Iron Man 3 vs. Man of Steel.

Don't bother reading this if you get butt hurt over negative comments on a film. It's 2:00am and I am p-ssed off. The movie was great for the first hour, I was loving it, aside from the BS writing. That twist, that stupid twist that ruined the whole movie. Lets give you a back drop. You've seen the trailer, it looked dark, it reminded me of the Drak Knight Rises. The Mandarian, he was the equivalent of Bane, more Badass and powerful than Stark. I mean the Mandarian was a big part of why I went to see this instead of waiting for the Blu-ray to come out. He could have been one of the best villains in the last decade, but they threw that idea straight out the window, just for a little comedy. This film should be in the comedy genre instead. Cheap humour, to be honest, I didn't find it that funny, but the general audience sure did. They tricked the audience, and how does the audience react, oh it's just a joke, lets laugh. I bet the writers thought they were real clever when they wrote that twist in. It's sad, up until that twist, the Mandarian was dare I say scary, just like Bane. Those news broadcast worked. Ben Kingsley was perfect, until he just turned out to be a drug addicted actor. Instead we get some generic douche bag villain, with little to no motivation for his cause, he comes equipped with atrocious dialogue as well. I'm sorry Guy Pierce, but your character was bargain bin quality. What else is there to complain about besides the worst twist in cinema history, lame as lame can be villain, and kiddie humour. Well apparently the iron man suits are made of paper mache, they fall apart like roast beef. But in the avengers, it can withstand any abuse you could imagine putting it through. This movie is just bad all around, even though I don't like the avengers, I at least have to say that it was miles better than this film. Here is what you have to do, watch the trailer before you go see the film, go see the film, and make up your mind on whether you were tricked, mislead, disheartened or just insulted as a viewer. I was all of those. This is this the same old 9 year old friendly marvel we all know. I would love to know what the fans of the comic thought of the Mandarian twist.

It's funny how I hated superman all of my life, up until I saw this film. Sure there are a few complaints I have with the film, but it's still worthy of an 8 out of 10. I'll just make a quick statement about the 3D. I barley noticed it, maybe I was immersed, but there wasn't much untillization of it. The pacific rim trailer for instance, had some good rains effects, that looked cool. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying it wasn't stand out quality.

The pacing of this film was pretty bad. Kent became superman instantly, it felt rushed. His character development only shows in the flashback scenes, it felt really wonky. Maybe I was just expecting it to be similar to Batman begins or Iron Man. Trying to explain it is pointless. So Zod comes into play. He was kind of underminded in the beginning when Jor-el beat him up. Michael Shannon was a good villain, he got better as the film progressed. Henry Cavill was perfect as clark kent. The supporting cast was good, much better characters than any Marvel film, not trying to hate Marvel. Faora-Ul was...cool, yeah.

The atmosphere is very good, it was serious and not goofy like some other super hero films. The visual effects really didn't stand out, they looked the same as any other big budget films offerings. As I mentioned, the pacing was poorly done, it only got on track towards the end. The whole fight scene in that town was just pointless, maybe it was just showing that Zod's soliders were stronger than Clark. The terraforming machine was a pretty scary thing, maybe it's the fact that it destroyed mertopilis. How people died during that scene, how many sky scrappers were leved, it seemed a bit excessive way to open a franchise. Never the less, it made for a intense plot point. What else is there, the music was great, every thing just felt right.

I am looking forward to the next man of steel film, probably to see Lex Luthor, and more character development.