IRON MAN 3 And THE PREDATOR Director Shane Black Pokes Fun At AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Villain

@RorMachine - black ruined my favorite comic hero so he's just sayign stuff at this point in reference to when peter's jumping at him after he just had a building or ship thrown off him. plus he doesn't have the omnisense like in the comics so if a fast character is being teleported at different angles not sure what blacks talking about .......

@RorMachine @knocturnalzen10 - He has a point. The movie is good and loved by many but it's not flawless. There are many plotholes but as he mentioned the choices made in the film are more to service fans. Thor could have aimed for thano's head or arm to kill or dismantle Thanos before the snap. Dr strange could have used a portal to cut off thano's arm or head like he did to 1 of the aliens in the beginning. There are countless possibilities to avoid the snap and many of the battles.

Shane Black is a huge comic book fan. I remember reading an article that he campaigned to adapt many comic book films before blade 1, but hollywood did not want to fund it at that time. I like what he did with Iron Man 3 and the villain because it was unexpected. All of Iron Man 3 went against the "generic formula" in phase 1 and focused on Tony Stark instead of "iron man". His relationship with Pepper also progressed better than Iron Man 2, which was a slugfest.

@litobirdy - "Let him have his fun."

@mastakilla39 - and IM3 did extremely well on the coats of AV1

@knocturnalzen10 - It’s a film and it’s not uncommon to take the best of 3 arcs to make 1 movie. Thor Ragnarok is a mix and Homecoming took ideas from “every spider-man verse” so your just nitpicking. This was supposed to be RDJ’s final IM film, that’s why it ended on a happy and open-ending with Tony destroying all his suits. Pepper was mad at Tony because he is a “known playboy” and thought they were serious as she finally moved into his house. Pepper was not a thot and Happy Hogan was the 1 hinting she had a thing for Killian. Pepper saved the day because in every IM film Tony never defeats the villain alone and always had help. IM 1 Pepper killed Iron Monger with the overcharge button and IM 2 Whiplash was defeated by both IM/WM. It’s a homage and trope for his solos and final outing.

Could Mandarin have been better? Yes.
Did Marvel care? No, they have been outspoken that Mandarin is a stupid racist character and that’s why he was made a joke.

Marvel consulted Chinese financiers about an accurate depiction and they said “No”. They worked with the Chinese producers to cast Ben Kingsley for the twist and exclusive footage. IM 2 was worst, they wasted the armored wars and demon in the bottle arc. Hammer was equally a gimmick as Mandarin. Marvel never “retreads prequels”. Only filmmaker to retread is the Russos and that was their choice. Most directors don’t bring back anything they did not “start”. This was why Waititi made Whedon and Taylor’s setup for Thor:Ragnarok a joke and changed its serious tone.

All Marvel films benefit from Avengers, it's ultimate success came from Chinese backers and RDJ's popularity. If IM 3 was so bad why did every solo film until black panther do worst?

@Nebula - Well, he needs the publicity don't you think?

@BringFFtoMCU - Shane is a tremendous talent and Iron Man 3 is one of the most underrated MCU films, no matter how disappointing the Mandarin twist is

@TheRealTomServo - Mandarin twist was a major letdown - but IM3 is still a pretty good movie in my eyes.

@BringFFtoMCU - he’s def not a hack, just an asshole

@BringFFtoMCU - Give this kid a break, he can't think of a logical answer to a very logical question. It will take him another 10 years to get mature and come out of fanboi closet.