Good, could have been better!

Rating: 6/10 (2 October 2013)

After watching the first Iron Man, I was very impressed, however I did not watch the second one and so the storyline to Iron Man 3 did not make much sense to me. The film had a budget of $200,000,000 and made $174,144,585 in just the opening weekend in the USA.
The film is about Tony Stark trying to find the Mandarin (played by Sir Ben Kingsley), however, things seem to take a turn when he discovers that the man that was seen as the Mandarin was only a decoy. This is where the film really starts, most of the action and fight scenes happen after this as Tony is looking for the Mandarin. During all of this, Pepper gets taken by the real Mandarin, which causes a lot of conflict in the film. The ending of the film was a real surprise, Pepper killed the Mandarin, her character had been pretty quiet during the rest of the film, then this ending happens and it is almost shocking.
Iron Man 3, unlike the others, contains a lot of humour which makes the film more enjoyable. However, the fact that the film is so long did make a lot of people think that it was a bit rubbish and didn't need it all. Also, some people think that the twist with the Mandarin ruined the film, as it was a bit stupid that he was only a decoy after everything that had happened, some people believe this made it better.
I think this film was an improvement from the first one due to the use of humour in the film, it made it a lot better to watch. However, I do prefer the first Iron Man, it was a lot simpler and was easy to follow all the way through, unlike Iron Man 3 that has a lot of twists and turns. I feel the Iron Man films have hit a dead end now, there is nothing more they could do to make a new film, it wouldn't make any money as people have already lost interest.