View Full Version : Can we have a fully powered Iron Man in the final fight this time please?
AVEITWITHJAMON
03-06-2009, 08:22 AM
I dont know about anyone else, but the final fight in IM dissapointed me greatly, I liked parts of it, mainly that he used his wits to beat Iron Monger, but the action involved just wasnt interesting enough for me.
So this time, I would like Iron Man to unleash his fully powered armour on whoever the villain is. Also, it could cause more tension, what would be more shockening? A weakened Iron Man being kicked and punched around by a villain, or a FULLY powered Iron Man still being kicked and punched around by a villain?
Iron_Stark
03-06-2009, 05:45 PM
I agree, I want a full powered Iron Man vs a full powered villain.
AVEITWITHJAMON
03-07-2009, 11:05 AM
^It would add so much more tension to have him fully powered but still getting battered IMO.
Chris B
03-07-2009, 12:30 PM
I think we will. Just by the fact that the chest piece getting yanked out of Stark's chest/it be damaged would be too repetitive.
Gold Samurai
03-07-2009, 08:22 PM
It adds tension when the hero is "down" It's a prerequisite that the heroes suit gets torn or damaged in someway(Spider-man's mask)
boog_spin
03-09-2009, 02:10 AM
i completely agree...IM was a freakin awesome movie, but the last battle was a total letdown...he will obviously be overmathcedd but somehow figure out a way to win hahaha, but give him a chance to let loose this time
powerbomb1411
03-09-2009, 04:46 AM
It adds tension when the hero is "down" It's a prerequisite that the heroes suit gets torn or damaged in someway(Spider-man's mask)
I disagree with this. The only time I have seen this done well is in the comics. And even then, they don't even do it that much. It's done all the time with Superman and it's incredibly boring. What's the point of having an all powerful superhero if you bring in his weakness and you make him a cripple. I don't want to see a lop sided fight. I just want to see a good fight.
The first two fights with Iron Man? The ones where he won with a little challenge. Those were fun. I'm fine with seeing the hero get beat up a little, but it's not fun when he gets pummeled most of the fight and then barely scrapes by with his one move out of desperation.
WillardNation
03-09-2009, 06:34 AM
I disagree with this. The only time I have seen this done well is in the comics. And even then, they don't even do it that much. It's done all the time with Superman and it's incredibly boring. What's the point of having an all powerful superhero if you bring in his weakness and you make him a cripple. I don't want to see a lop sided fight. I just want to see a good fight.
The first two fights with Iron Man? The ones where he won with a little challenge. Those were fun. I'm fine with seeing the hero get beat up a little, but it's not fun when he gets pummeled most of the fight and then barely scrapes by with his one move out of desperation.
I agree. This is what has always bothered me with comic/superhero/action movies.
terry78
03-09-2009, 01:11 PM
In movies it's always a staple that your hero is hurt or damaged beyond belief towards the end so the triumph comes out all the sweeter. The subversion is when they suddenly get a burst of energy and just straight up destroy the enemy at the end. It's a cliche, but people like it.
elgaz
03-09-2009, 01:27 PM
It creates tension. A straight up fight where no-one gets the upper hand and actually puts the hero at risk lacks the climatic tension needed to build up a film's ending.
In saying that, I agree it's become cliched..........
The IronMan
03-10-2009, 09:22 PM
I would like to see a more powerfull more durable suit of armor.which of course a villian to match.
AVEITWITHJAMON
03-11-2009, 10:27 AM
It creates tension. A straight up fight where no-one gets the upper hand and actually puts the hero at risk lacks the climatic tension needed to build up a film's ending.
In saying that, I agree it's become cliched..........
But what contains more tension? A weakened IM having his ass handed to him, or a fully powered IM having his ass handed to him, I would have to say the latter.
marcvader
03-11-2009, 12:52 PM
Just give us a fully powered Iron Man against an even more powerful opponent.
Iron_Stark
03-11-2009, 12:56 PM
But what contains more tension? A weakened IM having his ass handed to him, or a fully powered IM having his ass handed to him, I would have to say the latter.
I want to see a scene like in issue 290 or 291 when Tony unleashed his full fire power on a large tank/vehicle and it still kept coming, and Tony saying "Who built that thing? I want to hire them."
Not on a tank of course, but on Crimson Dynamo.
AVEITWITHJAMON
03-12-2009, 11:10 AM
I want to see a scene like in issue 290 or 291 when Tony unleashed his full fire power on a large tank/vehicle and it still kept coming, and Tony saying "Who built that thing? I want to hire them."
Not on a tank of course, but on Crimson Dynamo.
:up: Would be an awesome sight to see definately, hope we see this in the new movie.
Wesley Dodds
03-12-2009, 11:19 AM
I reckon he'll be full-powered but drunk. In most great Comicbook movie fight scenes the hero needs to be disadvantaged in some way. I think his drinking'll be his handicap this time around...
You could have the most powerful suit in the world but when you cant see straight... It doesnt matter.
Mr.LethalWeapon
03-12-2009, 12:13 PM
What I want is to see the hero deliver his own bit of butt kicking to the enemy. I usually don't want him to be all powerful compared to the enemy (exception being IM vs terrorists in Gulmira, 'cause that scene was awsome) but I do want to see him get several good hits in to punish the bad guy.
One example of where this sort of thing worked well was the climax in Blade 2 with Blade fighting Nomak.
Nomak was stronger, faster, and more durable than Blade, but during the first few minutes of the battle Blade demonstrated that he was far from helpless against him; charging right at Nomak throwing punches, kicks, and elbows to his face. Nomak eventually started to overpower Blade but Blade put up a good fight despite the odds; he didn't spend the whole fight running.
The Spider-Man 2 fights were great too.
Between the 90s cartoon and the first Sam Raimi movie I've come to expect to see Spider-Man be on the defensive during a fight if not completely getting his butt kicked, so when I saw Spider-Man clocking Doc Ock with punches, backhands and freakin' headbutts during Spider-Man 2, I was like, '@#$% yeah Spider-Man, get'm!'
He wasn't helpless in those scenes like he was in the first movie during the fight against Green Goblin, and I was glad for it!
Iron Man's battle with Iron Monger was pretty good IMO, but it could have been more. I wanted to see Iron Man show what he can really do, and I didn't get it. That's what disappointed me, and I think that's what disappointed other people who otherwise had no problems with the movie.
Let's hope they get it right next go-around.
JerseyJoker
03-12-2009, 12:41 PM
You people are acting we have had a trilogy of Iron man movies where he has been a limited to no power in his suit. Its only been one movie. I doubt they will follow the same strategy over and over, even though it makes it more climatic and a better finish for the act to have your hero be down and out fighting the big bad guy.
But still...Fav's knows what he is doing.
powerbomb1411
03-13-2009, 12:18 AM
You people are acting we have had a trilogy of Iron man movies where he has been a limited to no power in his suit. Its only been one movie. I doubt they will follow the same strategy over and over, even though it makes it more climatic and a better finish for the act to have your hero be down and out fighting the big bad guy.
But still...Fav's knows what he is doing.
We're just looking at history.
And no, a cripple fighting a powered bad guy doesn't not make for a climatic fight.
I pay to see a superhero movie like Iron Man. I expect to see a superpowered climax.
That's a reason I don't watch Boxing. Every time I see it, they're just avoiding each other in circles or hugging.
T-CLIPSE
03-17-2009, 08:57 AM
I dont know about anyone else, but the final fight in IM dissapointed me greatly, I liked parts of it, mainly that he used his wits to beat Iron Monger, but the action involved just wasnt interesting enough for me.
I agree, and not just with the final fight the whole movie had bland dull action sequences. I don't know why everybody is so hyped up on that movie, T2 had more 10 times more action than Iron Man and that movie is from 1991.
Iron Man struggling to hold an Audi...what?.. and then he actually gets run over by an Audi and the Audi just drives on undamaged without loosing so much as a rear bumper,...lame.
Then the stupid "icing problem" thing where he gives Iron Monger that gentle love tap on the head..BORING, how about a helmet shattering roundhouse punch instead.
And when all seems hopeless and lost how do we defeat the villain?..simple just walk up and push the Deal or No Deal button and it's over,...weak.
That movie is insanely overpraised. Favreu does not have an an eye for action and it shows glaringly in Iron Man.
R_Hythlodeus
03-17-2009, 09:05 AM
I agree, and not just with the final fight the whole movie had bland dull action sequences. I don't know why everybody is so hyped up on that movie, T2 had more 10 times more action than Iron Man and that movie is from 1991.
Iron Man struggling to hold an Audi...what?.. and then he actually gets run over by an Audi and the Audi just drives on undamaged without loosing so much as a rear bumper,...lame.
Then the stupid "icing problem" thing where he gives Iron Monger that gentle love tap on the head..BORING, how about a helmet shattering roundhouse punch instead.
And when all seems hopeless and lost how do we defeat the villain?..simple just walk up and push the Deal or No Deal button and it's over,...weak.
That movie is insanely overpraised. Favreu does not have an an eye for action and it shows glaringly in Iron Man.
you are repeating yourself
T-CLIPSE
03-17-2009, 09:27 AM
you are repeating yourself
And I'm going to keep repeating it every chance I get.
Iron_Stark
03-17-2009, 11:02 AM
We're just looking at history.
And no, a cripple fighting a powered bad guy doesn't not make for a climatic fight.
I pay to see a superhero movie like Iron Man. I expect to see a superpowered climax.
That's a reason I don't watch Boxing. Every time I see it, they're just avoiding each other in circles or hugging.
You're clearly not watching the right fights.
Matt Murdock
03-17-2009, 11:10 AM
I agree, and not just with the final fight the whole movie had bland dull action sequences. I don't know why everybody is so hyped up on that movie, T2 had more 10 times more action than Iron Man and that movie is from 1991.
Iron Man struggling to hold an Audi...what?.. and then he actually gets run over by an Audi and the Audi just drives on undamaged without loosing so much as a rear bumper,...lame.
Then the stupid "icing problem" thing where he gives Iron Monger that gentle love tap on the head..BORING, how about a helmet shattering roundhouse punch instead.
And when all seems hopeless and lost how do we defeat the villain?..simple just walk up and push the Deal or No Deal button and it's over,...weak.
That movie is insanely overpraised. Favreu does not have an an eye for action and it shows glaringly in Iron Man.
:dry:
I'm not sure you know how much an Audi (or any car for that matter) actually weighs. Iron Man is meant to be plausible. As fantastic as a man making a suit of powered armor that defies gravity is, it'd be even more unlikely that he could palm a vehicle of any sort.
What's more, I'm confused... you'd prefer it if Iron Man's suit didn't ice up when it went into space?
T-CLIPSE
03-17-2009, 12:55 PM
:dry:
What's more, I'm confused... you'd prefer it if Iron Man's suit didn't ice up when it went into space?
Okay but it didn't go into space it barley left the atmosphere and it's not so much as the "iceing problem" that I'm complaining about so much as the weak unexciting delivery of that scene and the weak little bonk on the head that sends him plummeting back to the ground, and I just think the entire fight sequence from start to finish was ill concieved and poorly choreographed.
I'm talking about the overall inability of the director to be able to capture dramatic action like James Cameron, like Jerry Bruckheimer, like Louis Letterier, like Michael Bay, like the Wachowski Bros, real action guys who know better than to have a villain get hit with a clinched fist and a gentle tap on the head. Look at the final fight between Megatron and Optimus in Transformers, look at the final fight between Neo and Agent Smith in The Matrix, look a the final fight between Terminator and T-1000 in T2, look a the final fight between Hulk and Abomination, and then look at the fight between Iron Man and Iron Monger...which one is the weakest of the five?.....thank you.
Favreau needs to watch those other movies and take some action notes.
R_Hythlodeus
03-17-2009, 01:04 PM
Look at the final fight between Megatron and Optimus in Transformers, look at the final fight between Neo and Agent Smith in The Matrix, look a the final fight between Terminator and T-1000 in T2, look a the final fight between Hulk and Abomination, and then look at the fight between Iron Man and Iron Monger...which one is the weakest of the five?.....thank you.
Thatīs easy: the bold one!
That whole movie bored the hell out of me
(And Iīm not sure what you are saying: are you suggesting, that michael bay or the wachowski brothers can direct? If so....http://faeren.fa.funpic.de/Board/images/smiles/icon_wand.gif
T-CLIPSE
03-17-2009, 01:23 PM
Thatīs easy: the bold one!
That whole movie bored the hell out of me
If Tranformers bored you then Iron Man must have literally put you to sleep.
(And Iīm not sure what you are saying: are you suggesting, that michael bay or the wachowski brothers can direct? If so....http://faeren.fa.funpic.de/Board/images/smiles/icon_wand.gif
Direct ACTION yes, that's what I'm saying, and the action in those guys films runs circles around that Favreu induced snoozefest called Iron Man any day of the week.
Matt Murdock
03-18-2009, 12:41 AM
Transformers was garbage. Garbage wrapped in a pretty, shiny, explosive package, but garbage nonetheless.
Spider-Vader
03-19-2009, 11:52 PM
I have a feeling the end battle will be a fully powered IM & fully powered War Machine versus the villain. It will be freakin' epic.
Okay but it didn't go into space it barley left the atmosphere and it's not so much as the "iceing problem" that I'm complaining about so much as the weak unexciting delivery of that scene and the weak little bonk on the head that sends him plummeting back to the ground, and I just think the entire fight sequence from start to finish was ill concieved and poorly choreographed.
I can't believe you don't realize that that was a glaringly obvious part of Stark's smartass attitude. It wasn't like they were pummeling each other rapidly up in the air, where I would then agree Iron Man should have slammed his fist down on Iron Monger's helmet.
It was Stark being a smartass kind of rubbing it in to Stane that he had the edge. The little bonk was part of the humour like he was saying "Ha ha" to Stane about the situation.
Now in the comics Stark probably would have slammed his fist down, but in the film version due to Downey Jr.'s personality they made Stark a bit more of a smartass than he is in the comics. It was because of that that I was fine with that scene.
I'm talking about the overall inability of the director to be able to capture dramatic action like James Cameron, like Jerry Bruckheimer, like Louis Letterier, like Michael Bay, like the Wachowski Bros, real action guys who know better than to have a villain get hit with a clinched fist and a gentle tap on the head. Look at the final fight between Megatron and Optimus in Transformers, look at the final fight between Neo and Agent Smith in The Matrix, look a the final fight between Terminator and T-1000 in T2, look a the final fight between Hulk and Abomination, and then look at the fight between Iron Man and Iron Monger...which one is the weakest of the five?.....thank you.
Favreau needs to watch those other movies and take some action notes.
While I agree that Favreau does have a lot to learn in regards to action scenes(but then again maybe you should blame the scriptwriter for that problem since they were filmed fine. Your complaining more about what goes on as opposed to actual direction) I personally enjoyed the film.
I was really only slightly let down by the end fight, but that was mainly because they had Iron Man in a weakened state not because of what went on.
The rest of the previous action scenes were fine in my eyes. They served their purpose and weren't over done for the sake of blowing more **** up. Take the escape from the cave scene, what more could have been added short of making it an R rated film showing the terrorists getting totally wasted? He did what he needed to do, set fire to his weapons being used by the wrong people and got the hell out of there when he started getting overwhelmed.
The scene where he goes back to the Middle East could have used some more shots of him blowing up his Jericho missles maybe but it was still done well and there wasn't a whole lot more you could have done without making it look like your overdoing it. What did you want out of that scene, more shots of him shooting his repulsors at about 5-10 more guys?
I do understand what your saying even though I don't fully agree that Iron Man had weak action. I myself hope the next film has him go up against Dynamo with full power so we can see an incredibly waste climax hopefully.
I'm sure now that he is used to the suit, since the first film had to spend time showing him make it and learn how to fully work with it the sequel will deliver with more action.
The Guard
03-20-2009, 11:36 AM
The final battle's dialogue was underwhelming. The action was fantastic.
As much as I'd like to pretend he didn't throw a punch or two...
I can't believe people are whining about the dramatic tension of the final action scene.
AVEITWITHJAMON
03-21-2009, 06:56 PM
What I want is to see the hero deliver his own bit of butt kicking to the enemy. I usually don't want him to be all powerful compared to the enemy (exception being IM vs terrorists in Gulmira, 'cause that scene was awsome) but I do want to see him get several good hits in to punish the bad guy.
One example of where this sort of thing worked well was the climax in Blade 2 with Blade fighting Nomak.
Nomak was stronger, faster, and more durable than Blade, but during the first few minutes of the battle Blade demonstrated that he was far from helpless against him; charging right at Nomak throwing punches, kicks, and elbows to his face. Nomak eventually started to overpower Blade but Blade put up a good fight despite the odds; he didn't spend the whole fight running.
The Spider-Man 2 fights were great too.
Between the 90s cartoon and the first Sam Raimi movie I've come to expect to see Spider-Man be on the defensive during a fight if not completely getting his butt kicked, so when I saw Spider-Man clocking Doc Ock with punches, backhands and freakin' headbutts during Spider-Man 2, I was like, '@#$% yeah Spider-Man, get'm!'
He wasn't helpless in those scenes like he was in the first movie during the fight against Green Goblin, and I was glad for it!
Iron Man's battle with Iron Monger was pretty good IMO, but it could have been more. I wanted to see Iron Man show what he can really do, and I didn't get it. That's what disappointed me, and I think that's what disappointed other people who otherwise had no problems with the movie.
Let's hope they get it right next go-around.
This just sums up my feelings perfectly, those fights you mentioned are THE cream of the crop (with Blade vs Nomak on top IMO) and yet the hero wasnt weakened in ANY of those fights, they made a damn good account of themselves, yet STILL overcame unbelievable odds. How can people can claim a weakened hero fighting a villain adds tension is beyond me. Seeing a fully powered hero, giving his all, yet slowly realising his all isnt good enough and having the win through luck/fate or whatever contains a MILLION times more tension IMO.
I vividly remember watching the Blade vs Nomak scene in the cinema, and thinking "Holy ****, Blade is giving his all, and still getting his ass kicked, he isnt going to win!" NO cb movie fight has made me think that since, though some have come close. Hopefully IM2 does make me think this.
The IronMan
03-21-2009, 11:43 PM
I would like to see Tony get his damaged heart fixed so the arc reactor would have to only power the suit.
I dont know about anyone else, but the final fight in IM dissapointed me greatly, I liked parts of it, mainly that he used his wits to beat Iron Monger, but the action involved just wasnt interesting enough for me.
So this time, I would like Iron Man to unleash his fully powered armour on whoever the villain is. Also, it could cause more tension, what would be more shockening? A weakened Iron Man being kicked and punched around by a villain, or a FULLY powered Iron Man still being kicked and punched around by a villain?
I agree, I want a full powered Iron Man vs a full powered villain.
^It would add so much more tension to have him fully powered but still getting battered IMO.
gonna be like this: full powered IM vs full powered villain; IM still get his ass kicked; enter War Machine; get his ass kicked too but in the meantime, IM charges batteries again :hehe:; IM comes back, beats the villain. end.
nogap87
03-22-2009, 04:07 PM
Along with a fully powered Iron Man for the final showdown, I would love for Favreu to have it take place in broad daylight. I know it's cheaper to film special effects heavy scenes at night but part of the reason why I liked IM taking on the terrorists in the beginning and middle parts of the first film is because I could clearly see all the crap IM was shooting out of his suit.
powerbomb1411
03-22-2009, 04:40 PM
This just sums up my feelings perfectly, those fights you mentioned are THE cream of the crop (with Blade vs Nomak on top IMO) and yet the hero wasnt weakened in ANY of those fights, they made a damn good account of themselves, yet STILL overcame unbelievable odds. How can people can claim a weakened hero fighting a villain adds tension is beyond me. Seeing a fully powered hero, giving his all, yet slowly realising his all isnt good enough and having the win through luck/fate or whatever contains a MILLION times more tension IMO.
I vividly remember watching the Blade vs Nomak scene in the cinema, and thinking "Holy ****, Blade is giving his all, and still getting his ass kicked, he isnt going to win!" NO cb movie fight has made me think that since, though some have come close. Hopefully IM2 does make me think this.
And that to me is essentially the EXACT same thing as a powered villain fighting a crippled villain. Hero gets butt kicked, hero wins by stroke of luck.
I don't want the hero winning by luck. He's the hero. He's in yhe fight for a reason. And it's not because of luck. He's there because he has the ability. I want to see an all around even matched fight where the hero wins because of brains or just sheer determination, much like Hulk over Abomination.
hatebox
03-22-2009, 06:22 PM
I'd like Iron Man II to have great (not merely good) action scenes, period. And longer ones too.
Cosmic
03-22-2009, 07:10 PM
You guys sound like a bunch of whiny little brats.
Cosmic
03-22-2009, 07:19 PM
No, I just felt that it needed to be said.
I want to see a scene like in issue 290 or 291 when Tony unleashed his full fire power on a large tank/vehicle and it still kept coming, and Tony saying "Who built that thing? I want to hire them."
just for the fun of it..
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Bonovox
03-23-2009, 01:04 AM
Hello all, this is my first post here, but please don't overlook my opinion because I'm a newb ;)
To echo an earlier post, one of the reasons why I feel we saw a "low-powered" Iron Man at the end of the first movie was to prove that Tony Stark didn't need technology to take on the Iron Monger. Iron Man wasn't Iron Man because of the machinery; he was who he was because of Tony Stark. Stark wound up defeating Iron Monger through his wit, proving that the weaponry he used wasn't all that mattered in the end. I feel that a lot of directors, especially in comic book movies, feel the need to do this, to show us that it isn't the costume or the motifs of the character which make them who they are, but that the actual, real-life person at the center of it all is what defines them.
You saw that a lot with "Spider-Man" and "Batman Begins," just to throw two examples out there.
But now that we have the sentimentality out of the way, I have a feeling that Favreau and co. are going to take this to the next level. We're going to see a lot of personal challenges which aren't confined to the technology of Iron Man (I believe Favreau mentioned Tony's alcoholism and his non-existent relationship with Pepper as personal stuggles Tony himself will encounter), so we won't need to see Iron Man constantly powering down. Take "The Dark Knight," for example: We saw Bruce Wayne learn his physical limits in "Batman Begins," so we saw him battle the emotional in "The Dark Knight." I think we are going to see Iron Man kick some serious ass in "Iron Man II," while Tony Stark is left to deal with some of the more serious issues on his own, separated from Iron Man.
If that makes any sense.
Ryudoz
03-26-2009, 10:55 AM
I'm talking about the overall inability of the director to be able to capture dramatic action like James Cameron, like Jerry Bruckheimer, like Louis Letterier, like Michael Bay, like the Wachowski Bros, real action guys who know better than to have a villain get hit with a clinched fist and a gentle tap on the head. Look at the final fight between Megatron and Optimus in Transformers, look at the final fight between Neo and Agent Smith in The Matrix, look a the final fight between Terminator and T-1000 in T2, look a the final fight between Hulk and Abomination, and then look at the fight between Iron Man and Iron Monger...which one is the weakest of the five?.....thank you.
Yeah, you mean that fight that Optimus was getting his **** ruined the entire fight and Sam had to come and save the day? Yeah. That was real entertaining. :whatever:
I'd take the Iron Man fight over that any day. At least Tony got in some good licks on Stane.
Bonovox
03-26-2009, 11:29 PM
Transformers was garbage. Garbage wrapped in a pretty, shiny, explosive package, but garbage nonetheless.
This I can agree with. Way too many plot holes, moments of slapstick humor, and unnecessary masturbation jokes.
Voorhees
03-31-2009, 12:10 AM
I completely agree. For the fight in the second film Iron Man needs to be fully powered, it becomes cliche and too repetitive when the same thing continually happens in each film.
T-CLIPSE
04-01-2009, 08:58 AM
Yeah, you mean that fight that Optimus was getting his **** ruined the entire fight and Sam had to come and save the day?Yeah. That was real entertaining. :whatever:
Yeah almost as entertaining as Iron Man getting his butt whupped where Pepper had to come in and save the day, you just made a bad comparison dude.
I'd take the Iron Man fight over that any day. At least Tony got in some good licks on Stane.
Yeah that little bonk he unleashed on Stane's head after the "icing problem" was a really "good lick", boy what a dynamic looking powerhouse punch that was.
Brian Braddock
04-01-2009, 12:25 PM
I just want an aerial battle ala the climactic scene of 'Firefox' featuring Iron Man vs another armoured foe'.
Preferably with both guys at full power bu, hey, I'll take what I can get.
AVEITWITHJAMON
04-02-2009, 11:30 AM
And that to me is essentially the EXACT same thing as a powered villain fighting a crippled villain. Hero gets butt kicked, hero wins by stroke of luck.
I don't want the hero winning by luck. He's the hero. He's in yhe fight for a reason. And it's not because of luck. He's there because he has the ability. I want to see an all around even matched fight where the hero wins because of brains or just sheer determination, much like Hulk over Abomination.
I know what you mean but Abom pummelled Hulk every were in that fight, 90% of the time Abom had Hulk on the back-foot and it took Betty being in danger to get the Hulk angry enough to be able to over-power him.
Hero's dont have to always win through luck, but they should be given the sternest of tests and thats what the likes Blade, Spiderman and Hellboy had to do to win in their movies. Iron Man vs Iron Monger was just one pummelling the other all the through until Iron Man had to get Pepper to help him.
terry78
04-02-2009, 11:32 AM
Well, like I mentioned, audiences like seeing their hero on the ropes until either some deus ex machina or some outside force makes them gear up enough power to overcome their enemy. I think one good fight was honestly from Beauty and the Beast where he fights Gaston....he had him on the ropes at first since honestly he didn't have anything to live for, but he was obviously 10 times more powerful than Gaston the whole while and was basically stalking his ass during the climax, yet you rooted for him.
powerbomb1411
04-02-2009, 09:35 PM
Well, like I mentioned, audiences like seeing their hero on the ropes until either some deus ex machina or some outside force makes them gear up enough power to overcome their enemy.
You say that, but I see no backing. Just because a movie has a cliche fight doesn't mean people liked the cliche fight.
AVEITWITHJAMON
04-03-2009, 02:48 PM
Well, like I mentioned, audiences like seeing their hero on the ropes until either some deus ex machina or some outside force makes them gear up enough power to overcome their enemy. I think one good fight was honestly from Beauty and the Beast where he fights Gaston....he had him on the ropes at first since honestly he didn't have anything to live for, but he was obviously 10 times more powerful than Gaston the whole while and was basically stalking his ass during the climax, yet you rooted for him.
But to me, the best fight scene'e have been Blade vs Nomak and Spiderman vs Doc Ock, as well as a special mention for Hellboy Vs Mr. Wink. In those fights, ALL of the heroes were fully powered, and were still getting their ass kicked (with the possible exception of Spidey because his fights were pretty even). That to me is a lot more scary as you are thinking "****, what does he have to do to win?"
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