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CoolCly
This movie gets a lot of hate, and I think I know why, but I dont think its fully justified.
#1) The Mandarin Twist. A lot of people dont like this, because it ruins the Mandarin villain. Well. I dont care about that. The twist was awesome. The propaganda videos were awesome, Trevor is awesome, the whole thing with the Mandarin is awesome.
#2) The kid. Adding a kid to the movie is often cringe and bad. But. This kid was great! His chemistry with RDJ is awesome, and he doesnt outstay his welcome at all. The ending scene of opening the shed for the suit to fly off is a little cringe but they didnt push it too hard so its all good.
#3) Killian and his gang. Well, okay this is a weak part of the movie. Making his motivation being based on Tony standing him up on Y2K is kinda funny but eh. The way hes so cool and good looking now feels strange, especially with his focus on Pepper. The whole thing just feels weird, and he definitely doesnt like strong enough of a villain to be behind the Mandarin, as awesome as that part of the movie is. When his gang of dudes turn out at the climax, they feel a bit too video gamey, though the Iron Legion is pretty cool.
I didnt like how Maya was just killed off at all. Rhodie is good here in a buddy cop sort of way, but I dont think it was that noteworthy.
Overall, this movie feels like an echo of one of my favourite movies, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Both that and IM3 were directed by Shane Black and starred RDJ. In fact, that movie is what gave Marvel enough confidence to listen to Jon Favreau and cast RDJ as Tony Stark to begin with. So, as a result I love this movie.
Overall, this is a good movie. If Killian and his gang had been better, this would have been a great movie.

Eddv
Average, but fuck off RDJ

MetalDK
The twist was ok imo, and I thought the main arc for Tony was handled well. But nothing special

NBIceman
I gather folks opinions on this movie generally boil down to whether or not they like how the Mandarin was handled. Well, I do. Ben Kingsley clearly had a blast with it and it was legitimately funny. The Mandarin sucks anyway, people. Even beyond that, though, theres just so much enjoyable stuff here. Ive seen complaints here and there that Iron Man 3 is more of a Tony Stark movie than an Iron Man movie. As though thats somehow a bad thing. I love watching him take down bad guys with just quick improv thinking. I love watching him trying to cope with the fallout from Avengers. I love his interactions with the kid and Pepper. I love all the creativity in the action scenes. Even Killian was pretty good and interesting as the villain. Theres really not a whole lot that this movie misses the mark on at all. The only real important thing that happens as far as the whole franchise goes is Tony using Extremis to get the shrapnel out of his body, but who cares? Its a great ride from start to finish.

Raka Putra
Ah yes, the one where Tony Stark destroyed most Iron Man suits. Glad that one kept. Anyhow, I actually thought, at that time, it was a nice conclusion to Stark's character arc. It still kinda is. I'm not familiar with the comics so I dunno what the heck was the deal with The Mandarin but I remember it being a kinda big deal at the time.

Whiskey Nick
(No write-up.)

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