It’s an intelligent movie that actually works way above the level set up by a lot of previous comic adaptations.
Intelligent? This perfunctory, defectively written mess, that had no strong thematic emphasis, with characters that are as believable as cardboard figures, is considered not only an "intelligent" film, but someone actually says that it worked above some other comic book movies that are actually good? Worked how? The script is generic, the tone is dull, the dialogues are cringeworthy, the motivations are flat. Where is that imaginary intelligence?
They really respect the source material
No, they don't. Anyone who ever a Marvel comic knows that MCU doesn't care for staying faithful to the comics.
The Mandarin and the plot twist they used are as far away from the books as it gets yet it all works wonderfully.
Not really. I mean, the movie itself suffers from poor writing and one-dimensional characterizations, but that twist gets too much praise than it truly deserves. The only hidden message that this movie gave us is that Shane Black should never again direct another comic book movie. People think about that meaningless plot-point too much. Iron Man 3 is not a Dark Knight, when you can write a book about all the subliminal meanings behind the film. Iron Man 3 is a cookie-cuter, generic, uninventive schlock. Maybe the idea behind this "hidden message" looked good in a concept, but the execution is what kills any potential for this to be taken seriously. It's like with the Prometheus, which had great ideas, but the execution of those ideas was flat and dull. Iron Man 3 was even worse than that.
If Shane Black, who is definitely not someone who has brilliant writing and directing skills, intended to mock the perception of terrorism in society, he would have an entire film dedicated on exploration of that. But he's too dumb and generic to actually make something good out of that concept. People are giving simply some generic excuses for the fact that Shane Black did very poor execution with the story and the conceptuality of the film (which it didn't really had).
Shane Black is the one who thinks that tasteless one-liners and dull action is more important than sophistication and inventiveness. He never wrote or directed a movie that really has something intellectually to offer. He wrote Last Action Hero, after all. That's says a lot about his style.?
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