It’s
a shame that the main villain in the Iron Man comics was this poorly translated
to the big screen. The Mandarin isn’t an actor playing a terrorist, he is a terrorist
that possess 10 rings, each with individual powers bestowed on him be a race of
aliens, and although sometimes it is difficult or even impossible to grab something
that was done on the comic book pages and put it on film and make it look
credible, there should be a line in the sand somewhere to prevent this type of
situation.
In
the first two Iron Man films (Phase 1) the villains were all man of science, so
with Iron Man 3 everyone was expecting something a different, something mythical
or of alien origin (Mandarin’s Rings), so it was huge let down for the fans of
the comics when they saw the story unfold.
Lately
there has been a lot of talk about Marvel’s Phases with Iron Man 3 being the
film that starts Phase 2, which no longer looks entirely to the MAN of science
but to the stars and to the mythical side of the comic book universe, for
instance Guardians of the Galaxy or Thor: The Dark World, so that being the
case what the hell happen to Iron Man 3 and Mandarin. Trevor?? The Mandarin isn’t
called Trevor and he is not an actor he is genuinely a bad guy with
extraterrestrial powers, which fits in Marvel’s Phase 2 motto, and it’s not
like there haven’t been aliens in previous films, The Avengers? Thor? Common
Marvel what the hell.
Here
is what Shane Black the director had to say about the Mandarin:
“I would say that we struggled to find a way
to present a mythic terrorist that had something about him that registered
after the movie’s over as having been a unique take, or a clever idea, or a way
to say something of use. And what was of use about the Mandarin’s portrayal in
this movie, to me, is that it offers up a way that you can sort of show how
people are complicit in being frightened. They buy into things in the way that
the audience for this movie buys into it. And hopefully, by the end you’re like,
‘Yeah, we were really frightened of the Mandarin, but in the end he really
wasn’t that bad after all.’ In fact, the whole thing was just a product of this
anonymous, behind-the-scenes guy. I think that’s a message that’s more
interesting for the modern world because I think there’s a lot of
behind-the-scenes, a lot of fear, that’s generated toward very available and
obvious targets, which could perhaps be directed more intelligently at what’s
behind them.”
In
my opinion they should have gone with the comic book version of the Mandarin
and not with this one, it would have been better that way.
Regarding
Guy Pearce’s character Aldrich Killian it just shouldn’t have been there. It
was cool but if they had done a real Mandarin they wouldn’t have needed him.
All
and all it was a good film and we shift our attention from the Iron Man armor
to the guy in it, which was a cool move to make, but then comes Trevor and the
movie falls apart.
What do you think? Was it a good decision to make the Mandarin that way or not?
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