unfavorably to it now, but at least at the time it came out I found it much less unsatisfying than IM 2.
Marvel supposedly looking for a Israeli actor for Moon Knight[1]
That's very good news.
While I dunno if I support it, someone in the comments suggested Andrew Garfield for the role, and some other idiots chimed in with "they said they wanted an Isreali actor, dummy". Now, while Garfield might hail from the US and England, he is actually Jewish.
Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Sep 29th 2019 at 2:46:00 AM
Th4r is the farthest out currently, so they could postpone it to early 2022 if need be. But given how successful Ragnarok was in 2017 in that time of year, they might wanna keep it there.
Edited by comicwriter on Sep 29th 2019 at 3:57:22 AM

It doesn't always work unfortunately. They tried to replicate its success with Iron Man 2 but it didn't really make the film much better.