An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I just bought a brand new awesome TV, I thought I might as well check it out again. First of all, like anyone else, I was rather disappointed by 'Iron Man 2' but, as usual, they promised that the following installment would be darker and simply better. And, indeed, it turned out to be a massive box-office success following 'The Avengers' released the year before. Anyway, how was the damned thing eventually? Honestly, I thought it was a slight improvement on the previous sequel but not much more I'm afraid. Don't misunderstand me though, it wasn't a bad movie, far from it, and there were many things that I enjoyed a lot. Indeed, Robert Downey Jr. rocked as usual and he was very often hilarious. The whole anxiety thing was also interesting even if if they didn't spend much time on this and it was nice as well that they developed his relationship with Pepper Potts. Finally, the action scenes were pretty solid. So, what bothered me then? In my opinion, the story was barely interesting after all. I mean, it was entertaining enough but I never really cared about the whole thing. Furthermore, they kind of messed up the bad guy. Ben Kingsley gave, as usual, a decent performance so I don't think he should be blamed but, basically, they pulled off the same trick as in 'The Dark Knight Rises' which was to reveal at the end that the bad guy was not so bad after all but just a mere henchman. However, it is not a nice trick at all, in fact, it is actually terribly underwhelming and, in this case, it was not the best way to pay tribute to one of the most bad-ass characters from the Marvel mythology. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent blockbuster though and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre but, as usual, don't believe the hype.


6/10