cayman shen
Master Member
God, you sound like my wife!
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Gotta agree, there was all of this foreplay, and supsense, and build up...then wham...we are left with a premature ending:lol
You know, I was going to post my own reaction in the thread, but I'll just forgo it. I think I must've watched a different movie than the negative nellies here. :rolleyes
i saw it awhile back and I must say I'm surprised at the reaction on the board. i mean, i didn't like it at all, but I expected to be the only one again. I knew this one was probably going to be bad considering they didn't have the Robocop screenplay to borrow from like they did with the first film.
Don Cheadle knocked Rhodes out of the park, excellent job. Especially his opening scene walking into congress.
Loved it. I thought it was a good look at the human side of Stark again. Leaving him as an Avengers consultant sways from the comics, but everyone is always in and out of the Avengers.
Anyone catch The Hulk on the TV screen?
Don Cheadle knocked Rhodes out of the park, excellent job. Especially his opening scene walking into congress.
They should have just gone the Demon in the Bottle route and called it a day.
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I'm a bit worried about Avengers.
I can see how they can handle Captain America. You can focus on the 'man out of his time' thing and do his origin with lots of Saving Private Ryan shots. You can do the ice thing, and lots of super-solder-serum things. He's realistic enough to make a movie you can tie in with Iron Man.
Hulk? Well, if he's the bad guy I guess he's just an object to fight.
Thor? As much as I love Thor I am having trouble seeing how well he will translate to screen. He could turn cheesy VERY quickly, and he doesn't really fit that well into the Marvel Universe established by the Iron Man movies.
Black Widow is basically any martial artist, so ok.
Combine them, and I have no idea where the movie will be able to stay as serious as it needs to. Iron Man is light hearted and funny, sure, but it's still grounded in reality and relatable to non-comic nerds. I mean, what is the threat going to be? What is the super bad guy that requires them to form a team? It seems Mace Windu and the SHIELD guys think something is up, but what?
Hopefully not aliens or some crap like that. It probably will be though.
My brother is sort of "in the biz" as well, and I wonder if you simply are TOO knowledgeable about screenplay writing and movie production, so the flaws and missed opportunities always stand out?
I can't believe I'm about to agree with this this guy but YES! You get it!! I HAVE been an Ironman fan for well over 30 years. This should stick very close to his main problem, his drinking.