Good comedy film... not the best for fans though.

Rating: 7/10 (11 May 2013)

This film was a nice entry in the Ironman series, although probably not the film fans of the comics would of wanted. Being both, a fan of the films and comics I was perched on the fence with this one. First of all the cast were great Downey Jr is a brilliant Tony Stark and I thought the film was quite amusing in places, a great film for the casual fan. Although maybe fans of the comics should give this a wide berth. When I read that the Extremis storyline was going to be the basis of the film I was excited, but this film doesn't retain the dark brooding tone that I would come to expect from such a story arc. The mandarin character gets put through the ringer as well and could be seen as a bit of a middle finger to the fans (although Kingsley is pretty funny.) Anyway my least favorite film of the series but still a good, enjoyable film.