my 2 cents

Rating: 1/10 (11 May 2013)

There was a quote I heard in a show or movie or something once.. "your only as good as your last show.." With that in mind I must say I am seriously disappointed with Ironman 3 .. it was no where near as good as the first 2 were. I honestly feel that any money that this movie makes will be because of the movies before it.. and not because of its own merits.. I paid to see the first 2 Ironman movies in theatre 3 times.. and I did the same with Thor and Avengers, but this one was what can only be described as an epic failure. I actually kinda regret paying to see it in theatre.. I should have just waited for pay per view or something.. It was no where in the same realm or class of the other movies I named here.. the story line was weak, the characters had no passion or chemistry.. tony stark seemed like an empty shell.. we have seen that character face his mortality several times yet never once did it shake him. And where was shield when all this was going on.. the whole thing just made no sense.. all of this I might have been willing to accept if they had at least gotten The Mandarin right but they dropped the ball on that too.. in the comics The Mandarin is portrayed as a genius scientist and a skilled martial artist. However, his primary sources of power are ten power rings that he adapted from the alien technology of a crashed space ship. Each ring has a different power and is worn on a specific finger. Not one part of this was portrayed in the movie.. instead they made The Mandarin just another genetically enhanced moron with delusions of grandeur, all in all this is the is definitely one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. It was just a disappointing all the way around.