I’m still at a loss about the kid. What was so bad about the kid? He was comic relief. IM’s house just got blow’d up, he’s thought dead, his suit is fubar, Jarvis is pretty much DOA…it was the emotionally lowest part of the movie, so to counter balance it they introduce some comic relief. I don’t get the hate. This isn’t the fuckin Notebook. What would people have preferred happen? Like seriously? No interaction with a human being? Jarvis was already ‘dead’ so he couldn’t talk to him. The kid was the perfect vehicle to lighten the mood and to get Tony the info he needed for the next parts. They could have made it a chick, but as he’s already dating Pepper it wouldn’t be needed. They could make it some random redneck dude, but he would have been the EXACT same as the kid, only it would be a real gun :bluu: I mean if you want some ‘dark’ story version of Ironman, go watch Batman. The IM series has been very light-hearted, why would they change it here? Hell folks act like the kid even had major plottime.
I think the only thing that would refute my criticisms, was if this movie turned out to be a bad dream Tony was having after a night of binge drinking.
Iron Man 4 should star Madame Masque: a former intern at Stark Industries who sets out to destroy Tony/Iron Man and everything he cares about because he called her a butter face.
Another thought on The Mandarin. I agree with thier thoughts. The treatment wasn’t perfect, but didn’t destroy anything (IMO)
Exactly. I really don’t understand what was so bad about the kid. It never seemed “forced”, had his place when needed, and didn’t seem to overstay his welcome.
It is a summer blockbuster designed deliberately to have no style of its own and to make a million kajillion dollars. Of course it’s going to cater to the biggest audience possible. It’s not really a movie, so much as an investment.
On ratings: kids can technically see anything here. Enforcement of ratings is supposed to be at the discretion of the parents. That said, a lot of theater chains choose to enforce the ratings, and how they do can vary. Most chains won’t sell tickets for R-rated movies to children unless their parents are present, but it gets a little ambiguous with the PG/PG-13 ratings.
Which is irrelevant, mind you. Parents can and will bring kids as young as three to see just about anything that has a superhero in it.
I’d rather movies pay homage to source material and turn into a good movie, as opposed to trying to shoe-horn source material into a movie and not turn out well.
