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    Last fight in the movie should've been longer

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    As a big Formula One fan, the scenes at Monaco were a let down for me. F1 cars haven't look like that in 20 years. If Tony Stark were that rich, he'd be sponsoring the real deal, not F2, GP2 or IndyCar or whatever those cars were supposed to be.

    I also couldn't help but think that Whiplash chose a really bad place to meet Stark. He was standing at the Swimming Pool area of the track, but if he really wanted to kill him, he probably should've waited at the entrance of the tunnel after Portier or after the Grand Hotel Hairpin. Both of those are blind corners and he could've ambushed him from either.

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    I was a bit disappointed with it, really.

    Honestly, Tony's development as a character was ridiculous. He went through a huge number of changes in a week. It takes some people years to go through those issues.

    I was also unimpressed with the enemies as well. Whiplash was pretty cool, but Hammer was a waste of time. I could tell where the movie was going after the F1 race and it was just too predictable to me.

    The one of the scenes that I did like was when Tony and Rhodey were fighting in the suits in his house during the party. Really reminded me of Rock'em, Sock'em Robots XD

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleyra View Post
    I was a bit disappointed with it, really.

    Honestly, Tony's development as a character was ridiculous. He went through a huge number of changes in a week. It takes some people years to go through those issues.
    Yes, he was supposed to be an alcoholic, but the film depicts this pretty much just as a big night on the piss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mo-Nercy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Cleyra View Post
    I was a bit disappointed with it, really.

    Honestly, Tony's development as a character was ridiculous. He went through a huge number of changes in a week. It takes some people years to go through those issues.
    Yes, he was supposed to be an alcoholic, but the film depicts this pretty much just as a big night on the piss.
    Screenplayer writers said they purposefully wanted to stay away from the "Demon in a Bottle" story arch which made Stark's alcoholism iconic. I don't really know why, though.

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    Yes, he was supposed to be an alcoholic, but the film depicts this pretty much just as a big night on the piss.
    In the comics he had a short brush with his alcoholism which he apparently got over before his big full scale blow up. There could be much more to come.

    Last fight in the movie should've been longer
    I was expecting some bad ass epic fight scene that would put the Rhodey/Tony fight to shame. Very much disappointed in that one.

    As a movie it wasn't nearly as impressive as the first one, but the fights were much better putting it just lower over all.

    EDIT: Oh yeah, the main reason I wanted to post.
    I was not down with Samuel Jackson being cast as Nick Fury in the least. They could have done much better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VeloZer0 View Post
    EDIT: Oh yeah, the main reason I wanted to post.
    I was not down with Samuel Jackson being cast as Nick Fury in the least. They could have done much better.
    I can't help but laugh whenever someone says something like this. Ultimate Nick Fury was designed after Samuel L. Jackson. They even asked for his permission to design the character after him....

    Plus, get used to it. He signed like a 9 movie deal to be Nick Fury.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleyra View Post
    Honestly, Tony's development as a character was ridiculous. He went through a huge number of changes in a week. It takes some people years to go through those issues.
    It made it pretty apparent that Tony was starting to crack under the pressure of his responsibility and ego and completely withdraw from any responsibility long before the movie started. In fact, it was pretty clear from the opening scenes that he was back to acting like his usual irresponsible self.

    Quote Originally Posted by ljkkjlcm9
    I can't help but laugh whenever someone says something like this. Ultimate Nick Fury was designed after Samuel L. Jackson. They even asked for his permission to design the character after him....
    Pretty much what I was going to say. Ultimate Nick Fury isn't the same character as the original version of Nick Fury and Samuel L. Jackson is the Ultimate version, literally and figuratively. I'll admit that with everything else being based on the regular Marvel Universe I was kind of wishing the Nick Fury was the original version, but I think that has more to do with me recently catching up on all of the Secret Invasion stuff which made it pretty clear that Nick Fury is a bad ass. Ultimate Nick Fury is no slouch either though.

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    Not as good as the first movie, which I thought was flawless, but still entertaining.

    Also Scarlett Johansson was pretty damn hot in that movie. Her kick ass scene was possibly the best scene in the entire film.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ljkkjlcm9 View Post
    I can't help but laugh whenever someone says something like this. Ultimate Nick Fury was designed after Samuel L. Jackson. They even asked for his permission to design the character after him....

    Plus, get used to it. He signed like a 9 movie deal to be Nick Fury.

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    I was aware of this, but seeing as Nick Fury is a well established marvel character and I haven't read a single Ultimate Marvel comic it is hard for me to see him as the same person.

    Tony Stark is completely different from his comic appearances, but it didn't bother me nearly as much. Probably because Fury got relatively little screen time I didn't have time to accept him for what he was cast as in the movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ljkkjlcm9 View Post
    I don't like that (SPOILER)they put in the possibility of Robert Downey Jr. NOT being Iron Man in the Avengers. Really don't know why that was thrown in there.
    If you're talking about ace girl's evaluation of him, I think you're reading into that in the wrong direction. I doubt it was intended to break any 4th walls. It was an evaluation of the character's character. They wanted Iron Man the Hero. They don't want "Tony Stark" being "Tony Stark".

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    "lol (SPOILER)is that a 'let's make a new element' montage where Stark builds his own particle accelerator in the comfort of his own home? xD"
    Tony Stark built [the Arc Reactor] in a cave with a box of scraps. Creating an element (or punching a hole in space) is certainly feasible when he has his full resources available to him!

    Also, check the reviews, they know what's up.
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    was that (SPOILER) new element vibranium by any chance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
    was that (SPOILER) new element vibranium by any chance?
    Seeing as it doesn't produce energy it shouldn't be.

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    How did Olivia Munn get a job in this movie?

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    It's called a cameo.

    Also, her 'job' on G4 regularly has her reporting on tech news, and the Stark Expo was all about technology.

    A more 'controversial' cameo, if it can even be called that, is DJ AM. The DJ in the party scene.

    He's dead y'know. (Personally I thought it was fine.)

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