Its only charm is in reminding you Marvel made 'The Avengers'

Rating: 4/10 (14 June 2013)

I am honestly somewhat tired of superhero flicks. I just don't see any reason why I should care about anything Marvel makes because no Marvel film has any stakes to them whatsoever other than to make sequels. 'Iron Man 3' is just a wasted experience because Marvel only really cares about making 'The Avengers 2'. 'Iron Man 3's sole purpose is to remind you that Joss Whedon has an 'Avengers 2' up his sleeve.
'Iron Man 3' has the benefit(or some might say disadvantage) of having characters who should be developed by this point in time.There comes a time for these characters to grow up and they haven't done it yet. We forgive the hero saving the damsel in distress when they fall victim once but by 'Iron Man 3' I think Tony Stark should recognize the formula. 'Iron Man 3' would have you believe that Tony Stark has learned and experienced nothing during the course of this series. 'The Avengers' for all it's strengths and weaknesses presents a tough act to follow in that Joss Whedon throws everything at you. When we last saw Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man he narrowly escaped a time hole and a nuclear blast. 'Iron Man 3' wants to spend all it's time reminding you of this fact and how much it's changed Tony Stark. The problem is it really hasn't. Tony Stark has actually regressed between films. He repeats mistakes he should have learned not to make after surviving the first half of Favreau's 2008 film (which I admire all the more after seeing so many horrible imitators.) Instead of learning from the events of 'Avengers' Tony Stark merely goes into hysterics played for comic relief which really bring the film to a screeching halt. Downey's schtick is old because it is only schtick and not a character. A character would have come to some realizations by this point in time.