Use this thread as an outlet to vent your opinions on all these superhero movies that have been released/soon to be released/previously seen. Best/worst adaptations, etc.
I watched Iron Man 3 recently [through.. questionable means..] and, I don't know what to think of it. The CGI is incredible, blends perfectly with the "real" stuff & actors. RDJ was literally born to play Tony Stark, his performance in all the movies was nearly spot-on. But this movie.. I dunno. Maybe it's the fact that the third movie in most Hero franchises always deals with the "defeated hero rises from the ashes" motif. Just something about it left more to be desired. The fact that they (Marvel execs, Hollywood, whoever) totally butchered Mandarin was unacceptable. I was never a big Iron Man fan growing up, only recently have I learned that the Mandarin is Iron Man's archnemesis in the vein of Joker is to Batman, Luthor to Superman, etc. This interpretation, however, completely shits all over the mythology of the character; a typical "bait-and-switch" reminiscent of Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins, but much worse. The Mandarin has been hinted at since the very first film, so to see Marvel completely drop the ball here has A LOT of fans pissed across the internet. However, if you're clueless about the character and Iron Man's stories, then you probably won't mind. But I can see why so many fanboys are pissed.
is one big missed opportunity. Tony Stark is relaying the events of the movie to Bruce Banner, who casually falls asleep from boredom. That's it; no segway to Thor 2, Avengers 2, nothing. Lol.
I'm kinda looking forward to "Guardians of the Galaxy," many haven't even heard of the property until Marvel announced it. But this is supposedly gonna tie into Avengers 2, Thor 2, Ant-Man, etc. Especially since they're leaning towards Thanos & the "Infinity Gauntlet" storyline (The Infinity Gems gives the wielder unlimited power to literally alter reality, to the uninformed.)
X-Men: Days of Future Past has a lot to live up to; First Class was okay, but the debacle that was X-Men The Last Stand & Origins: Wolverine has tarnished the franchise. This movie should fix all the continuity errors in the X-Men movies (and believe me, there's A LOT. For example: Xavier walking and gathering a young Scott(Cyclops) & friends to the helicopter in Origins when he was paralyzed at the end of First Class, and Xavier/Magneto meeting young Jean in the prologue to Last Stand, once again Xavier walking, and him & Magneto still working together despite having their falling out in First Class.)
Then there's "The Wolverine" which takes place AFTER The Last Stand.. I just don't know what to think of the franchise anymore. Marvel needs to get the rights back from FOX. Fantastic Four is being rebooted, too. I think a Spawn reboot would be pretty cool, under Guillermo Del Toro's camp.
What can you do? People want to force pretty much all characters into the dark, gritty mold. Superman above all. You'd think that schtick has gotten more boring than the Boy Scout routine, but that doesn't seem to be the case. And the funny thing is it has to be dark. You hardly ever see sunny, optimistic alternate takes that are succesful. I guess there's a built-in appetite in all of us that makes "fall from grace" stories more interesting.
I like it when it's subtler. Like in Batman/Superman, when Superman thinks to himself that Luthor is so small and fragile and that he could kill him so easily as he has him in a chokehold (after he turns on the President Evil mode). Batman even eggs him on, telling they could make it look like an accident. I think that is the reason why Lex is Superman's number one enemy and why they have overused him in the movies; only few can make Superman struggle when it comes to power, but Lex keeps getting under his skin on all other levels while being just a mere man. That is why I find it hard not to root for Luthor.
They can challenge Superman's idealism without making his suit dark or using a gray color filter. Where's the challenge of writing this already very demanding character if you just have him be Batmanish? They turned that "dark" shit to the max in Injustice when
Superman kills Shazam/Captain Marvel. I mean..come on. I realize that Lois and his child's death made him want to police the world, but if that made him murder a kid in adult form, he couldn't have been that good to begin with. I think that went a bit over the top with that one.
I thought Batman was going to die in TDKR, but no. I loved the movie, but it would have been better, more tragic and poetic if he died; it would have been the most climatic and emotional possible ending for a trilogy.
It would be nice if someone have the guts to make a superhero die some day. That would be dark, grim and original.
If we're talking about heroes of recurring / endless continuities, it might be a bit ballsy. But if the character is big enough, he is not going stay dead (even if he dies in his movie continuity, they'll reboot it). If they ever permanently killed a character as big as Spiderman, for example, it would be incredible. But it's never, ever, ever going to happen. If there was someone who created a character, made a successful comic book series and then made a movie where he killed the character, ending all continuities, he would have to be an alien (or Alan Moore). Even if the creator had the will to do it, his creation would likely be hijacked in some way.
I would have liked it less if Batman actually died. He did the fake death stunt in The Dark Knight Returns, after all. It's just the way Nolan did it that makes it silly.
didn't have the mask, the super steroid, was a white, British guy and still turned out to be a pawn instead of the mastermind he's supposed to be. Worse than that, he had a puppy love crush on Talia al Ghul.
a puppy love crush on Talia. I know I did.