It's got some serious issues ... but I still really like it. :-)

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2019)

So to start off I want to say that I really like this film ... and I recognize that it has some pretty glaring consistency issues.
A lot of people hated the Mandarin twist ... I liked it. I don't think that's an issue but then I never read the comics. My issues have to do with logic and consistency.
The first big issue is the inconsistency on the new suit that "codes" to Tony.
So Tony has to implant a bunch of electrodes in his arm to make the suit reassemble on him ... but then with a couple arm movements he's able to put it on Pepper? Then later Rhodes asks for a suit and Tony says "they're only coded to me" ... but then he again does the movements and puts the whole suit on Killian???? If he has to "code" the suits then how can he just arbitrarily transfer them with a couple arm waves to anyone he wants? And if he can put the suits on anyone why was he implanting electrodes in his arm? For the conducting?? Anyway ... weird.
OK so next is Iron Patriot ... AIM apparently did the upgrade on War Machine to turn him into Iron Patriot. And they were able to program it to encapsulate the president, fly and deliver him to Killian. So why didn't they also build in an override to bring Rhodes to them? Or an "open sesame" button to pop Rhodes out of it? They do all the work, they built in override capability, having the suit was completely necessary to their plan ... so why did they have to create an elaborate ruse to capture Rhodes? And then all the heating to get him out of the suit? Why not just push a button and it spits out Rhodes and brings the suit directly to them? Would've been easier.
Oh and quick side note: what was with Rhodes able to active the blasters from the outside while he's rescuing the president? Seriously you can do that ... cuz that seems like a SERIOUS design flaw. Anyway ...
Ok and then lastly is the suped-up soldiers and Killian and the various ways to kill them ... or not kill them. So with the primary bad dude soldier: a 3000 celsius blast DOESN'T kill him ... a blast to the head DOESN'T kill him ... burning, gunshots, nope and nope. But a laser to the chest kills him? Why does that work? Their heart has to be destroyed to destroy them? If that's true why doesn't blowing up work? Or fire? How does that make sense? Then later during the final battle fight the super-soldiers ARE taken out by explosions? I mean the Iron Legion had to have taken them all out because there aren't any left by the end ... it's unclear HOW they accomplish this but we do see some of them exploding and it appears to be working.
But then we get to Killian ... dismemberment doesn't work, punches, blasts, nothing. Then Tony puts a suit on him and explodes it ... that should do it right? NOPE. Somehow still alive until Pepper explodes him a second time ... so two explosions work???
Yeah and let's not forget Pepper ... falls 200 feet into fire ... and survives. So it just makes absolutely no sense at all ... seemed like the movie writers were just making it up as they went along and just shrugged at the end and said ... whatever ... people will still like it.
And hey ... they were right. :-)