Iron Man 3
So I went to see Iron Man 3, because duh. They showed us Thor 2 trailer before the movie and I for one was way happy and yay.
Shouldn't have been.
I hated the movie so fucking much it made my head hurt.
It wasn't a bad movie, and I loved the idea. Tony being broken and confused and forced to do stuff without the suit was awesome. The guest stars were nice, the kid was cool as were all the non-PC things Tony said to him. Also, the Mandarin thing was a kinda cool way to go for originality, but I kinda wish he had played them all in the end. I guess that's just me, though... I stayed till the very end of the movie but...
Tony Stark was cured by Pepper's love. His love for Pepper. The egotistical billionaire playboy philanthropist destroyed every single Iron Man suit he had, got rid of the arc reactor and oh yes, Extremis was just a firebrand thingy tested on people and hoo he so easily cured Pepper from that when she was infected.
There are no words in my language, English or the tongues of the Orcs to describe how fucking angry I am right now and how much I hate the way they went with this movie.
This man isn't a visionary, doesn't stubbornly go where most people wouldn't, and will never tell anyone it wasn't worth it. He's through all that. :( What is he going to do after babbling to Bruce? Throw money at the Avengers and then.... what?
So all in all, it was a nice story about some dude who got his girl, but it wasn't Tony Stark. I know I should see the movieverse separate from the comics, but no. My brain is totally unable to do this. It's not the slash angle thing or Goopy thing or whatever thing makes some people hate these movies. I liked it that Tony was broken and could still handle things. All this 'making him better' means 'making him more normal' and it changes things radically.
Apparently I have a big problem with this. That's why I'm ranting about this in my own journal under a cut. :)
To be honest, I have lots of problems with the trend of 'love or a relationship fixes everything' stuff that's going on. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. I guess I've been watching too many times when the magically healing girlfriend or settling into a romance that doesn't quite fit is supposed to be the pinnacle of storytelling, and it just feels off.
Oh well. RDJ is still way hot. :)
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Shouldn't have been.
I hated the movie so fucking much it made my head hurt.
It wasn't a bad movie, and I loved the idea. Tony being broken and confused and forced to do stuff without the suit was awesome. The guest stars were nice, the kid was cool as were all the non-PC things Tony said to him. Also, the Mandarin thing was a kinda cool way to go for originality, but I kinda wish he had played them all in the end. I guess that's just me, though... I stayed till the very end of the movie but...
Tony Stark was cured by Pepper's love. His love for Pepper. The egotistical billionaire playboy philanthropist destroyed every single Iron Man suit he had, got rid of the arc reactor and oh yes, Extremis was just a firebrand thingy tested on people and hoo he so easily cured Pepper from that when she was infected.
There are no words in my language, English or the tongues of the Orcs to describe how fucking angry I am right now and how much I hate the way they went with this movie.
This man isn't a visionary, doesn't stubbornly go where most people wouldn't, and will never tell anyone it wasn't worth it. He's through all that. :( What is he going to do after babbling to Bruce? Throw money at the Avengers and then.... what?
So all in all, it was a nice story about some dude who got his girl, but it wasn't Tony Stark. I know I should see the movieverse separate from the comics, but no. My brain is totally unable to do this. It's not the slash angle thing or Goopy thing or whatever thing makes some people hate these movies. I liked it that Tony was broken and could still handle things. All this 'making him better' means 'making him more normal' and it changes things radically.
Apparently I have a big problem with this. That's why I'm ranting about this in my own journal under a cut. :)
To be honest, I have lots of problems with the trend of 'love or a relationship fixes everything' stuff that's going on. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. I guess I've been watching too many times when the magically healing girlfriend or settling into a romance that doesn't quite fit is supposed to be the pinnacle of storytelling, and it just feels off.
Oh well. RDJ is still way hot. :)
icon just to be contrary