And the franchise continues

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2013)

Well, they have finished the Avengers so it seems that they are intending on continuing the franchise with Iron Man 3, Thor 2, and Captain America 2, before releasing the Avengers 3. So, what does Robert Downy Junior do in this movie – basically what he does in real life – minus the suit of course. I guess he suits the role of a billionaire playboy because he is a bit of a playboy, minus the billion dollars or course (I'm not sure if there are many billionaire actors out there, but then again, actors have never been known to be financial whizzes, since the Hollywood depiction of them are people with lots of money and no idea how to actually use it).
Okay, Downy does less of the billionaire playboy stuff here are more to the PTSD stricken superhero (which is not surprising since the only thing that makes him a superhero is his suit, and that electro-magnetic thing stuck in his chest that stops the metal shards from going into his heart). So, because a normal guy (or a normal human, at least, if we don't count the billion dollars to his name) thrown up against aliens, gods, and collapsing wormholes, then I guess it is somewhat realistic that he is going to have a bout of PTSD (as if flying around in an Iron suit isn't realistic – come on, we see that happen every day, don't we?).
I must say the bad guy was pretty cool in this film, or at least his name – 'The Mandarin'. Yeah, that's actually a pretty cool name for a bad guy. There is much more to it, and I will probably get punched in the face (metaphorically speaking of course since nobody actually knows where I live – okay, they know I live in Melbourne, but try finding me in a city of three million people).
Hey, Downy does that in this movie, except he gives out his address (as if they didn't know where he lived because he's a billionaire playboy, and one of the people with being a billionaire playboy is that, unfortunately, people happen to know where you live). They do pay him a visit, but as can be expected, keep their distance (it's amazing what a few rockets can do to a super heroes' hide out). Mind you, he's never been one for subtlety, especially how at the end of the movie there is one thing that we discover, he simply cannot keep a secret.