BLACK PANTHER Screenwriter Thinks Iron Man Would Be Viewed Differently Now Than Before

@BlindWedjat - Oh he definitely attacked the caharacter alright. This is fiction. I know people are all for women’s rights and stuff but that was part of his character arc to grow and learn from past mistakes. He clearly doesn’t get that.

@BlindWedjat -
I feel like you may be projecting modern day politics onto Iron Man without remembering Iron Man correctly.

"Hell, the movie doesn't even say it's wrong at all."

That is because it is not wrong to be flirtatious - no advancements he made were rejected and that was not because of a position of power, but because the women wanted to have him due to his fame, charm and wealth. Every relationship he had was consenting and they understood fully what they were doing. He also did not make the first move with Pepper Potts, she flirted with him so he responded in kind, up until that stage it was a normal employer employee relationship.

The movie does actually demonstrate that his lifestyle is wrong, but it does so in subtle ways. He has a character progression that occurs over the course of the film, taking responsibility for his actions. He goes from flirting with women constantly to treating them with respect. He sleeps with a reporter and then the same reporter later shows him the images of his weapons in Gulmira and he treats her with the upmost respect and seriousness, lesser character portrayals would not have done this.

"Pepper indirectly even calls the reporter Tony slept with trash"

Incorrect.The reporter directly insulted Pepper, so Pepper responded by calling the reporter trash. This was unrelated to the reporter sleeping with Tony. Pepper is shown expressing distaste at Tony sleeping with a reporter.

@RealSpiderMan - He essentially uses the reporter for sex and then ghosts her and kicks her out. He did the same thing to Rebecca Hall's character in Iron Man 3.

Also, it's very unclear what his boundaries are with his employees, given the airplane scene with the drunk, pole-dancing flight attendants.

Is he a rapist scumbag? No. But does he treat women with respect before his time in the cave? No.

@HannibalLecter - exactly , rdj has a effect on tony's character he's written differently ..... he was actually the sensible one in cw2