Mixed feelings but overall, a great film.
Since, Robert Downey Jr. took the role as Iron Man, the Titanium touting Avenger has been Marvel's golden goose. Being an avid comic book reader clashed with my love for films a lot in this movie. As a film, Iron Man 3 was incredibly entertaining. It was clever and witty and elicited every emotion within the movie's duration. Where my comic book heart clashed with my cinema enthusiast's mind, was, ofcourse, about the Mandarin. Had they left the actor the actual Mandarin, I would have been totally in love with it. But THEN they bring out the twist at the end...and my heart sank. I'm pretty sure I actually said "No!" in the theater. But what killed a star that would have made my opinion of the movie 5 stars, was the tail end. *SPOILER* Tony Stark destroys all of the suits he has left (apparently) in a show of gratification to Pepper and then has the shrapnel and electro-magnet removed from his chest. The end of the movie goes like this: *Tony Stark looks at decommission arc reactor and throws it over the edge of a cliff into the Pacific Ocean. Then he says "Blah blah blah with or without the suits, I am Iron Man." And that killed me. Why did they do that? I suppose I'll have to wait and find out. But either way, go see this movie and buy it when it comes out on DVD.
