What the fuck happened to Iron Man in these movies?

First he was able to easily rip apart tanks and other heavily powered armors now he can't even defeat a dude with no powers and a shield in Civil War?

Why did they turn him into such a massive pussy?

>no powers

wut?

captain america has no powers (debateably) he's said to just be the peak of human fitness

I'd argue for Captain America because I doubt Tony actually wanted to kill him, but I'll concede to the fact that he didn't tear Bucky limb from limb when he's probably physically capable of doing it. Apart from Cap trying to stop him.

Holding back a helicopter is peak of human fitness? Yea ok bud

You're thinking of Hawkeye and Black Widow. Captain America explicitly has super strength and toughness.

More importantly why is the cg in IM1 so much better in any other movie with Iron Man

Cap and Bucky damage/hobble Tony's suit pretty early in the fight.

Bucky destroys one of his hand repulsors, Cap does the same to one of his boots.

Without his weapons, the suit doesn't massively increase Tony's raw strength or speed, at least not enough to completely surpass Cap and Bucky together.

they outright state this in the film captain america the first avenger

Comic Batman could do that too and he's just peak human with no powers.

Iron Man 1 was the beginning of this latest push so it had to be done right. Now they know anybody will go and see them so they just shove them out the door finished or not to stick to schedule.

he went from ridiculously overpowered to still very powerful

The only part that bothers me about the IM vs Cap/Bucky fight is that he could have easily killed Bucky when he first grabbed him by just using his unibeam/chest-repulser. Only counter-argument is "He was too angry to think of using it" or "He was worried Bucky would punch his chest and cause both of them to explode or something"

This, they are just coasting on past successes right so they don't even have to try anymore.

Because this suit wasn't portable. All his portable suits are pussy shit

Tony Stark is an alcoholic playboy with enough raw natural talent that even on his off days he can still just about keep pace with trained assassins, legendary super soldiers, and straight-up magical monsters. But they're all off days. It's always a toss-up whether his natural talent will overcome his many personal flaws long enough to give him the edge he needs to actually compete.

That's what kept him awake at night after the alien invasion. The knowledge that for a moment, he was humanity's last line of defense, and he's just not up to the task.

Tony was at his best when he was at his weakest: In a cave, with a box of scraps. And that's why the first Iron Man is the best Iron Man.

Everything since then has been his long, slow slide back into the bottle, back into his daddy issues, back into his profound and crippling sense of personal inadequacy.

Why do you think he's such a dick to that one robot all the time? It's because he sees himself in that robot. It's because he sees the amateur clown who forgets to use his unibeam at the right moment.

He is literally a genetically-altered super-human created by American super-science.

It's almost like he was holding back because he was fighting one of his only friends that was also a beloved super-hero.

>American

A German scientist did all the work and research.

wasn't the scientist Armenian the movie.

was ironman 1 best capeshit
yes
thats right!