Different, but it worked.

Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2013)

Before watching this movie, I had heard that it was the worst one out of all of them. However, I liked it. It was always going to be different with Shane Black coming in for Jon Favreau but I thought it worked quite well. I thought the balance between the ingenious wit and at times seriousness of Tony Stark was spot on. Although some may disagree, I loved what they did with the Mandarin. It's something different, something that you don't expect. That sums up Iron Man in general. You don't see many films doing that sort of thing. Completely tearing up the comic lore and going with something completely different. I liked it and I respect them for doing that. OK, there were areas where I thought could've been better. I expected Pepper to have a more prominent role in the film as I thought that would've worked well, following on from the Avengers. It would've also been nice to see Aldrich Killian's background been explored more as this would've added to what is already a great film. It was never going to be a 'one of the best of all time' films but I really enjoyed it and felt that although it was different, it kind of worked.