I didn't think it could be worse than Iron Man 2

Rating: 4/10 (6 May 2013)

I've been looking forward to this movie for quite a while. Needless to say, I was disappointed leaving the theater after watching the movie. Let me explain why I felt so let down:
1. The Mandarin. Or lack-thereof. Instead of simply making the Mandarin more grounded in reality, they decided to make him fake altogether. This was simply a stupid idea and I was kind of angry.
2. Lack of actual Iron Man action. The scene when Tony's house was blown up was pretty good, but that's really all the iron man fighting we got other than the final scene with the dozens of suits.
3. Lack of seriousness. Don't get me wrong, I thought the jokes were pretty damn funny. But they didn't seem to get that balance of humor and darkness that the first Iron Man had.
4. Boring. I mean seriously, this is a legitimate complaint. It took a good hour and a half for anything interesting to happen. When it finally picked up, I was like "finally" and then it ended. Seriously? I waited all this time for that?
5. Lack of Iron Patriot. The only real action screen time Iron Patriot had was when Guy Pierce invaded the plane and kidnapped the president. I would've liked to see Tony and Rhody kicking ass side-by-side again like in Iron Man 2, but alas it didn't happen.
Overall, I was incredibly disappointed. Avengers was a phenomenal movie, I didn't think the next movie to come out of Marvel Phase 2 would be the worst one yet. Here's to hoping the next Thor and Cap movies are better than this pile of poop.