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Iron Man Three


Laughing Man

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saw it on Saturday, have been putting off making an entry about it due to the fact that everyone and their dog already has.

 

 

I have very, very mixed feelings on it.

 

as a good entertaining film, it worked pretty well. I had fun while watching it. RDJ was perfect as always, there were a lot of great moments and it definitely had its pluses. I liked it more than Iron Man 2 overall.

 

but at the same time, the way they handled The Mandarin was massively disappointing. I felt ripped off. speaking as somebody who has been enamored by the Iron Man comics for 10 years, I would have preferred it had they not included the character at all.

 

if it had been darn near any other Iron Man villain, I would've been fine with it - but this is the fan-favorite, iconic Iron Man villain. The Mandarin is to Iron Man what the Joker is to Batman and Lex Luthor is to Superman. imagine what The Dark Knight would have been like had they done the same thing.

 

we were promised The Mandarin, we got a brilliant actor cast for the role, and from all of the early information and pictures it looked like we were going to get an amazing rendition of the character.

 

even despite the changes they had to make, it seemed like the core of the character was there.

 

but instead, we got something of a slap in the face and a wasted opportunity (not to mention a waste of Ben Kingsley's talent). Marvel and Shane Black can assert all they want that Aldrich Killian is the Marvel Cinematic Universe's answer to The Mandarin, but with how completely different (and thoroughly uninteresting) Killian's character was compared to the legendary arch-nemesis that fans of the source material know and love, I personally believe that we still have yet to actually see The Mandarin in film - and, due to the events of Iron Man 3, we won't within the foreseeable future.

 

and that is disappointing.

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I'mma going be honest here

 

I didn't care about the reveal, at all. Now, I'm not exactly the biggest Iron Man comic book fan to begin with, and I understand the sheer amount of bile a lot of people are throwing around because of it. But in my own personal opinion, I... was pretty chill about it. Maybe because comic book movies got me into comic books instead of the other way around, but I just could not find it within myself to care deeply about it. I just hope the ten rings of power make an appearance in that upcoming Doctor Strange movie.

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The only problem I had the reveal is that, if they ever decided to do a "real" Mandarin (ignoring Killian's self-titling) they can't use Kingsley, who was peeeeeeeeeeeeerfect.

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I thought the twist was great but it did mean there was a great big hole where a compelling villain should be. This is not a new problem with Iron Man.

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