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Wrong. War Machine wasn't the problem. The problem was Fury and Widow. They should've used those precious minutes to expand upon Vanko's character. Or at least increase the running time of the film by ten minutes.
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At the end of the day all we got was a villain that attacks Tony in the beginning of the movie and doesn't see him again until the end. Instead of the scenes where Rhodey is pimping out the suit with the military, those could've been used to expand on Vanko's character. Instead of them spending their money on making a War Machine suit, the cgi for the suit, and the promotion for War Machine, all of that could've gone towards Whiplash and some better looking suits. Mickey Rourke/Vanko had the potential to be a great villain the likes of Heath/Joker, Molina/Doc Ock, McKellan/Magneto etc. instead he was reduced to a glorified cameo. Whiplash seriously got the shaft in favor of War Machine.
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The end battles should be like:
1. WM alone vs remaining drones. 2. IM alone vs Whiplash/Crimson Dynamo. Oh WM is not a problem at all. It sells toys & it should have performed the job nicely. |
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And yes that's WM was brought into this movie, to sell toys and so people can see that Iron Man can work well with others. He really served no purpose in the story, take him out and nothing would've changed. I wanted to see a progression with the Whiplash suit Monaco scene Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:
Second encounter, a suit similar to this Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:
Final encounter against a badass Crimson Dynamo/Whiplash suit. Instead we only got the Monaco scene, a play fight with the Mark II and IV armors and a one minute fight at the end against a generic looking suit that I can't even find an image on google. Quote:
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Well we don't even know that Jon Favreau will be involved in Iron Man 3.
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You guys are bemoaning Whiplash when with the first movie to us it was a FOREGONE CONCLUSION that we would eventually see War Machine. They even ****ing telegraph, HEY WAR MACHINE IN THE NEXT MOVIE, in the third act of the first one. So don't act like we didn't expect or didn't want to see War Machine.
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Robert Downey, Jr. is cool with the news that Disney will release his next Iron Man movie. Disney is exercising their control of Marvel to release Iron Man 3 and The Avengers. At a press conference for his latest film, Due Date, Downey was enthusiastic about the Marvel developments.
![]() “Love it!” Downey exclaimed. “What’s that mean?” After the explanation that Disney would indeed distribute Iron Man 3, Downey gave a real answer. “Well, you know what? I really loved our relationship with Paramount, but to me the main thing is I don’t care about any of that. They’re (Marvel Studios) going to make all those movies. I just want to make a great movie.” And then, being Robert Downey Jr., he brought it back on message. “Thanks to my tutelage under two guys who know how to play with power, Zach [Galifianakis] and Todd [Phillips], I know exactly what to do with Iron Man 3… That was almost mad with power.” Last edited by RealIrOnMaN; 10-27-2010 at 04:48 PM. |
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On movies like this, script changes happen on a daily basis, during filming, if Whedon suddenly decides to change some plot points at the last minute, which happens with blockbusters all the time, and they are already filming IM3, do you really think they are going to have time to do major re-shoots that maybe necessary? Its a valid concern, especially with the way IM2 turned out.
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If they were mid-shooting IM3, Feige wouldn't let Whedon make any major changes to Stark's story/outcome. They're not dumb.
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Well, let look at it, they have made 3 movies and only one of them has had universal praise and unbridled success. IM2 had a good take, but either way, against what was projected, it was a dissapointment in both performance and the movie itself. And the less said about the handling of TIH and the whole Norton situation the better, not exactly the experts you make them out to be are they?
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Apparently Favreau is going to have to wait until May 4, 2012 to even get started on anything. Hopefully he goes to the midnight screening so he can get a day head start. Quote:
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I thought War Machine, Black Widow & Nick Fury were all well placed in the movie and all helped reinforce the theme of the lone gunslinger not being the way that the hero should go and that Tony should rely on others and trust them to help carry his burden. But even so, I definitely think Whiplash got a bit shafted in the movie. Now this could have been fixed by simply adding another 10-20 minutes(which would still have made it less than 2 & 1/2 hours long and thus not such a big deal, IMO) to give Whiplash more screentime.
Also, shouldn't we have an IM3 sub forum now? The movie is confirmed.
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Good deal for Marvel Disney. Disney can promote the hell out of the film, in ways that Marvel could not do on their own, and Paramount had no vested interest because they were getting a small percentage of the profits compared to Marvel.
Hopefully they can get back their other properties, it's just going to take some cash. 115 mil is chump change compared to what Marvel/Disney stand to make on that investment. |
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Daniel and Charlie Knaufs for screenwriters.
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Read the thread title - Iron Man 3 is still coming up. Ang Lee Hulk is the disappointment, not IM franchise or Marvel Studios films. |
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Never mind the Black Widow fight, Drones air fight, and Drones ground fight. There was plenty of action to keep me satisfied, a hell of a lot more than the first.
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