Iron Man 3 truly finishes this particular trilogy on the highest quality note possible.

Rating: Null/10 (25 April 2013)

The first Iron Man was a pleasant surprise to most everyone. Iron Man 2 was a bit of a prologue to The Avengers and part of why it was good and part of why it rubbed some people the wrong way. Iron Man 3 now takes what worked from those two films and, frankly, does it better. Right now, I'm calling this one the best of the three.
Why? Well, first and foremost the writing in Iron Man 3 delivers genuine wit and is strong across the board. I think a lot of summer films are lost in pre-production when they decide to shoot a dumb script or make it up as they go along. Clearly, Iron Man 3 must have had a strong script and great writers. They avoid a lot of the mistakes other films like this make. The story is as good as any comic book adaptation I've ever seen. The plot actually tugs at the heart strings, makes you think and still hits the funny bone more then once. The story and epic battles make perfect sense. What I liked about the first Iron Man is that it was somewhat grounded in reality. How Tony and company reacted to certain thing is what resulted in the audience going along for the ride. They did that perfectly in this sequel. The effects really did surpass what they did before and I actually thought the last time out they did a great job. Just like Avengers, Iron Man 3 delivers some of the best scenes out of any action film that I've seen in years.