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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Yes!
Glad to hear that!
Because the city and flying....and Hawkeye has a bow.
He then proceeds to go out and beat up all the robots anyway, but he's Clint Barton bitches.
One Strip! One Strip!Up until The Reveal right? That's what you meant right? Cause I admit there's a lot to like about three, but god that reveal just ruins everything.
Excellent. Now let us riot against all the haters. It's the only logical thing to do.
One Strip! One Strip!No. I mean what I said
Guy Manning was boring but I loved the reveal of Trevor
And even with Guy Person being boring the final battle with all the suits vs extremis peeps was chaotic fun and Pepper got to blow up the bad guy for being a creeper
Really if you mute the sound whenever Guy Dude is talking the movie gets so much better
And I already like it quite a bit
Forever liveblogging the AvengersOk. That's a fair way to look at it.
House Party was great.
Still hate that reveal.
One Strip! One Strip!I remember when Iron Man 3 came out, I heard people were disappointed with how the Mandarin turned, but didn't know the full details.
I watched the film and I wasn't sure why some people didn't like it. It wasn't as intense as the trailers made it seem, but it was fine otherwise. With how much screentime Killian had, I thought the reason people were upset was that the Mandarin was going to be a secondary villain he was manipulating and Tony wasn't even going to fight him.
Then Ben Kingsley walked out of the bathroom after taking a shit and it started falling into place for me. I thought it was funny, but I completely understood where people were coming from.
Overall, I thought the twist was a clever idea, it just wasn't executed to its full potential. Typically, this type of reveal works best when the real mastermind is just as an engaging character as the one they're replacing. And Killian really wasn't.
But hey, we're getting the Mandarin proper in Shang-Chi. So maybe we might look on the twist in Iron Man 3 differently once that comes out. At the very least, it'd be funny if we get a cameo from Kingsley reprising his role as Trevor. Have him in the Ten Ring's custody and chatting up with Shang-Chi about how he pissed the real Mandarin off with his stunt.
I liked Iron Man 3’s Reality Ensues sense of humor. It just needed better follow up on a lot of plot points.
I do wonder if the new director for DS 2 will push for less horror for more comedy in visiting other universes. I wouldn't be surprised if there are reshoots that change the tone of the movie to match the new possible vision as well.
Just Makima.On the other hand, Fox Quicksilver was so powerful that he had to be shoved out of the story or destroy all tension.
MCU Quicksilver did a better job at that.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI wouldn't say Derrickson was that innovative. Nice visuals here and there and creative climax, otherwise kind of par the course.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."I've seen the take that this happened because Disney didn't want it to be different several times and I'm just like... we wouldn't have gotten Thor Ragnarok or Guardians of the Galaxy if that were really the case.
This song needs more love.I mean, one of the main complaints of the first Doctor Strange film was that it was too similar to other MCU films in terms of its story arc.
Granted, I do see where you're coming from. Doctor Strange did have themes about accepting one's own failures, and how the only way to reach one's full potential was to learn and grow from their losses in life. The inevitability of time moving ahead and how the precious moments we have while we're alive matter all the more because of it.
I do think Doctor Strange does have a bit more complexity in its themes then people give it credit for, even if it's not my favorite Phase Three film.
I am fine with Doctor Strange. The story is not overly original, but the FX are way cool and the story has the balance of humour, action and drama that suits my tastes. Then again, I was not very familiar with the comic book character. On a meta-level though, I wondered if Benedict Cumberbatch was going to be pigeonholed to roles of an Insufferable Genius who may or may not learn some does of humility (yes, I know he has had other roles since).
And maybe I'm in the minority here, but I have to say that Iron Man 3 is one of my favourite MCU movies (though it's really hard for me to establish a precise ranking). I didn't mind the reveal at all (especially if we are to get a real Mandarin later), and actually found it was even more effective with me expecting it to be the real deal. And it has Tony building weapons out of garden tools and above all Pepper kicking ass (which by the way made me wonder how much Extremis affects the psyche of its users).
Conversely, after binge watching all the MCU movies during the holidays, I have to confess that Avengers: Age of Ultron is definitely my less favourite of the lot. I mean, Ultron is interesting, but the movie simply felt boring to me.
Edited by C105 on Jan 10th 2020 at 10:38:22 AM
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.
Yeah, I did a bit of digging and it seems that shooting is scheduled to start on May 4th.
That still gives them a little bit of time to find another director.
It's an unfortunate situation certainly, but these sorts of things can happen from time to time.

I freaking love Ultron, as y’all can see from my profile pic.
Ultron being an emotional robotman-baby/drama queen rather than the old cliched “cold calculated AI” character is spot-on from the comics and I loved him for it.
Edited by Nightwire on Jan 9th 2020 at 8:13:45 AM