Let me start with I am a marvel fan. I love what Marvel has done over the past 5 years. I also love Nolan and his work. There is no bias. With that being said I finally got to watch Iron Man 3 without any hype or preconceived notions. Below is my top 10 reasons why this movie sucked.
1. Mandarin's back story was basically he got mad from being left on the roof waiting
2. Iron Patriot was somehow stopped and controlled with no explanation and no reaction from Stark
3. The Vice President was willing to sell his soul and the country's to repair his daughter's leg on a dangerous and unproven technology that kills as many people as it saves even though he is a millionaire who could easily afford the latest prosthetic tech
4. Somehow 2 parts of the Mark 42 were able to leave the shed but the other parts of the same size got stuck
5. Tony Stark lives in a Malibu mansion that probably cost over 20 million yet he had to announce his address so people knew where he lived
6. There were multiple news copters covering the attack on his
Mansion yet no one seemed to notice him shoot out of the water and survive the attack
7. Mandarin's muscle apparently can attack US soil with a helicopter and escape even though being filmed the entire time
8. The US president can be kidnapped and held on an oil rig just off US soil with no rescue mission by the military
9. Pepper Potts can be saved from Extremis with a simple one liner at the end of the movie
10. Apparently Tony Stark does not need the Arc Reactor and a simple operation removes his shrapnel
Bonus: the mid credits scene was a comedic scene that adds to the ridiculous plot and humor of the movie and does not move the universe forward
I did not mention the criminal twist of Ben Kinglsey being a junkie actor because that's already been done. That is just topping on the cake for a crap sandwich that was Iron Man. 3. Regardless of the money it made. I can come up with another 20 reasons why this movie was just as bad as Green Lantern or Spider-Man 3