Basically? In all honesty, there were things I either really really loved or really really hated in this movie. There were a lot of moments that I absolutely loved and were perfect and hit every mark, but as a whole? There are a lot of things I'm deeply 'meh' about, too. I'll have a full post on my LJ probably, but Pepper was by far my favorite part of the movie. I also loved the banter and all the little character moments to pieces, but so far I'm not sold on the overall plot one bit. l might feel differently after I see the movie a second time, but for now I'm looking at it only as something to cradle the smaller moments, not as something that had a lot of internal consistency.
I do think the Mandarin as the construct of a white guy, planned to be everything that white people were afraid of, was a brilliant move. It was kind of disappointing, since they were billing him as the main villain, and a part of me thinks it would have been more interesting to have Killian and Mandarin both be the final bosses, but as it stands it was a surprisingly excellent commentary on how narratives portray "terrorism".
Also, there was WAY too much action to be honest. I left feeling kind of shellshocked, so I'm still kind of having a hard time organizing my thoughts/reactions in full and pulling the movie into the larger MCU narrative.
And I just flat-out have no idea what to make of Tony not having the arc reactor anymore (and I honestly think it was kind of a stupid decision, since the arc reactor is SUCH a recognizable bridge between Tony and Iron Man). HOWEVER, it left me feeling very hopeful about how far the MCU is willing to go to differ from comics canon, which is something I've been arguing for for the better part of a year. Other aspects of the ending were confusing and wrapped up way too quickly/ambiguously.
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I do think the Mandarin as the construct of a white guy, planned to be everything that white people were afraid of, was a brilliant move. It was kind of disappointing, since they were billing him as the main villain, and a part of me thinks it would have been more interesting to have Killian and Mandarin both be the final bosses, but as it stands it was a surprisingly excellent commentary on how narratives portray "terrorism".
Also, there was WAY too much action to be honest. I left feeling kind of shellshocked, so I'm still kind of having a hard time organizing my thoughts/reactions in full and pulling the movie into the larger MCU narrative.
And I just flat-out have no idea what to make of Tony not having the arc reactor anymore (and I honestly think it was kind of a stupid decision, since the arc reactor is SUCH a recognizable bridge between Tony and Iron Man). HOWEVER, it left me feeling very hopeful about how far the MCU is willing to go to differ from comics canon, which is something I've been arguing for for the better part of a year. Other aspects of the ending were confusing and wrapped up way too quickly/ambiguously.