Not The Sequel I Wanted

Rating: 6/10 (2 May 2013)

*** WARNING WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS ***
I feel there were 3 main problems with this film that left me feeling quite aggravated, I would have to say my biggest gripe was with the lack of *iron man*. It seemed like the movie was 95% Tony Stark and 5% Iron man. Not to mention what you did see of Iron man was pretty underwhelming, showing him controlling the suit while hes not actually in it or him being in it for seconds before being defeated or immobilized by some nameless enemy. I mean in Avengers Iron mans suits are seem withstand constant fire and attacks from the chitauri but in this his suits that are seemingly newer and more technically advanced fall apart from a hit or 2.
Second would have to be the butchering of a fan favorite villain. The Mandarin is in this film is a joke, Aldrich Killian makes up the character to give his failed experiments and terrorist attacks a patsy. Now i'm in no way the biggest iron man comic fanboy nor have I ever read them but from what i've heard the Mandarin is not a villain to be taken lightly and has the strength to rival the avengers himself. So why he was made out to be a clown or an alias is beyond me.
Third would have to be the overuse of comedy in the film. They gave up many serious scenes just to get a quick laugh. The problem is it got old fast most of the jokes or puns were your typical one liners but some actually impacted the story. Like when Jarvius autopilots Tony to Tennessee with no way of getting home and its just laughed off as it was nothing. Many of the scenes didn't progress as quickly as they should have because of this as well and made me wonder what the targeted age for the film was.
All in all the movie was Good it had great acting, music and it looked brilliant. It wasn't exactly what I wanted nor do I think it is a good way to start off the 2nd phase of the Avengers but still was an OK watch and definitely could have been worse.