Women of the Marvel Movieverse (in no particular order): Maya Hansen
iron man
ourladyoftheironmasque:
this scene is just golden because tony was never planning to reveal his identity as iron man. but right when blondie laughs and says ‘i never said you were a superhero’, she obviously hit a nerve and tony literally goes ‘alright, you wanna play? i can play’, LOOKS HER STRAIGHT FUCK IN THE EYE, AND TELLS THE WHOLE WORLD HE’S IRON MAN. A SUPERHERO.
well played tony
well played
#the real winner here is christine#who is doing a great job at being a journalist#all she had to do was put a small dent in his man-ego and he outted himself as iron man#if it weren’t for her he probably would’ve kept quiet#the only person worthy of applause is christine everheart lmao#and i love how she refuses to stand up#you did a good job#four for you#people think that tony’s the winner here for going all like ‘boom im iron man’ but she made a superhero reveal his own identity#like#please#well played (via clintbarttons)
creeped out by how many people hate everheart tbh. her role in the movies was sleeping w/ tony and pepper literally called her trash for doing so, and this scene where she plays tony perfectly.
I’d say her role is even bigger. Remember that scene at the party? Christine’s not just a persistent journalist goading Tony into outing himself as Iron Man – she’s like the public conscience of the MCU. She’s the one who inspires Tony to fight with illegal arms trade that has been going right under his nose. She makes him face his own ignorance and indifference to the problem he’s indirectly causing.
Christine is one of the main triggers in Iron Man’s origins story. Never forget that.
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It really bothered me that Christine wasn’t in IM3. She was too important to suddenly no longer be around.
It unnerves me how many people hate Christine. Tony wouldn’t even have known about Gulmira if not for her.
Iron Man 3
I’m not complaining but I’m REALLY SURPRISED we got this before America did? Because the plot is very twisty and with the internet the way it is I’ll be amazed if anyone lasts til the American release date without accidentally being spoiled and basically this just adds to my theory that movie companies have absolutely no idea about social media at all.
Anyway. I liked this better than both 1 and 2! And they were both excellent so yes, this is a Really Good Movie in my opinion. There’s a couple of minor twists along the way and then you hit the big one, and I spent all that scene giggling in my head, partly because it’s sort of played for laughs and partly because I wasn’t expecting it and it sort of changed everything the film was selling itself as.
…Wait, I warned for big huge colossal spoilers. Basically! The guy we thought was the Mandarin isn’t, he’s an actor hired by Guy Pierce’s character to be a face of terror for people to rally against. Also he’s hilarious and I really, really wish we’d seen more of him. Guy Pierce is the real baddie (also he breathes fire and stuff) AND PEPPER TAKES HIM OUT WHILE TONY JUST WATCHES, which is kinda awesome.
This is a good movie for Pepper actually, she passes the Bechdel test with Rebecca Hall’s character (who was really interesting and somewhat wasted I think) and she gets to wear the Iron Man armour and do lots of stuff. And she’s alive and well at the end, so A+ on that, folks.
What else? The Avengers get mentioned and there is a cameo from one of them after the credits but I won’t say who. (You can probably guess, actually.) There’s a lot of EPIC ACTION, and a cute little kid, and lots of cool stuff involving the Iron Patriot/Rhodey, and things blowing up and PEOPLE blowing up (which is horrible and I wasn’t too fond of those bits, but eh) and Tony being perfectly Tony and generally, yes, very good movie.
A photoset dedicated to the underrated, unsuperpowered, and often unnamed characters of Marvel movies who either supported others in their times of need, or fought alone for what they thought was right:
The German man (The Avengers): Stood up alone against an Actual God
The train passengers (Spider-Man 2): Saved Spider-Man and then defended him, completely unarmed, against a very armed supervillain
Christine Everhart (Iron Man): Demanded accountability from Tony Stark, and it was also thanks to her he got to Gulmira as fast as he did
Ursula Ditkovich (Spider-Man 2&3): Offered Peter food and friendship at times when he really needed it
Mr Ditkovich (Spider-Man 2&3): Not only tolerated, but liked and cared about his difficult tenant
Alicia Masters (Fantastic Four): Made Ben Grimm realise he was still human and showed him love and kindness
Stanley (The Incredible Hulk): Gave Bruce a room, a job and a friendly ear
The old security guard (The Avengers): Helped Bruce out and gave him some (sadly deleted) advice
The crane operators (The Amazing Spider-Man): Did what they could to repay the person who helped them
The people on the Queensboro Bridge (Spider-Man): Risked their lives to try and stop the Green Goblin
Martina (The Incredible Hulk): Didn’t give Bruce away to Blonsky’s men
Travis and Heather Hudson (Wolverine): Offered kindness to a stranger and died for it
