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Best MCU sub-series?

Iron Man 1 3.03%
 
Thor 1 3.03%
 
Captain America 12 36.36%
 
The Avengers 9 27.27%
 
Guardians of the Galaxy 10 30.30%
 
Total:33
Angelus on 30 December 2017
Doc755 said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

Wouldn’t it be amazing if one of these superhero movies ended with the bad guy being led away in handcuffs by the authorities? No blue sky laser, no light show, no boxing match between juggernauts, etc.

Iron Man is a smart, subversive take on the genre. It deserves a better final sequence.

Hello? Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2. Maybe you need this rewatch

Hammer wasn't THE bad guy. He was a rich pawn



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Goodnightmoon on 30 December 2017
Veknoid_Outcast said:
Goodnightmoon said:
Iron Man was good, main character has a ton of charisma and the movie is pretty well done, I think they nailed the tone of the film, not too serious, not too comedic, to me is a 7/10.

Hey! Are you on board for the full rewatch? If so I’ll add you to the list :)

I'm not sure if I'm gonna be in the mood to rewatch all of them with the amount of new things I usually watch and not being a huge superhero fan, I'm gonna try but I can't promise anything.



Veknoid_Outcast on 30 December 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

Hey! Are you on board for the full rewatch? If so I’ll add you to the list :)

I'm not sure if I'm gonna be in the mood to rewatch all of them with the amount of new things I usually watch and not being a huge superhero fan, I'm gonna try but I can't promise anything.

No problem! I will add you. Participate when you can!



Doc755 on 30 December 2017
Angelus said:
Doc755 said:

Hello? Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2. Maybe you need this rewatch

Hammer wasn't THE bad guy. He was a rich pawn

Vulture then! 😉 I’m really just teasing Veknoid since he was just complaining about Iron Man 2. But I consider Hammer and Vanko to both be villains



Smartie900 on 30 December 2017
Veknoid_Outcast said:
Smartie900 said:
Iron Man: 8/10. First 2/3 of the movie where it's not taken too seriously is the best part. Tony Stark goes through a realistic character development that makes sense given the context of the movie. He starts out as a carefree asshole who takes no personal responsibility for his actions and has to go through a situation that forces him to take some initiative. The action scenes have a tremendous amount of weight to them and I appreciate the fact the Iron Man actually kills people in the movie. Obadiah Stane isn't a particularly memorable villain, but Jeff Bridges does a good job with the material he is given and the motivations of the character make sense. The special effects were fantastic and I commend Jon Favereau for not making every action scene a CGI eyesore (almost). He realized that using spectacle and special effects sparingly has a much greater impact on the audience than pulling a Transformer and making every other scene a sterile, bland mess. Tony Stark's actions make sense and he goes through a character arc that sees him retain his personality.. but gain a newfound sense of responsibility. The ending scene where Stark admits he is Iron Man is fantastic.

Problems With The Movie:
- Terrance Howard (subjective opinion I suppose but I found him very bland and weak compared to the rest of the cast. Don Cheadle is much better). Not a huge deal
- Last 1/3 of the movie halts the consistent pace and tone the movie had. It reverts to a generic superhero movie ending with a blue laser shooting into the sky and any weight and impact the action scenes had is completely lost on this scene. I understand they had to have an exciting climax that would satisfy the audience... but it starts to fall into the conventions of superhero movies it had previously mocked.

Very solid movie that had a very underwhelming climax scene. Probably the 3rd best in the MCU.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if one of these superhero movies ended with the bad guy being led away in handcuffs by the authorities? No blue sky laser, no light show, no boxing match between juggernauts, etc.

Iron Man is a smart, subversive take on the genre. It deserves a better final sequence.

I would have appreciated if Tony Stark was framed by Stane for some made up murder and had his suit taken away. Stark would have had to take the lessons he learned throughout the movie and find a creative way to overcome Stane and prove his innocence. You could have had Tony Stark find a way to hack into his suit and destroy something he truly cared about. It's not a perfect premise.. but it would have been a million times better than what we got. I really don't know what they were thinking with that.



 

 

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Doc755 on 30 December 2017
Smartie900 said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

Wouldn’t it be amazing if one of these superhero movies ended with the bad guy being led away in handcuffs by the authorities? No blue sky laser, no light show, no boxing match between juggernauts, etc.

Iron Man is a smart, subversive take on the genre. It deserves a better final sequence.

I would have appreciated if Tony Stark was framed by Stane for some made up murder and had his suit taken away. Stark would have had to take the lessons he learned throughout the movie and find a creative way to overcome Stane and prove his innocence. You could have had Tony Stark find a way to hack into his suit and destroy something he truly cared about. It's not a perfect premise.. but it would have been a million times better than what we got. I really don't know what they were thinking with that.

Most of us seem to agree that the ending left a lot to be desired. Once Pepper walks out with proof he was selling weapons to terrorists along with a government agent, that would appear to be the end game. Yet Stane seems to think he will be able to lead Stark Industries when he steals Tony’s mini arc reactor if he just kills Pepper. This really is where the films falters pretty heavily. Pepper walks out with Coulson(!) and Stane then has time to go down to the lab and check on his project and then drive out to Tony’s house. Wouldn’t Pepper have called him as soon as she left the office? I wonder in that last act was tacked on by a different writer. It makes no logical sense and just seemed to want to have an iron suit battle as the climax



AnmolRed on 01 January 2018

Iron man is a great start to a series, was my no.1 for a long time as well, currently idk where i place it, it has a great and simple story, RDJ is fantastic and I love how the suit looks and also jeff bridges was great.
8.7/10



Veknoid_Outcast on 01 January 2018
AnmolRed said:
Iron man is a great start to a series, was my no.1 for a long time as well, currently idk where i place it, it has a great and simple story, RDJ is fantastic and I love how the suit looks and also jeff bridges was great.
8.7/10

Awesome, thanks!

We’re going to stick to solid numbers for the scoring, so do you want to round down to 8 or up to 9? 



Nem on 01 January 2018

I tried rewatching some movies but marvel movies are kind of boring to rewatch for me. The excitement is seeing the story move on to new places. Enjoy though.



AnmolRed on 01 January 2018
Veknoid_Outcast said:
AnmolRed said:
Iron man is a great start to a series, was my no.1 for a long time as well, currently idk where i place it, it has a great and simple story, RDJ is fantastic and I love how the suit looks and also jeff bridges was great.
8.7/10

Awesome, thanks!

We’re going to stick to solid numbers for the scoring, so do you want to round down to 8 or up to 9? 

oh! I didnt know that,sorry. I'll go with a 9