People seem to have missed the point?

Rating: 9/10 (27 April 2013)

I am just going to start by saying that pretty much the entire point of this movie is to remind people that Tony Stark is a human being, and that HE is Iron Man, not the suit of armour.
As a huge fan of the Iron Man comics, I feel like I may also have to remind people that the movie canon universe is COMPLETELY SEPARATE from the comics. They are based on the comics, and lift things from them, but it can be as little as just a name or vague concept. They are their own universe, so please do not assume that something that happens in the comics will automatically be true of the films.
Yes the time line can seem a little jumpy as we are forced to jump between characters now and again, however it's very well edited and utterly necessary to complete the plot line. - following this contains heavy spoilers
I found Tony's anxiety attacks to be very realistically portrayed (and as someone who suffers anxiety, I know better than some). I found it absolutely brilliant that he was genuinely affected the way that a normal human being could be, he was panicked and needed to exit the situation frequently, and it gave him a weakness that threw him into the deep end which was incredibly refreshing to see. While Tony no longer portrays the cocksure attitude he did in the first movie, this is a thing called CHARACTER PROGRESSION, and after all the nonsense that he's been through it can hardly surprise people that the character isn't identical to when we first met him. In fact if he was I would be incredibly disappointed.
The Mandarin plot twist is honestly one of my favourite things about this film, it's GENIUS. The fact that we've assumed about the Mandarin from the trailers and his original comic influence makes it so much better that he is all a facade. People aren't what they seem, and I'm surprised but very pleased that he didn't follow the typical super villain archetype. Killian is an interesting villain because he's actually on Tony's level in the way that he should be. He isn't some alien, or a magician, he's not got super powers, he is a businessman. He is initially a genius businessman that can beat Tony at what Tony does best, and that prowess is intimidating. Plus he breaths fire. That's pretty cool.
The effects were amazing, there were some absolutely hilarious one- liners, and the way that they've manipulated concepts from the comics (especially the extremis virus) was sheer genius. Not a disappointment at all in my books, in fact I'm going to see it again next week.