Sunday, December 9, 2012
Iron Man 3 rant
Like the title says this is a complete rant. But be warned : SPOILER ALERT! Okay got that out of the way. So I was reading the Marvel article for Ms. Licata like a good student when it got me thinking of up and coming movies. Like Iron Man 3. Yes there is a third one and being an Iron Man fan I am ecstatic. However, and this is partly my fault, I went looking for trailers which only confused me more. So the first trailer I watched creeps me out. No kidding. There were so many abrupt cuts from one scene to another. One scene had Tony lying in his Iron Man suit beat up in the snow saying "There are a lot of people in the world that want to kill me". Another one was a cute scene with him (Tony) and Pepper having a "moment". Then it cuts to Pepper strapped to some metal restraint with her looking like she was crying and in pain and then it goes to some random dude giving her cheek a kiss! At the end of it all I was like, "What just happened?" That kind of seems like a no brainier since the movie hasn't even come out yet and won't until May 3rd 2013. But still! And then I (again I shouldn't have done this) read that Pepper will get a suit. I don't mean like a business suit she wears. I mean an Iron Man suit! I don't know how I feel about that. It would be kind of cool to see Pepper, who is usually on the side helping Tony or one of the other characters out, kicking butt right along side the rest of the boys. And yet it kind of wouldn't. Maybe it is just me but I have a hard time seeing Pepper go from this reliable sideline character (who does do quite a bit in both movies don't get me wrong)to this Iron "Maiden" (get it?) all of a sudden. Oh yeah just as an added bonus, Happy the driver, might die...Just saying.
Holiday Characters Taken Seriously?
Now we all know the typical characters like Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny etc...most of their stories are cutesy and fun because they are intended for children. In the new movie Rise of the Guardians they are anything but cutesy. (1) They are taken seriously. (2) They are modernizing these characters in a very real way. No stupid gags or anything like that.(3) This movie is also showing kids, according to Peter Ramsey, "it's okay for kids to be afraid. Its okay for them to know there is bad in the world and someone out there is going to protect them from it". I think this is a great approach. Also the way this movie takes story boarding to a whole new level to add another layer into the movie is cool. I never thought like that. For my final question...what is world-building? I have a general idea from the article but every time I read that word I keep going back to movies like Inception.
Marvel
So this week topic is Marvel. More specifically the movies based on Marvel characters and their comics. Now a good portion of us have seen the Avengers movie (or you could go to YouTube and just watch all the leaks from people and watch the trailers to basically watch the whole movie.). This movie not only brought in a lot of money, but a lot of new ideas and concepts that are going into play even now. Some of them are (things I learned) how Marvel might be doing a little t.v. show of S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep viewers interested during the off season. Also how now movie companies are working together. Like when you think of a certain movie, like X-Men belongs or is known for the Fox company. Sony has Spider-Man. Now these companies might be working together. Different companies working together for a common goal, (just like the Avengers!). And as an added bonus....people there will be an Avengers 2 and a Iron Man 3. Just saying. For opinions. I think what Marvel and the director has done for these characters is great. Also I like how they enticed the viewer. By that I mean, in the one Incredible Hulk movie, at the very end we saw Betty's father (can't remember his name) speaking with the one and only Tony Stark! Or like in Iron Man 2 when Tony was building that huge contraption to make the new element, he used Captain America's shield to level out the pipes. I didn't notice that at first but my brother pointed it out to me. When he did I got so excited! It was like that moment of "Hey I know what they are hinting at!" kind of thing. Little things like that is what keep people interested in the movies. It's like saying, "here is this story. If you like it maybe you will like this one as well" and then they drop the subtle hint at the end of the movie. They did that at the end of the Avengers movie as well with the villain. This is a great way to get people to not only see the other movies but give us little hints to the final collaboration when all the Avengers came together. As for a question...what will Marvel think of next?
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