Blasphemous and trite

Rating: 5/10 (25 May 2013)

First off I'd like to open by stating my ratings /10 of other superhero movies: IM1: 9/10 IM2: 7/10 Avengers: 9/10 Thor: 7/10 Captain America: 8/10
I left out Xmen, Fant4, Daredevil, etc, as they really aren't relevant though none of them got less than 6/10 except the second fantastic Four which was terribad.
ANYWAY, ... That all being said, Iron Man 3 was, by far, the most insulting, terribly written, and poorly acted movie of any of the recent-in-the-past-10-years superhero movie. Don't get me wrong, Downey Jr and Kingsly are fantastic actors and almost never disappoint, however this movie was a stinker through and through.
I'm not a die-hard comic book fan but even *I* know what the Mandarin was and wasn't. Not letting out any spoilers but I will say that not in a million years would you ever come up with a better way to ruin a comic foundation. The Mandarin was the absolute antithesis to Tony Stark and this movie craps all over that by, well, like I said, no spoilers.
The acting was just OK. I never would have thought I'd say that about Downey Jr. or especially about Kingsley but seriously, every single line felt forced, rushed, and had no feeling or conveyance of the characters. I could have read the ingredients off a box of Frosted Flakes with more passion.
The action scenes were boring and unimaginative. It's all been done before and was terribly uninspired.
The entire purpose of IM3 was to make money off the name. Period. Its like they didn't even try. 3/10 for me, right up there with Charlies Angels 2. Seriously.