I think you and I are the only people on the planet though that didn't like it too much. I wouldn't call it a "pile of crap" per se, but I did go into it with extremely low expectations given the crappyness of IM2 and the awesomeness of Avengers.
Oh Pepper.... just..... ugh, maybe it's my intense dislike of Gwenyth Paltrow or how poorly they're writing her character or something but, ugh, why did they go down this road? It didn't make sense to hook them up in the comic books and it still doesn't make sense in the movies. And I swear to god I'm the only one in the UNIVERSE that thinks she and RDJ have zero chemistry and are super awkward together. I *loved* their relationship in the first Iron Man movie, they were fucking spot on, but now it's like.... she's a completely different character or something, and not in a good, badass way that she is in the comics. And like you said, she was in the suit for maybe 6 minutes and that was it. She was back to being shirtless (wtf?!) and the damsel in distress.
But what really, really pissed me off was the stupid ending. He blew up his suits. He blew up his multi-million dollar suits. For Pepper. I nearly fucking walked out, what was THAT about?! They're going to have to bring Iron Man back for Avengers 2 (cause, come on, RDJ is never going to willingly give up playing Tony Stark and Hollywood's not going to give up their money-maker), and when they do, they're going to spend some time convincing Tony to get back in the suit. And that, that's going to piss me off because it's a fucking Avengers movie, not Iron Man 4. If they had to cut Steve's scenes from Avengers, we better not have Tony redemption scenes in Avengers 2.
Seriously, the first one was good because it was pretty close to the comics. I don't know what the hell they're doing anymore, it's all just held together by explosions and pretty special effects and RDJ's facial expressions (and body, let's be honest. Damn he fine). What the hell are they going to do next?
The last scene was worth waiting for, though! I really like how Bruce and Tony are buddies in the movies, even if they really dislike each other in the comics. (Which makes sense given their personalities but I guess the movies aren't going down that road...?)
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Date: 2013-04-28 05:47 am (UTC)I think you and I are the only people on the planet though that didn't like it too much. I wouldn't call it a "pile of crap" per se, but I did go into it with extremely low expectations given the crappyness of IM2 and the awesomeness of Avengers.
Oh Pepper.... just..... ugh, maybe it's my intense dislike of Gwenyth Paltrow or how poorly they're writing her character or something but, ugh, why did they go down this road? It didn't make sense to hook them up in the comic books and it still doesn't make sense in the movies. And I swear to god I'm the only one in the UNIVERSE that thinks she and RDJ have zero chemistry and are super awkward together. I *loved* their relationship in the first Iron Man movie, they were fucking spot on, but now it's like.... she's a completely different character or something, and not in a good, badass way that she is in the comics. And like you said, she was in the suit for maybe 6 minutes and that was it. She was back to being shirtless (wtf?!) and the damsel in distress.
But what really, really pissed me off was the stupid ending. He blew up his suits. He blew up his multi-million dollar suits. For Pepper. I nearly fucking walked out, what was THAT about?! They're going to have to bring Iron Man back for Avengers 2 (cause, come on, RDJ is never going to willingly give up playing Tony Stark and Hollywood's not going to give up their money-maker), and when they do, they're going to spend some time convincing Tony to get back in the suit. And that, that's going to piss me off because it's a fucking Avengers movie, not Iron Man 4. If they had to cut Steve's scenes from Avengers, we better not have Tony redemption scenes in Avengers 2.
Seriously, the first one was good because it was pretty close to the comics. I don't know what the hell they're doing anymore, it's all just held together by explosions and pretty special effects and RDJ's facial expressions (and body, let's be honest. Damn he fine). What the hell are they going to do next?
The last scene was worth waiting for, though! I really like how Bruce and Tony are buddies in the movies, even if they really dislike each other in the comics. (Which makes sense given their personalities but I guess the movies aren't going down that road...?)
Ugh. Just..... ugh.