Disappointingly Bad and Insultingly Contrived

Rating: 3/10 (2 June 2013)

It was as if the director was trying to make a mockumentary of a bad '70s action hero. I realized something was wrong when completely out of place music started playing at the beginning and continued throughout. Guy Pearce and his character were horrible. The "twist" of making the Mandarin comic relief was shockingly insulting. Top that off with Pepper's silly "heroics" tanks this as one of Marvel's worst movies to date.
Robert Downey Jr.'s acting could not save this film from the script and the horrendous directing. Iron Man works when the only comedy is delivered from Downey and the rest focuses on a gritty action/drama. Not here, the director injects desperate attempts at humor from other characters - the most insulting being Kingsley and they all fall completely flat.
I literally got bored watching illogical scene after scene of Iron Man bumbling around or Tony Stark playing secret agent man. None of it made any sense and it just dragged on. Stark is supposed to be smart, resourceful and egotistical. So why the contrived implausible situations that make no sense? Why is Stark acting so incompetent in this film?
Do we really need to see another shootout on a docked container ship at night when this is supposed to be Iron Man? Has all the good script writers died in Hollywood?
You know a movie is bad when you have seen all the good scenes in the trailer. Next time hire the person who made the Iron Man 3 trailer to not only write but direct the next Iron Man. At least you would feel like you got your money's worth and in this case see something else.