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Iron Man 3
This could have been such a good movie, with the trailers hinting that the MCU will be forever changed by the arrival of the Mandarin. It was all just a tease – better yet, it was a lie, with the character being wasted. Obviously, the one-shot All Hail the King proved that the real Mandarin does exist – but, as we all know it, the short was just the way Marvel apologized to the fans (I doubt the Mandarin will emerge in the near future).
This being said, there was another fault in the movie – making Tony Stark seem once again as a deeply insecure character. It didn’t work for me in Iron Man 2, it didn’t work in Iron Man 3.
But the action was solid, even if the superpowers were inconsistent. For once, Marvel went away from pairing a superhero with a villain sharing the same superpowers. And it worked. There wasn’t too much Iron Man in the flick, but it does have its appeal.
Maybe if that Mandarin twist didn’t exist the movie would have ranked higher.
