Colossal Spoons
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Exactly, it was done, seemingly, for the comedy of it and nothing else. But I will say that, at least to me, it does go a bit deeper than that. Because Marvel has carved out the possibility of magic and Thunder gods and aliens from different dimensions arriving through portals in this Cinematic Universe.
So...what the hell would be so tough about The Mandarin just being The Mandarin that we all know and expect? I feel like this "twist" is something you do to a lesser villain in a character's rogues gallery. You don't do it to the main arch enemy, you just don't. And it feels even worse because Marvel themselves oversaw this and let it happen.
Completely agree. Tony was suffering from anxiety b/c he fell though a wormhole created via alien technology where he fought alongside a Norse god; but 10 alien rings would have been absurdly unrealistic?
I think when people say the twist was brilliant or that Killian was really a better villain than Kingsley's Mandarin had the potential to be, they're trying too hard to defend what was a fatal flaw in the movie. Not only was it a twist that falls apart upon further inspection (so who was that Roxxon hostage he shot?), but Trevor's "comedy" completely destroys the pacing. It wouldn't have even been that bad if Mandarin was a patsy of Killian's like Bane was of Talia al-Ghul's, but to make him basically Russell Brand's Arthur. C'mon..... it was awful. And the movie never recovered after that momentum killing moment.
Yeah, I've never had my enjoyment of a movie halted so abruptly. But to be honest, I wasn't enjoying it all that much before this anyway.