With the 100 pieces of armor, the suit looked like a jigsaw and made him like a cyborg, the armor plates didn't look that all secure body armor in real life go into pockets in a kevlar vest. If they wanted flexibility go with kevlar mesh fabric with armor plates wrapped with it.

Looks a little better with the mesh stretched over the armor bits https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6b/18/e9/6b18e9a64cd67387e0f14d9dc6eacf2f.jpg