I Don't Get the Negative Reviews

Rating: 9/10 (27 September 2018)

I really enjoyed Iron Man and Iron Man 2. I read many of the reviews here before I watched this third installment and after watching it I don't understand why so many viewers hated this film.
The movie had almost everything. The only thing that was missing for me were the Avengers. Having said that, it was a small price to pay as I totally enjoyed this new take on the Iron Man series and definitely felt entertained the whole time.
To say as some have said, that there was little humor in this, that's the part I don't quite get. I found it very funny throughout and Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark was still clever, irreverent and just plain hilarious in his dialog and I found myself giggling and laughing sometimes outright.
One particularly funny scene is when he's talking to super fan Gary in his van. Gary who says he's patterned his whole look after Tony, shows him a tattoo on his arm of a man. Tony says, "Uh.. A Hispanic Scott Baio?" LOL! Then says, "Oh I'm sorry is that me?" Gary says yeah and says "I had them do it off of a doll that I made." LMAO!
Not only that, even that bad guys had a few funny lines. As Tony, two thirds of the way through the movie corners one bad guy from up on a balcony, the guy sticks his arms up in the air, drops his weapon and says, "Honestly? I hate working here, they are so weird!" LOL! (Tony doesn't shoot him and the guy slips away.)
Plus I was mesmerized by the plot and sequence of events from the time I started watching until the end of the movie. It was interesting seeing Tony from a new perspective. The fact that he loses his home and is basically homeless and presumed dead by the majority of the world and oh yeah, then there's Pepper who he's separated from and after all that, he's suffering anxiety or panic attacks, Not to mention he has to fight the bad guys without his suit at various points through over half the movie. With everything that's going on he never falters for very long, he just picks himself up and keeps moving forward.
I thought it was a great movie, Great acting, Ben Kingsley in particular was superb as was Robert Downey Jr. There was corruption in high places as well which is no big surprise, with lots of drama, yet also containing a lot of humorous moments. Exciting action and phenomenal special effects round everything out. In one scene near the end of the movie it spectacular as Tony does an air rescue. I've never seen that in any movie before.
So this may not have been as great as the first Iron Man but it's very close and it definitely held it's own. I enjoyed it start to finish.