Iron Man 3 What DIDN'T you like about Iron Man 3? *SPOILER ALERT*

[kane9321]

The mandarin was a complete and utter joke...hated his scenes

Lack of rhodey..big waste of time

 

[WormyT]

1: Iron Patrot completely useless
2: Edward Nigma Extremis
3: Not using those cool suits in all the promos. We only saw brief night shots of them. I was waiting for that cool white one for Orbit flying.
4: After Credits scene, just a saturday night gag. Nothing to make us excited for Phase2.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

The fact the "Tony alcoholism" storyline was removed at Disney's behest. WTF??

 

[Merlo]

The fact the "Tony alcoholism" storyline was removed at Disney's behest. WTF??

Dude, are we talking about Iron Man 3 or Iron Man 2? Sorry, I forgot how long ago Disney acquired Marvel Studios, Never mind. What in the world? It's ok for Iron Man 3 to have the **** word, the ***** word, blood, and a big stuffed bunny with big bazookas, but not ok for something like alcoholism to be in it? If Disney stopped the alcoholism story from getting in the movie because of them wanting to be a good role model for little kids, then...

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Dude, are we talking about Iron Man 3 or Iron Man 2? Sorry, I forgot how long ago Disney acquired Marvel Studios, Never mind. What in the world? It's ok for Iron Man 3 to have the **** word, the ***** word, blood, and a big stuffed bunny with big bazookas, but not ok for something like alcoholism to be in it? If Disney stopped the alcoholism story from getting in the movie because of them wanting to be a good role model for little kids, then...

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2013/04/23/iron_man_3_director_says_tony_starks_a

 

[StreetWarrior]

If you accept that Killian was meant to be the Mandarin from the comics, the film becomes a lot less frustrating. Personality wise, the two are very similar. Another poster on this site made me consider that my veiws may have been tainted by personal bias. If Killian had been asian, I probably wouldn't have been mad at all. For that, I'm a little ashamed and can see a little more respect for the film.

That said, I still have MAJOR problems with the:

• Lack of Iron Man suit time. Tony was in the suit for like 15 minutes. All other flaws aside - this was the most damning thing about the film. What is this stupid trend with hollywood adaptatations in that masks have to come off (Captain America, Spider-Man, and now, the worst offender of them all, Iron Man).
• Replacing War Machine with Iron Patriot. War Machine has been around for more than 20 years and had numerous solo titles, appearances, and Avengers membership. The cheesy Iron Patriot was created in 2008, was a villain, and was around for less than 2 years of comics. This hardly deserves replacing the established and cult-favorite War Machine. Iron Patriot = .
• TO MUCH HUMOR. I understand that Marvel's films, especially the Iron Man franchise is light-hearted but can we be serious for five minutes. Every serious scene in the movie was RUINED by unneccessary quips and stupid jokes (usually the Mark 42 falling apart). Humor is great when used appropriately. The film didn't need to be as dark as a Nolan film but, for godsake, be serious every once in a while. The final battle was one big joke.
• Since when is Tony so bloodthirsty? Heroes should kill less and villains should kill more.
• Finally, again, where is the damn suit? Tony spent most of the movie with a freaking handgun. WTF? This is a superhero movie, not Lethal Weapon 5.

In all, this did not FEEL like an Iron Man film. And to anyone who would call me a hater, I LOVED Iron Man I and Avengers, and liked Iron Man II. Right now, I'm terrified of how bad an Iron Man IV could be...

 

[Norek]

One thing I didn't see mentioned (forgive me if some of you already did), maybe no one had a problem with it, but I definitely did - it was the plane rescue scene.

When I saw that in a trailer, I thought it was pretty awesome. Given that Iron Man doesn't usually 'rescue' people like that (I said usually, don't go after me with the kid from IM2, the pilot in IM1, etc), I was very excited and pumped to see that scene. The dialogue between Tony and JARVIS really hit me:

-How many people in the air, Jarvis?
-Thirteen, sir.
-How many can I carry?
-Four.

That, with the overly dramatic music used in that trailer, was pretty awesome. And it looked like a major scene in the movie, so I thought that maybe Tony will fail to rescue everyone or it will come at a cost of something about his safety because the suit won't be able to hand it. Now of course he saved everyone, and I really didn't mind that, because the tension it created was great, and although the way he did it was a bit silly in my opinion (actually the whole scene was), it was pretty spectacular and I really liked it. The revelation that Tony wasn't even in the suit that whole time since he fought Savin when he crashed into the truck and the armor break down was really... underwhelming. So there was no real sense of danger for him the whole time, and since this was probably the most 'heroic' thing he did in this film, it really doesn't reinforce the claim that the suit doesn't matter for someone to be a hero. It was disappointing and it felt cheap.

 

[Milu]

I liked this movie a lot, but I had had some issues that were already mentioned. That said, I'll go ahead and bite the bullet by issuing an extremely minor complaint.

The title logo. They had a very specific look in the first two movies with the fat three-dimensional letters. Here, the logo is flat, in a much taller font, and "3" is actually spelt as "three!" That said, this is a very minor complaint that didn't hamper my enjoyment of the movie. It just threw off a little of the feng shui of the trilogy, so to speak.

 

[REPULSIVE BLAST]

great thread and a great read SO many points I %100 agree on BUT there has been a few things raised that I simply don't believe to be true....

Spoiler

I make all these points as not things I didn't like but as things I think people on this board need correcting! AAND all the things I didn't like have already been listed over and over! and yes NOT ENOUGH IRON MAN or at least ONE scene of IM in all his glory! war machine too!or hell Iron Patriot!

1.that Tony doesn't get the extremis in this film, ummm he is shown to have had advanced knowledge of this DNA tech in 1999 as he wrote a formula maybe on a card as shown later in the film,killian needs Stark to advance the extremis serum,Tony cures Pepper showing us that he must have mastered this technology

2. and this ties in with point 1. ,Tony was able to finally have the ark reactor removed because NOW he has or has been forced to revisit and use himself that DNA technology aka EXTREMIS that was shown to be a tech that can ad to DNA with certain elements and or effects notably healing factor SO THAT is how and why the reactor couldn't have simply been removed in the other movies !

3.why can't people understand how Killian died (BS THAT Pepper did it tho)
Tony blew him up in the MK42 (ONE POWERFUL HIT) and Pepper delivered the second Final blow while he was still regenerating in a weakened state! every other example that was shown of him surviving a dammage was a SINGLE event NOT two major ones, regeneration still needs time to regen!

4. Tony not pimply calling the extra suits before the final battle!?
well weak as it was the explanation was that Tony couldn't as they were berried and MAYBE even the suits themselves couldn't receive a signal inside that bunker until the doors were opened and the doors needed rubble to be moved first!

I myself see everything that went on in this movie from the way the current suits were portrayed as weak to Tony blowing them all up as well as this new move to DNA based tech to indicate a possible introduction to the bleeding edge armor

another point I would like to make is that WHY when talking about the Mandarin is it all or nothing? why must he be an exact comic rendition or simply accepted as this mess? is it so hard to believe an Asian man could have found or acquired some of that alien tech that was left around in The Avengers and manipulated it or found another way to harness that power ie rings !?!? IN FACT didn't I read about a film that is based on that very premise OR MAYBE that is WHY we didn't get that story line!!!

 

[ThatDamnNinja]

My only real problem with the movie was Killian breathing fire.

Basic rules of storytelling: don't introduce details like that if you're not going to use them later. Killian either should've breathed fire again in the final battle with Tony, or should not have breathed fire at all to begin with.

 

[samsnee]

I just didnt like that the third act was at night again. With the 3-d glasses you could barely make out what each suit looked like.

 

[GregComicFan]

I didn't like...

1. Killian breathing fire
2. Tony calling pieces of his suit and they fly from TN to Miami Florida in about 30-45 seconds. Wow, that was fast.
3. Unmemorable villains (whole trilogy)

Tony's genius opens up a lot of plot holes. If he can cure Pepper Potts of the extremis, why can't he cure Bruce Banner of the Hulk?

Why did he have the shrapnel removed in IM3 but he couldn't in IM2?

Why didn't Tony call upon a new suit (he had like 50 of them in storage) as soon as Jarvis was back online? He could of used them on Air Force One...

Eh, I guess this is the problem created when a character is written and described as such a genius... it causes contradictions...

 

[REPULSIVE BLAST]

not to blow my own horn Greg but have a read on my post a few above yours, it gives answeres to why that are not mine but what was in the movie that many seem to have missed

 

[spider-neil]

One thing I didn't see mentioned (forgive me if some of you already did), maybe no one had a problem with it, but I definitely did - it was the plane rescue scene.

When I saw that in a trailer, I thought it was pretty awesome. Given that Iron Man doesn't usually 'rescue' people like that (I said usually, don't go after me with the kid from IM2, the pilot in IM1, etc), I was very excited and pumped to see that scene. The dialogue between Tony and JARVIS really hit me:

-How many people in the air, Jarvis?
-Thirteen, sir.
-How many can I carry?
-Four.

That, with the overly dramatic music used in that trailer, was pretty awesome. And it looked like a major scene in the movie, so I thought that maybe Tony will fail to rescue everyone or it will come at a cost of something about his safety because the suit won't be able to hand it. Now of course he saved everyone, and I really didn't mind that, because the tension it created was great, and although the way he did it was a bit silly in my opinion (actually the whole scene was), it was pretty spectacular and I really liked it. The revelation that Tony wasn't even in the suit that whole time since he fought Savin when he crashed into the truck and the armor break down was really... underwhelming. So there was no real sense of danger for him the whole time, and since this was probably the most 'heroic' thing he did in this film, it really doesn't reinforce the claim that the suit doesn't matter for someone to be a hero. It was disappointing and it felt cheap.

C'mon, the movie had/has problems but the airplane rescue is not one of them. It's a stunning scene and for me it's right up there with SM2's train sequence for sheer edge of your seat tension.
The only mistake for me is Jarvis says 'four. Shouldn't that have been 5? left arm, left leg, right arm, right leg and someone on his back?

 

[Norek]

C'mon, the movie had/has problems but the airplane rescue is not one of them. It's a stunning scene and for me it's right up there with SM2's train sequence for sheer edge of your seat tension.
The only mistake for me is Jarvis says 'four. Shouldn't that have been 5? left arm, left leg, right arm, right leg and someone on his back?

As I said, I liked the scene, but the 'twist' felt cheap to me.

 

[spider-neil]

As I said, I liked the scene, but the 'twist' felt cheap to me.

I'm getting this movie on Blu ray despite not liking the movie specifically for the airplane rescue scene, the making of that scene and also the Malibu house attack. Two scenes I liked in a 2 hour movie. Sigh...

 

[Norek]

I'm getting this movie on Blu ray despite not liking the movie specifically for the airplane rescue scene, the making of that scene and also the Malibu house attack. Two scenes I liked in a 2 hour movie. Sigh...

I'm interested in the making of that scene too.

 

[Tvar10]

Anyone notice tons of similarities between this movie and the Dark Knight trilogy. I know I may get hammered for saying this but it seems like some parts were directly copied

 

[ctsketch]

I didn't like...

2. Tony calling pieces of his suit and they fly from TN to Miami Florida in about 30-45 seconds. Wow, that was fast.

that's like mach 9 0.o

3. Unmemorable villains (whole trilogy)

Savin was bada** and so was Killian

 

[ctsketch]

Anyone notice tons of similarities between this movie and the Dark Knight trilogy. I know I may get hammered for saying this but it seems like some parts were directly copied

*sigh* I'll bite...what was the same?

 

[ctsketch]

One thing I didn't see mentioned (forgive me if some of you already did), maybe no one had a problem with it, but I definitely did - it was the plane rescue scene.

When I saw that in a trailer, I thought it was pretty awesome. Given that Iron Man doesn't usually 'rescue' people like that (I said usually, don't go after me with the kid from IM2, the pilot in IM1, etc), I was very excited and pumped to see that scene. The dialogue between Tony and JARVIS really hit me:

-How many people in the air, Jarvis?
-Thirteen, sir.
-How many can I carry?
-Four.

That, with the overly dramatic music used in that trailer, was pretty awesome. And it looked like a major scene in the movie, so I thought that maybe Tony will fail to rescue everyone or it will come at a cost of something about his safety because the suit won't be able to hand it. Now of course he saved everyone, and I really didn't mind that, because the tension it created was great, and although the way he did it was a bit silly in my opinion (actually the whole scene was), it was pretty spectacular and I really liked it. The revelation that Tony wasn't even in the suit that whole time since he fought Savin when he crashed into the truck and the armor break down was really... underwhelming. So there was no real sense of danger for him the whole time, and since this was probably the most 'heroic' thing he did in this film, it really doesn't reinforce the claim that the suit doesn't matter for someone to be a hero. It was disappointing and it felt cheap.

actually he was using that head gear and his brainwaves to pilot the suit, it wasn't a drone...just like that scene where pepper came home...so yeah....the suit and him piloting it did matter

 

[Tvar10]

I can't use spoiler tags because I'm on my phone. So don't read if you don't want to be spoiled!!!

Spoiler

Ok. Well the end of the film when Killian looks like he's going to take down tony and pepper comes out of no where to "defeat" the villain. Seemed very similar to cat woman. Saving batman from bane.

Also the mandarin not being the mandarin was like ken wantanabes ras. Cheap parlor tricks

 

[Norek]

actually he was using that head gear and his brainwaves to pilot the suit, it wasn't a drone...just like that scene where pepper came home...so yeah....the suit and him piloting it did matter

Who said anything about a drone? I said he wasn't even in the suit. If he was, and he crashed into that truck at the end, he would've been dead. That's my point. Since he wasn't in the suit, the whole thing didn't have any sense of danger for the hero himself. And that's what was underwhelming to me.

 

[ctsketch]

Who said anything about a drone? I said he wasn't even in the suit. If he was, and he crashed into that truck at the end, he would've been dead. That's my point. Since he wasn't in the suit, the whole thing didn't have any sense of danger for the hero himself. And that's what was underwhelming to me.

you also said

"it really doesn't reinforce the claim that the suit doesn't matter for someone to be a hero."

which is what I was referring to

 

[Norek]

you also said

"it really doesn't reinforce the claim that the suit doesn't matter for someone to be a hero."

which is what I was referring to

I meant he wouldn't be able to save anyone if there wasn't a suit he could use, which was said in response to some people claiming that Tony Stark didn't need the suit to be a hero. Even though this scene states otherwise.