Mission249
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He doesn't. Everyone defending the movie from "obsessed comic book nerds" are just lying to themselves. I never read an Iron Man comic in my life and I thought the Mandarin twist was garbage.I didn't know Mandarin had a big enough following for people to get mad like that
I didn't want "the" Mandarin. I wanted "a" Mandarin. I just wanted an interesting nemesis for Iron Man. All his villains throughout the movies have been garbage. From the business man in the 1st movie, to the guy with the electric whips, to the business man who can breath fire in the 3rd movie. (And I liked the 1st movie.)
I was hoping for a cool interpretation of Mandarin. I thought we had one, at first. Legendary actor, ominous trailers, etc. They made the Joker wear makeup and he still got legendary movie status and an Oscar. All we got was a "funny" twist - they might as well have put a laugh track behind Iron Man 3.
But, overall, I enjoyed the experience. And all the people defending Iron Man 3 like Shane Black is their mother are pretending the people who criticize it are shedding tears while cuddling their Mandarin comic books or something. Those people are few and far between.