Forgettable film, Potentially killed the Iron Man franchise.

Rating: 5/10 (17 May 2014)

I'm a big fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I've always loved Iron Man and still think Robert Downey Jr was a great choice to play the character. I enjoy both Iron Man 1, 2 and Avengers and the trailers for Iron Man 3 looked great! But i was wrong, This film is one of the worst Super-Hero films iv seen. It felt like this movie was missing the charm that the first two have and the jokes felt forced and unfunny. The plot twist made me hate the film even more and the ending just left me feeling cheated. After this disaster i really cant see Marvel Studios making another Iron Man film with Shane Black. If they want to make a fourth installment then i would recommend Jon Favreau direct again.
This is a list of the things that bothered me with this film -
* The lack of AC/DC music. For me, I felt like AC/DC and Black Sabbath was Tony's thing but in this film its all replaced with Christmas songs. Not sure why, The film came out in the Summer!
* Tony Stark doesn't really wear the Iron Man suit much in this film and when he is wearing a suit its his new one hes working on that keeps breaking and seems to be really weak. Just use a different suit then! And the time Tony needs to talk to Jarvis the suit end up running out of power, I thought the suits run of the Arc Reactors 'limitless power', Yeah, Apparently not.
* Still cant understand how Iron Man can take a lighting bolt from Thor's hammer in Avengers but cant take a few punches from the Extremis henchmen.
* I really didn't like the fact Gwyneth Paltrow got to wear the suit and save Tony, Felt like Tony was the one who was always in Distress. The fact she killed Killian bothers me as well. She had more powers that Tony in this film!
*That little kid that Tony meets in that small town. It did nothing for me, I couldn't of cared any less for him. I still struggle to see why they even put him in this film, He literally does nothing.
*The Mandarin! I hated what they did with the Mandarin! They had created this amazing bad guy for Iron Man to face and he seemed like he really could be the biggest threat that Iron Man may have to face but they reduce this character to a idiot actor who's been hired to take on a persona of a bad guy for the media's eyes.
* If all of Tony's suit were able to fight during the final fight then why didn't they all come out and destroy the helicopters earlier in the film when Tony's house was being shot at and putting Tony and Pepper in danger.
* After the final fight, Tony just makes all his suits explode. Why? Surely he still needs them! It just seemed like a really pointless thing to do and was only done to make some pretty fireworks. Lame.
* I'm a fan of Guy Pearce, But his role as fire breathing nerd Aldrich Killian was disappointing. The fact that he was the 'real' Mandarin was one of the worst plot twists i have even seen in a film. He was basically out for revenge only because Tony didn't come to meet him on the roof. Ben Kingsley's Mandarin was more menacing that him!
* have no idea why any of the writers or the Director thought it would be a good idea to add that last 10 minutes of the film when they just say that they cured Pepper of that Extremis stuff, Why Tony had the metal in his chest taken out easily, if it was that easy why didn't they do that at the start of the first film!
* After waiting 6 or 7 minutes for the after credit scene i was so disappointing. All the other Marvel films in this universe had great scenes leading on to the next film, This scene just made made me feel like i had wasted my time waiting for it. Im not a big fan of Mark Ruffalo as Bruce/Hulk, But hes alright but i didn't care for his cameo at all.
The were a few things i enjoyed, But not enough to make me consider this a good film.
* I found Don Cheadle more interesting in this film as the Iron Patriot. Im hoping they show off more of his skills and abilities in future films like Avengers: Age of Ultron.
* Ben Kingsley was amazing as the Mandarin. But that turned out to be a joke so that doesn't really matter now.
* I liked all the different Iron Man suits, But we barely see them so i was let down with that.
Overall, Its the only film in the Iron Man franchise and the MCU franchise that i haven't enjoyed. After this disappointing film i doubt they will make a fourth, If they did i would still watch it since i still have hope that Iron Man could come back with better form. But i think this may have caused the end to the Iron Man solo films. Still hoping Tony gets his charm and wit back like he did in his other films for Avenger: Age of Ultron.