A fine end to one of the best superhero trilogies.

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2015)

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I LOVED this movie.
EPIC action sequences - Action sequences were the BOMB. I loved it. It had decent, well choreographed action where many things were happening simultaneously and still made sense. It was great.
It had strong character development - He was influenced from the events of the Avengers. That's why he had PTSD. It was a whole and complete movie, and that and Cap2 are the movies in the MCU that I can feel happy watching over and over again, because they don't leave loose ends, have a bit of everything and they are completely exciting.﻿
I have a few thoughts on the villain. Filmmakers often think that a villain who can sympathize with the audiences is the best. Most do that too. But Iron Man 3 was bold. It's decision to go with a hate- able villain and actually pulling it off is a feat onto itself.
I mean, his motivations were simple itself. Sell Extremis and gain money. The way he pulled it off and the filmmakers displayed it was remarkable. He created a fake persona, the Mandarin, and enabled him to create war and terror. This in turn would create widespread panic among this US, and coupled with the killing of the US president and literally controlling USA when it's vice president came to power, would cause the nation to crumble and allow him to gain a profit.
Killian was counting on the media to stare at the Mandarin's face value, and blowing it out of proportion, when he was charge the whole time.
This was a very clever jab by Shane Black to the current hype created by the media by over blowing every threat, and turning every attack into a frenzy.
Not to mention that it was a clever way of bringing back the post industrialist complex of Iron Man 1 and 2. The whole trilogy literally has a common and consistent theme. The post industrialist complex of evil businessmen and CEO's who could threaten the world, largely due to their immeasurable greed for money and power.
The message may not have been as clear as, say, the TDK trilogy, but it still stands, and its very popular in the contemporary world.
Overall, this movie was amazing. I loved it. Best of the trilogy, and I hope that Iron Man returns.
9.5/10