Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Iron Man (2008)

This is yet another film that I have seen in the past; it came out while I was still in elementary school. But just with every experience in life, be it watching a movie, reading a book, or visiting a museum, there is always something new for you to notice in the process that you may have missed before. For instance, I did not recall S.H.I.E.L.D. being brought into the universe this early on. I also did not realize that this movie was 2 hours long. I could have sworn that all of these earlier superhero movies were the typical 90 minutes to 105, not 120+. That's okay, though, we are continuing to chug our way along through this series. 

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!! 

• How does one just get so famous and so involved with the military at the same time that they can casually ride along in a military Humvee and be drinking and joking about selfies with the soldiers?
• Also, why does he kind of have that Jack Sparrow look going for him at first? Did they put eyeliner on him in this film? Probably.
• Always working? He's playing poker. Wow.
• Is it just me, or is he asking if she is cute, kind of pompous of him?
• Ooo, "Pepper Potts" just called the news reporter girl trash.
• Is it wrong to think that maybe becoming Iron Man was almost both literally and figuratively the best thing that could have happened to Stark? Like, he is still kind of arrogant and pompous even after having his heart replaced, but I feel like his persona takes on a different tone, and he starts to appreciate life more.
• Tony is so incredibly smart and yet so incredibly annoying all at the same time.
• Y'know, the guys were suspicious of what he was building from the get-go. Why did it take them so long to actually catch on and respond to the room when Stark started suiting up?
• See, he cares about getting the other scientist out; he does have a heart ... sort of.
• Aww, that one soldier guy felt personally responsible for the fact that Stark was kidnapped and put through crap.
• Is he about to get a Purple Heart as a civilian? Is he considered a civilian? He isn't a soldier, that much I know.
• Comes back to civilization and wants a cheeseburger, just wow. And a Burger King burger at that.
• I've seen this movie before, but I didn't realize S.H.I.E.L.D. is introduced this early in the universe.
• SEE! He made everyone sit down to make the press conference seem homey, he has become slightly less of a prick.
• How are these other people going to try to tell him how to run his business? If he doesn't want to make weapons, then he doesn't want to do that!
• So, if we didn't want her to pull out that magnet ring at the end, why did we not put a new one in?
• Do all of his robots have a mind of their own? He talks to them and gives them instructions, but only some, like Jarvis, actually talk back.
• HE THREW HIMSELF INTO THE WALL hahahahaha
• "It's completely harmless," as it threw him back into a wall and made a loud blast noise.
• Wouldn't testing thrust be better in a large, open area, such as outside?
• Did he have all the outer stuff made before perfecting the actual thrust items?
• What if he just fell from the sky and KO'd himself? Could Jarvis call for help to retrieve his body?
• I wonder how many people thought he was a shooting star...
• It's always your own people who stab you in the back.
• Is it the sonic screech noise that's breaking the glass or an actual blast?
• I wanna know how quickly he made it around the world because that's crazy.
• He loses that voice modification, right? I don't remember him having it, but I could be wrong.
• Having movies such as this showing how an American company can literally become so involved in a war involving a different country, ON THE SIDE OF THE OTHER COUNTRY, makes you wonder if it happens in real life and if some of the storyline was built on truth.
• When Pepper goes to hack into the Stark login, it is hard to tell if it was against Tony initially or for him.
• What does the little sonic device that causes temporary paralysis actually do to cause that? His ears were bleeding.
• If the core is his heart? How is he still running without his core in him?
• Pepper is so incredibly willing to do anything for this man.
• Why couldn't he just stick to the story? Why did he need to have the fame? He really is still pompous

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Spiderman 3 (2007)

This film gets a lower-than-normal rating from me, not because the composition of the film was bad, but just because I don't enjoy the story arc of this film, and I wish that Peter/Spidey was not painted in such a horrible light. The way they both behave when the Venom symbiote takes over him is just unforgivable. The only good thing to come out of all this was that Harry started using his father's tools for good. 

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• Did anyone realize that there was a girl in Peter's one college class with the last name Stacey who looks like Gwen? Gwen Stacey. Spider-Gwen.
• So, does the newspaper guy hate Peter now since he took his son's fiancée away from him?
• That's cute. Aunt Mae gave him their wedding bands to propose with.
• Making Peter fight while not in his costume feels wrong.
• Wait, wait, wait, we are tying the Sandman guy to the death of Uncle Ben? He doesn't look anything like that skinny guy from the first movie!
• This is the first movie where Peter is actually actively listening to Police Radio to be a hero; this is where he fully embraces it.
• So wait, Gwen is a science geek college student but also a model?
• Doesn't Brock become a friend in the other universes? Why is he gunning for Peter's job in this one?
• Is it just me, or is the fame starting to get to his head? And WHY would he let Gwen Stacey kiss him when he is dating MJ?!?
• See! Even Spider-Man doesn't recognize him as the guy who killed Uncle Ben!
• The guy at the front desk of the restaurant is the same guy from the theater who wouldn't let him in, isn't he?
• I didn't think much of it growing up, but the guy pulling out his glasses to inspect the diamond because it is so small is kind of funny.
• OH! It isn't the same guy that we thought killed Uncle Ben in the first movie; it's an accomplice to that guy.
• Sleeping in the Spidey suit is wild. What if somebody barges in and sees him like that?
• Had the venom been tracking him since he crash-landed on the planet? Did he see the newspapers, and that is what made him want Spider-Man? Was he tracking him even from when it was out in space? We don't get much of a story here on why he is attracted to Spidey, like my boyfriend has explained that the comics do.
• When the symbiote starts to take over Spidey, it turns Peter into a wanna be emo boy.
• I feel like we are slowly reverting to that brief period where MJ and Harry were a thing, and Peter was jealous.
• Kissing MJ brought back his memories, damn.
• Ursula is so sweet; she totally has a crush on Peter, but still wants to see him happy and with MJ.
• It's hard to tell if MJ is joking with the breakup, like, is Harry making her do it, or does she actually mean it in some part of her heart?
• You can tell when Peter has the Venom suit on because he goes emo mode with his hair.
• The irony of taking out Harry with the same glider thing you took out his father with.
• Peter with the symbiote has always been my least favorite Peter; it just emphasizes what we already knew, though: he's kind of an arrogant prick who only actually cares about looking out for himself.
• I really hope Tobey Maguire did not enjoy portraying this version of Peter Parker.
• And him taking Gwen Stacey to the Jazz Restaurant that MJ is working at? So incredibly tacky.
• To be fair, before being interrupted by Peter on the piano, she seemed to actually want to sing and enjoy it, and even her coworkers seemed to enjoy having her there. He just wants to mess everything up for her and the others in his life, and that sucks.
• It's a shame that Brock just happened to be in the church that night that Peter finally started getting a grip back on reality. I think Peter should have gone to the professor instead and confessed that he had kept some and had that guy help him in a controlled environment, rather than just ripping the alien suit off and exposing somebody else to it.
• I don't remember Venom talking in these films.
• How is Harry gonna explain his half-burnt face?
• MJ is gonna end up with a concussion with all that bouncing around she is doing, she should really put a seatbelt on!
• I don't know if Venom purposefully made weaker webs to cause more destruction or if he just sucks.
• Poor Harry turned into a good guy, and then he still ended up getting hurt like his father did.
• So how come the loud noise doesn't mess with Spidey anymore? Didn't it affect him in the first film?
• Dang, Eddie completely disintegrated with that blast.
• So we can forgive the guy who ACTUALLY shot and killed Uncle Ben, but we couldn't take a second to forgive the accomplice, or Green Goblin, or Doc Ock, or even Brock.

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Spiderman 2 (2004)

 

It still rings true even in this second film that there is a sense of nostalgia, and that I still love Tobey Maguire as Spiderman; however, he seems to lose himself too much for me to be truly on his side in this film. And you start to realize he really isn't as much of a superhero as he could be. He doesn't go out of his way to stop crime unless it benefits him, and he says one thing but does another in terms of living his life. He is always slacking on his studies; he can't manage to show up on time for literally anything. He claims he can't love the girl who confessed her love to him in the previous film, but he also doesn't want her to be allowed to love anyone else. He honestly is the most authentic version of himself when he loses those Spidey powers and goes back to being the sweet science nerd that he was before he was bitten by the spider.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• The opening to this film still holds that nostalgic comic book feel that we lost somewhere along the line of Marvel hero films. Yes, I know that at the point in time when this movie came out, Marvel did not and still doesn't fully own the rights to Spiderman and therefore had no say in this intro BUT they could've kept the modern intros like this a little bit y'know? The letters flashing through the comics just isn't the same vibe.
• I love that the assumption is that Spiderman stole the guy's pizzas and not that the guy is Spiderman.
• How does he suck so much with time management?
• Also, how is he so unnoticeable that people literally walk all over him?
• I thought he was the one who told Mary Jane that they couldn't be together. Why is he trying to get her to stay in love with him now?
• Can't Spider-Man take a night off? The city still portrays him as the villain anyway.
• Having the real life conversations with a random stranger in the elevator is so weird and uncomfortable lol.
• I know he doesn't think anyone is listening because he is talking into a payphone with no money on it, but what if somebody in the immediate area picked up on what he was saying and learned his truth?
• I wonder if Doc had tried on the suit with the arms before, and if there's any possibility of nerve damage from repeatedly stabbing needles into it for the neural link.
• I wonder how we even got 25 pounds of this precious element on the planet at all. Also, what do you think it's worth with there only being that much available?
• Wouldn't imploding the sun metal like that cause a black hole and start sucking everything into it?
• The nails grinding the floor like that is unrealistic and unnecessary, caused an actual chill to run up my spine.
• Y'know, Peter doesn't even go out of his way to try and fight crime; he realistically only takes care of it when it is interrupting his life. So again, why can't Spider-Man take a night off?
• How does Ant Mae not end up having a heart attack while she was being kidnapped?
• How come it's only his web power that is having issues? He can still climb walls and fall hundreds of feet without a scratch ... I take that back, he is struggling with the wall climbing too. And his vision is going blurry.
• Does he not want to be Spider-Man anymore?
• He seems happier when he isn't Spiderman, so why would he want to be Spiderman?
• He really needs to get over MJ. He could have any girl, and instead, he wants to pursue one he can't have, only when he can't have her.
• Even without his powers, he still has to try to be a hero.
• This is the second time Mary Jane was kidnapped by a villain.
• I wonder if the Incredibles got their idea for Syndrome from Doc Ock.
• Why was his first thought to try to use his feet as a break rather than the webs?
• How would straining his arms to stop the train cause his suit to rip around his biceps?
• Quite surprising nobody is trying to snap a picture of him with his mask off, god knows in today's day and age they would be telling the world within seconds.
• It was a nice thought, the citizens standing up for Spiderman, but it wasn't very smart of them...
• The super nova sucking in the entire building is making me think of Big Hero 6 and the failed transportation through black hole experiment that happened.
• The water doesn't actually appear to be stopping the giant sun ball... What is going to stop it from pulling ships and stuff into it as they sail above it?
• And now the evil that was the Green Goblin returns.