Ironman 3 Movie Review

Some friends and I went to see Ironman 3 this past weekend and I'm still really trying to figure out my feelings on it. I'll give you hear what I can form together into a good opinion.

So here we go. After the 1st and 2nd Ironman movies I think I may have come into this movie with too high expectations. I did enjoy it but I left feeling a little let down and I feel the marketing of it is to blame.

On the downside.

1. They built up the relationship between Tony and Pepper and made it look like there would be some intense drama between dealing with how much they care for each other and that Tony couldn't live without Pepper. Well, they did hit at that point some but it was like a 2yr old punching you in the stomach the hit was there and it connected but it didn't exactly floor you. The words that were spoken were not backed up with a show of action or emotion when the possibility of loss came.

2. They built up the Mandarin as the main villain. They showed his face, they showed his threats, and they showed his rings. They just do not deliver on this point at all. The Mandarin who is one of Tony/Ironman's archenemys is reduced to a laughable comic relief point.

3. They showed the Iron Patriot and built up that he is great protector. I can't give them any credit in this area either. They basically do nothing with his character at all.

4. They did not follow through well with the character build up and explanation of the villain. Now I'm all for giving clues and letting the viewer fill in the blanks with imagionation but the way they did it left me feeling more "what was that about?" then  "so this is why they were doing that? Ah ha!"

5. They made it out to be a real Action Drama but in reality it felt like it was more of a comedy.

6. There were also plot holes and the storyline in general was lacking something but I can put my finger on exactly what.

On the upside.

1. Tony Stark was back to being his arrogant, egotistical self and also showed his witty, sarcastic side, both of which Robert Downey Jr. played to perfection. This led to some great boneheaded moves that caused some action and drama. It also let to some great one-liners as well.

2. There were some good scenes of action, fighting and things blowing up.

3. We get to see a pretty cool concept for Tony's latest design of the Ironman armor.

4. The acting was good and I thing each person played their part very well.

5. The special effects again were fabulous and help the story more than hinder it.

6. We get to see a comic come to life on the big screen.

Like I said in the beginning overall I did like the move but I did come away a little disappointed, however, I think if I see it again I may like it a little bit better knowing certain things were not the way I was expecting them to be.

My rating for the movie out of 10 I would give it a 7.

Have you had a chance to see it let me know, what did you think of it?