Did The Iron Man Series Fall Flat?

Iron Man 3 gave me mixed feelings. On the one hand I had fun watching it, but there was something about it that irritated me. After I saw the first Iron Man again I realized what about Iron Man 3 irritated me. It was too silly. After re-watching all the Iron Man movies I see a gradual decline after each installment.

The first Iron Man had funny moments. Tony Stark is supposed to be one of those funny asshole figures that is self absorbed. However, in the third movie he loses that charm. The only moments I found him funny was when he was interacting with the kid. They made Tony too paranoid. He always freaks out, remembering the events of The Avengers. However, it is forced and comes off as weird. 

The main problem of the movie was that Tony was separating himself from Iron Man, but the audience likes him because he is Iron Man. When Tony blows up his suits at the end of the movie a lot of people including myself thought it was stupid. What was the point? Especially since he is returning as Iron Man in the second Avengers movie.

The logic behind the decision was the idea that Tony could be Iron Man without the suit. However, the audience wants to see him kick ass in his suit. In the movie he barely wears the suit. The message itself is not bad, but it was handled poorly. Mainly because the second movie was not good. The second movie was just filler to introduce Nick Fury, Black Widow, and Shield. Stuff to tie the Iron Man franchise to the Avengers movie. Iron Man 2 had a good start, but after the fight with War Machine, it went downhill.

The third movie decided to make up for the lack of action in the second movie, by being over top and action packed. However, the story suffers from it. I thought the Mandarin plot twist was funny, but the movie's real Mandarin was lame and generic. The story itself was not well put together. Tony seriously did not prepare for a terrorist attack after he told the terrorists his address? Also the comedy at times was unnecessary. For example the scene where Tony is captured and counts to three several times until his glove comes to him. That disrupted the pace of the movie. This is the same problem I had with another Marvel movie; Thor: The Dark World.

The first Iron Man movie is one of my top five favorite comic book movies of all time, but the sequels to it are lack luster. Iron Man 3 is like The Dark Knight Rises. The first time you watch it, it's entertaining, but soon after you see it, you realize how flawed it was.

What do you guys think?

Wonder Woman in Superman vs Batman Movie

DC needs to slow down. They are trying to cram all these super heroes into one movie. Superman and Batman already had the spot light? How will Wonder Woman fit into all of this? How are they going to explain her back story and develop her character?

It's obvious to everybody that DC is trying to repeat Marvel's success with the Avengers, but DC is not repeating how Marvel did it right. Marvel took time to develop its characters through films. That way they could focus on the story and not have to develop all these characters that are completely different from each other. Can you imagine what it would have been like if the Avengers was the first film Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, and Thor were in? It would have been a mess.

One thing I liked about the Avengers was that I actually felt like all the heroes were from the same universe. When I watch the Captain America movie it feels different from an Iron Man movie, but both movies feel like Marvel movies. If the Nolan Batman movie trilogy took place in the same universe as Man of Steel I would have a hard time buying that. It's ironic because in Man of Steel, the route they took with Superman was the same route they took with Batman. They did a darker, more realistic comic book movie. However, both movies don't feel connected the same way Marvel movies were. Yes, in Man of Steel they did have a Wayne satellite, but they need to do more than that to make the franchises connected. If the Batman they are using is a new Batman and not the same Batman from the Nolan trilogy then I will be okay with it. I think they can easily reintroduce Batman into the DC universe.

Wonder Woman is a different story. The reason Batman can be easily put into the Man of Steel universe is because he is a normal guy. He is just a rich billionaire who fights crime. However, Wonder Woman is an Amazon created by Greek Gods. The concept of Wonder Woman doesn't really fit the DC universe they have created in the movies. The concept of a man fighting crime is easy for a viewer to buy, but Amazons and Greek Gods? A concept like that needs to be introduced through its own movie first, especially if it wants to connect with an already established universe. Avengers would not have worked out as well if Thor and Loki had been introduced for the first time in it.

DC needs to take its time with its franchises and create several good movies rather than just cram everything into one movie. They run the risk of alienating regular movie goers.