Tory Lee

...Nope. No, it was a pretty intriguing turn for the movie, I think. Now, the wise-cracking kid... he was entertaining, but I could understand eye-rolls there. The Mandarin twist, however, was interesting and I resent how people hate it just because the Mandarin didn't turn out to be real like the comic book villain. It's a stand-alone movie, it doesn't have to abide to the comic. These are my personal thoughts.

Oct 5 - 03:29 PM

Grand Mesa

Need a simple answer...........How did this piece of shit come in with high numbers? Do people vote ahead of time here, do they go on hunches? Obviously the critics are doing a vote AFTER SEEING this.
Well I got news for the critics.......they all have their heads jammed and are worthless but to get paid to be worthless? That's being a punk.

Sep 28 - 07:08 AM

Grand Mesa

I was looking forward to this 3rd installment only to be totally disappointed.
How can a director who wrote the script lose complete control of this film. I couldn't find a story! He pull crap out of nowhere that made no sense at all. Loaded with special effects just for the eye candy crowd that require NO STORY.
This Faverau guy better go back to bar-tending.

Sep 28 - 06:54 AM

Vince Almaraz

No, this movie migrated into "rotten" territory the minute they dragged in the old wisecracking 12 year old kid that saves the hero. Eyes rolling. The nonsense with the Mandarin was just the icing on the cake for a stunningly mediocre movie.

Sep 27 - 11:28 AM

Jacob Stevenson

I liked the plot twist because it was unexpected (Don't you people complain about movies being too predictable anyway? Hypocrisy bells are ringing!) and I think a good modern take on the Mandarin character. We aren't fighting the Vietnamese anymore

Aug 27 - 07:25 PM

Gabe Tugendstein

Agreed, I thought it genius by the filmmakers to set themselves up so perfectly with an opportunity to explore Tony Stark's psyche when there is a man who, frankly, scares the crap out of him, and who he appears not to be able to defeat. Instead, it looked like a twelve year old took the helm halfway through with ridiculous action cues and one liners.
Jon Faverau, why'd you have to go?

Aug 21 - 04:03 PM

David Ballard

Can't argue with that assessment at all.

Aug 21 - 01:21 PM

Spencer Thompson

I was disappointed, because The Mandarin was one of my favorite villains growing up, and when I found out he was being played by Ben Kingsley I was super excited. However I thought the twist was hilarious and It also proves that MARVEL movies can still surprise you, even when you least expect it!

Jul 31 - 04:30 PM

Vinny Salerno Jr.

No. The Mandarin was dissapointing yes, because they basically took a dump in Marvel Comics' backyard, but the fact that they managed to incorporate THe Mandarin as the powerful being he is, in the end, i was happy about that. Ben Kingsley was hilarious but waste of talent on Marvel's part. BUt in no way was Iron man 3 a bad movie.

Jun 29 - 01:28 PM

Educator Of Liberals

Thanks Frank Cabanski and others. We always try to find out if a movie is pushing some liberal ideology before we go to see it. Was guessing by the 3rd Iron Man they wouldn't be able to help themselves. We'll skip it.

Jun 22 - 07:33 PM

Rohanth Aluri

Action sequences were great. Storytelling was impressive. Acting was awesome. But when it came to the Mandarin twist, it just got me so frustrated. Although the movie was pretty good, the twist just ruined it for - just my opinion.

Jun 17 - 08:27 PM

Chris Westergaard

Was it disappointing? Oh yeah. The worst ever? Nope. Have you seen Secret of NYMH 2? That there's a dumb one.

Jun 15 - 07:34 PM

Tino Pecchia

Because it's unexpected it doesn't mean it's good and this twist is a perfect example of that.

Jun 8 - 08:36 PM

Liam Neeson Trollfighter

Everything in this movie is stupid and makes no sense.

Jun 2 - 05:24 PM

Joe Geeks

AIM without AIM + Mandarin without Mandarin = director Shane Black spit in faces of Marvel's fans!!! Worst Marvel villain movie adaptation ever!

Jun 2 - 04:27 AM

Amy Chan

Mandarin twist stinks. I saw it today. He was suppose to the arch enemy of Tony Stark. Did Stan Lee approve of this? I know Disney doesn't want to pay Robert Downey Jr like Terrance Howard so what better way to ruin the franchise? I was thinking of the nipple suit in the George Clooney Batman. This time is the cod piece for the Iron Man suit. Pepper Potts should be Rescue (special suit designed by Tony) and I believe it should of been her in the airplane scene. Don't dumb down the movie for non readers of the comics books, stay true to the form. The first 2 Iron Mans are much better. Pepper Potts also said that she didn't want to be used as a weapon so her custom suit should be more defensive, less offensive.

May 27 - 12:30 AM

Bret Maverick

Have you never seen an M Night Shyamalan movie?

May 25 - 09:54 PM

Tylerambo: First John Part II

I'm pretty sure the twist in Safe Haven is worse than the one in IM3.

May 24 - 07:31 AM

Mr. Blonde

Aight, man. Yeah, the Mandarin twist was damn fucked up, but it ain't the worst twist in cinematic history. Come on, man.

May 22 - 03:09 PM

EntertainMeOrDie .

This movie is the Spider Man 3 of the Iron Man trilogy.

May 12 - 05:18 PM

Dylan P

The Mandarin sucked. He was nothing but a fluffy lame post 9/11 paranoia villain. I was tempted to laugh at the first video of him. It was like a propaganda film by the CIA for fucks sake I loved the plot twist.

May 12 - 05:15 PM

Bill Kleinsturn

They put their stinking hands on stuff like this and ruin it all the time. Remember Cruise's first "Mission: Impossible." They spun the plot casting the Phelps character as a traitor in the end. A traitor?! If it wasn't so disgusting it would be laughable. As I recall, a few of the original TV cast members walked out of the showing. Of course, now the franchise has nothing to do with any of it, which was obviously their intention all along.

I didn't laugh at the Mandarin's twist, either.

May 12 - 04:48 PM

Rhodri Gillham

It was a fairly marmite plot twist - you either liked it or you didn't - and I felt the film suffered from not exploring the implications of the twist properly. That said, it was still fantastic.

May 12 - 02:12 PM

Michael Foley

Terrifyingly horrible movie. While Downey owns the role he is given little to work with. The jokes become weak and tiresome after a while, the plot twist was bad and just lazy. Since when can iron man only carry 4 people yet he can support a flying aircraft carrier? I didn't pay to see empty suits fly around and battle a weak villain who could have been a non issue by being dropped in the water, I dunno it just wasn't good at all.

May 12 - 10:18 AM

Sam Denyer

They completely wasted Kingsley's talents, I was expecting a huge evil plot, but we get some weak supernatural dude instead...

May 12 - 04:14 AM

Grace Green

the entire film was bad but yes i really agree with you. the plot twist could have added so much more to the film. instead it made it even worse and made the film safe. they could have explored it so well but they did not do a good job. in my opinion, this entire film felt like the first draft of a script

May 11 - 06:49 PM

Anatoli Ossai

cry babies

May 11 - 01:17 AM

President Pedro

Yes, absolutely yes. That was a horrible decision on the films part, the twist is awful and the replacement villain isn't that all exciting.

May 10 - 08:28 PM

sam varma

there is one certain thing i would like to point out-

when tony self destructed all suits, shouldnt the entire place pepper and tony were standing on fall down? because the hulkbuster or igor was holding the entire place if you remember

May 9 - 03:48 AM

Parag Agrawal

I can't see how it could have been worse..........

May 9 - 02:10 AM

Kevin Lee

If the twist was done better i may have accepted it. The problem was Ben Kingsley was really good as the Mandarin and Guy Pierce was a really boring character that nobody cared about. Everyone was invested in Ben Kingsley's Mandarin not Guy Pierce's evil Human Torch.

May 8 - 06:56 PM

Emerson Flohr

The whole movie was just "eh" and WAY too long.

May 7 - 09:52 AM

sam varma

no it wasnt the twist that was bad.......it was the comedy they put after it to make mandarin look like an idiot.

May 7 - 01:40 AM

Jake Werkmeister

Personally, I didn't mind the twist. I think that there is a bigger plan with this "actor". In IM3, they capture the Mandarin, and send him to prison where he is bound to detox, and will probably blame Stark for his agony. Sounds like the perfect motive for revenge IF he were to come across some alien technology, and break free. Imagine how surprised Stark, as well as the movie going audience, would be if the Mandarin became a deadly nemesis in the next Avengers movie. Hey...I can cross my fingers can't I?

May 6 - 11:10 PM

David Tanny

Me being a non-comic book fan, I enjoyed the twist. But of course, this is coming from someone who didn't even know who the Mandarin was before this movie. But after a little research I can see why some would be offended.

What could have been an epic battle of good-vs-evil to close off the Iron Man solo outings became a comedy, and honestly, I had no issue with that. It was consistently fun and thrilling. I'm glad they went for a lighter tone than what was expected. With superhero films getting darker with each film, it's tone was a breath of fresh air.

But I'm ready to go dark again with Thor and Man of Steel.

May 6 - 10:52 PM

Brendan Sullivan

totally agree

May 6 - 10:39 PM

Daydrian Lewis

Just gonna be real about this... but that twist was VERY disappointing. The jokes weren't that funny at all. The action near end of the film reminded me of too much Mission Impossible/Rush Hour/Lethal Weapon... whatever. See... In my opinion, in order to make a great Marvel action film. You would have to please both of the crowds; The Fans and the Moviegoers. Fans pay with their hard working money to go watch their favorite hero Iron Man and bad guy Mandarin battling out to end the final movie of the trilogy. Just give the fans what they want and and they're cool with it.

Christopher Nolan handled the Joker very well and kept him true to the comics. They kept him as the same ol' mass murdering lunatic. If you stay true to the comics, the Fans will love it, not because they're a bunch of fan boys but it stays true to what they were expecting... as well as newcomers. Nothing is realistic in the Marvel Film Universe. We had aliens from outer space, dudes with flaming skulls riding a flaming motorcycle, giant mutated lizards and random gods showing up randomly but is it really that hard to have the Mandarin shooting beams from his rings?

I did like how they portrayed him as an Caucasian man instead of the typical yellowface Chinese man to avoid racial controversy. Hell... it would be legit to have trained in the martial arts from Chinese criminals and have him discover the rings. But... overall. I give the film a 3/5. I like the way it started, the virus didn't make any sense but the action was cool. Some of it was a little... "Yeah right, how can he do that" type of stuff.

May 6 - 08:28 PM

Jackson Schaecher

Very much offended, and in shock at how terrible that was. Don't cast Kingsley if you're going to use him in such a piss poor manor. Yuck.

May 6 - 08:21 PM

Jackson Schaecher

They cast one of the worlds greatest actors to play Iron Man's greatest villain (only know he's the greatest because of what I've read, I have not read IM comics). Who the hell came up with the idea to ruin that? Seriously? Good villains make good super hero movies. This was an atrocity. I was extremely excited, and couldn't believe it when they revealed he wasn't the Mandarin. I literally thought I was missing something. I was really into it up until that point too, though I was suspicious when we got an hour in and the Mandarin hadn't done anything. What a joke... seriously.

May 6 - 08:20 PM

King Kong Bundy

Yeah, this movie sucked. Iron Man 3 made Iron man 2 look like Iron man 1. The Mandarin twist was the nail in the coffin (among with the movies's countless other problems). With the Mandarin portrayed as nothing more than a bumbling actor, there was no one for Iron Man to fight at the end (a preposterous, and asinine finale). I don't count some surfer dude shooting fire as a main villian. Killian was far too jokey to even be considered a serious threat. The stunt show like finale made little sense with everyone jumping around as if it were a video game. Now if Tony had to fight Mandarin at the end and pull out all the stops (with the aid of Iron Patriot) then you have a movie. Watching this movie explains why Shane Black disappeared from mainstream movies for nearly two decades. At times, this did play like a cop-buddy movie. Also, Tony making like Batman and beating everyone's ass with hi-tech gadgets (what the fuck?).

This movie is a 200 million dollar shitfest. Good performances wasted (Downey, Cheadle, Kingsly) with next to no plot, and no lead villian. Yikes!! What a clusterfuck. In the very near future, people will get sick of superhero movies as they are drilling it into the ground. They have no original ideas. Their version of an original idea is having the Mandarin as a harmless British actor. Fuckin' hacks!! Michael Bay (king of the hacks) should have directed this crap.

May 6 - 02:10 PM

Garret Wood

I saw the movie, I liked the movie, but the twist really ruined the momentum for me. Guy Pearce was great don't get me wrong, but the way the movie was marketed, and with the type of character they had in the Mandarin, I was just pissed to see what they did. ***SPOILER*** One of the biggest complaints I had was the whole actor thing. Literally the first thing I thought of as soon as that happened was, if he was just an actor, then why in the hell would he agree to blow someones head off on national television? He even said he didn't know anyone would get hurt, hell yes you would, you shot someone in the head!

May 6 - 10:02 AM

Bo Hotchkiss

There are reasons everyone should dismiss this film as just plain horrible & boring. Not to mention it should piss you off because they thought you, the audience member, were so stupid you'd pass this off as a story. Not only did they ruin the Mandarin, it wasn't even an "alternate universe" take on the Mandarin. As alternate universes go for Marvel, usually Spider-Man has spider powers in all the universes. But comic fan complaints aside, what about the HUGE gaping hole in the plot? Antagonist's goal: Get Tony Stark to help me finish Extremis as he's already figured it out & I can't figure it out. Also, get Pepper Potts all to myself. Ok, step one: Kill the both of them. Now their dead. All the world thinks at least Tony is dead. Step two: hope I was wrong & they're not really dead? Because otherwise I just f#@$ed up my entire plan anyway? Seriously? People enjoyed this hodge-podge contradiction of a "film."

May 6 - 09:34 AM

sam varma

i just wanted to say that after Trevor Slattery ( im not calling him the mandarin) kills that old man on tv in front of president...the way he says nothing can save you sounds really crappy ....he sounds as if has something stuck up his throat

May 6 - 07:10 AM

sam varma

eventhough i didnt read the comics....i wanted the mandarin to be like Bane......a cool terrorist.....i did not mind abot the rings not having powers ........the twist was also not so bad actually...its the comedy ( which was funny) that ruined it eventhough i enjoyed laughing

May 6 - 07:01 AM

Henry Sanchez

they ruined one of the best villains created in the marvel universe, what a letdown

May 6 - 12:15 AM

Jonny Claveria

They could've made the twist work, but the did it with such a huge "BANG" that it was just silly. Him being an actor? Yeah, it just doesn't work much. I don't think the movie was at all bad, and I saw several story arcs that made Iron Man 3 what it is. It's not a terrible movie, but the Mandarin twist was the worst part of it all. The movie itself was good though.

For those who say this movie doesn't follow comics, you're both right and wrong. No comic-book movie is completely accurate. If comic movies should be based alone on how true they stay to the comics, Nolan's Batman films would be considered the worst comic films ever. However, they are not.

Take into consideration that Iron Man 3 does NOT take place in 616, and just enjoy the movie for what it is. They always have time to redeem it in a possible sequel and The Avengers 2.

May 5 - 08:03 PM

Ragnar Palkie

I realized this movie was bad about a half hour ito it when I found myself wanting to like it, a lot like the first Star Wars, but in reality there wasnt much to like, went to see it for what i thought would be the the best villain to date.... They ruined a great opportunity with a flat out stupid plot twist. And I am no hater of Marvel movies, LOVED almost all of them, but this was a huge disappointing failure IMO, yes only an opinion. I hope the New Thor is much better than this!

May 5 - 06:51 PM

Eric Newby

I think the Iron Man franchise (in the movies) really suffers from poor villains. They have one of the most interesting super heroes, and great actors, but over all, the villains are normally weak. That's why I was so excited to see this one! The Mandarin is Iron Man's arch nemesis. This was supposed to be the "Dark Knight" of the Iron Man series. I think they completely missed the mark with the villain. I understand the "figurehead" idea, and I think that's great, but they really ruined the villain as a VILLAIN.
The Mandarin Plot Twist fails because they already set up Adrian Killich as a villain from the beginning. So they basically used Iron Man's top nemesis to make the secondary bad guy (Killich) the primary one. And even he wasn't a great villain. Iron Man cannot beat him, but his wife can? Yeah...
But I did enjoy it

May 5 - 05:08 PM

Bob Saget

The twist was pointless, but in terms of the entire history of cinema, it's probably not the worst one.

May 5 - 01:33 PM

Robbie Moore

Not the worst plot twist EVER. But it was a bit ridiculous

May 5 - 01:21 PM

Dominic Williams

Scooby Doo Plot Twist was terrible .... who knew one of Ironman's greatest villains was Ole Man Jenkins..... I need some Scooby Snacks

May 5 - 01:17 PM

Dominic Williams

Scooby Doo Plot Twist was terrible .... who knew one of Ironman's greatest villains was Ole Man Jenkins..... I need some Scooby Snacks

May 5 - 01:17 PM

Dominic Williams

Scooby Doo Plot Twist was terrible .... who knew one of Ironman's greatest villains was Ole Man Jenkins..... I need some Scooby Snacks

May 5 - 01:17 PM

Mark Angelini

Ole! Ole, ole, ole!

:D

May 5 - 01:13 PM

Kevin Lee

Mandarin twist was horrible. The only reason not everyone is upset is because Iron Man was never that popular before the movies. If they did this with the Joker in the Dark Knight i guarantee nobody would see it as a brilliant twist. Turning an iconic arch rival of a superhero into a joke is messed up.

May 5 - 11:51 AM

OverPower Legion

I dont think the director or writer of this movie actually read anything about these characters.

May 5 - 09:01 AM

Rangga Andhika

i think the twist was disappointing. i expected the mandarin will be the strongest iron man enemy.

May 5 - 06:59 AM

Guillermo Nieves Lugo

Was it a twist?? I mean... It was predictable.... So I don't see it as a twist but I agree that it sucked. Movie was great in general but nothing special. It didn't blow me away.... Didn't felt like an Iron Man movie

May 5 - 05:44 AM

Chinedu Opara

Disney/Marvel would have done really well if they tied Iron Man 3's Mandarin back to the "Ten Rings" hinted in Iron Man 1. That would have closed a loophole and given us the villain we wanted: a charismatic leader who unites TEN different terrorist sects from different parts of the world - something no one has ever done before. Instead they gave us this Trevor bullshit. Wasted opportunity. Oh well!

May 5 - 03:03 AM

Frank Cabanski

The Hollyweirdos who made this movie sacrificed Mandarin for their message that America creates its own enemies. They wanted to make the point that we created Islamic terror and we created Osama bin Laden. Odd that we created something, Islamic terror, that pre-dated America and that attacked America the second we became a nation. They tried to make a point that Tony is Iron Man with or without the suit. But they tried to make that point with empty Iron Man suits saving the day. If Tony is Iron Man, then the empty suits should have failed.

May 5 - 02:00 AM

Michael Rubinstein

I loved this movie. It was three times better than I expected it to be. The character interaction and dialogue sparkled (especially with Tony, Pepper, and that kid), the action and suspense were riveting, and the story was actually interesting, unlike the first two films. My favorite part of all was the plot twist with the Mandarin, because I did NOT see that coming. All the marketing and promotion of this film did an excellent job of misdirection, taking advantage of the fact that the existence of the character in the comics means that people will be SURE they know what to expect, so use that and then BAM! surprise us with something completely different. Brilliant.

May 5 - 01:13 AM

Jeffrey Ballesteros

I agree. The Mandarin SHOULD HAVE STAYED TRUE TO THE COMICS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2d1mGdZHM0

May 5 - 12:03 AM

David Petty

For those of you confused as to why those of us who had high hopes for this film were utterly and completely disappointed - read up on who the mandarin COULD have and SHOULD have been: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_(comics)

May 4 - 11:50 PM

Leo Monteiro

the movie was complete and total crap

May 4 - 11:16 PM

Alex David Martinez Moncaleano

For Andrew and people that thinks the movie sucks, are just desaponited kids; this movie rocks. They make the Mandarin an idea a powerful idea for the american people who enjoys to be afraid, and the fact is the terrorits group is a fact. If they make a movie with the mandarin shooting lights beams that will be lazy and silly however the explainations they give, i love the personal journey of Tony and guys don´t such an assholes Pepper saving the day that is grounbreaking. Great flick..........go to see the film, if you don´t like formulas and enjoy a interesting storytelling

May 4 - 11:14 PM

Tyler Byrd

I could not agree with this post more. Honestly, I don't know much about the Mandarin but I know he's a great villain who can do great things, and this sold him way short.

May 4 - 11:04 PM

Manas Rai

I hated the mandarin twist but I felt Guy Pearce's performance made up for it, I have never read the comics but I do know mandarin is a kick ass villain and guys, stop judging the entire film for just one twist. As much as it was annoying, Guy Pearce was a decent villain towards the climax. To those who are annoyed with the film's twist due to which you hate it I suggest you watch the film again, might give you a better prospective of the film

May 4 - 10:15 PM

Migs Rodriguez

venom...great villain turned to shit in spiderman3
galactus...great villain turned to shit in fantastic four 2
mandarin...welcome to that list

May 4 - 09:36 PM

El_ Capitan

Did anyone else expect Arnold to show up as an AIM mercenary and say, "Everybody! Burn!".

May 4 - 08:25 PM

Rainbow Spirit

Sorry but the only answer i can find for the people who likes this movie is that they're simply stupid, even more than the writer. That or the fact they don't have the balls to admit this movie is bullshit. It wasnt "Iron Man 3" this was more like Lethal Weapon 5. And the plot holes are not plot holes they are more like fucking black holes LOL. even my 8 year old brother dislike it

May 4 - 08:15 PM

Parth Patel

Hey guys...once i say this the connection is going to click...this movie's plot is almost exactly like the Incredibles. I was so hyped about this movie and it was good until they pulled that shit. Ben Kingsley would have been very good as the Mandarin (not prefect)but still good. Why any director would think that this would have been a good plot twist is beyond me. I stayed until the end of the credits just to see if there would be a shot of the fake mandarin smiling sinisterly or something along those lines and that the whole the with guy pearce was just him manipulating his mind. That to me would have been brilliant. But no. We get a stale, half-funny scene with Bruce Banner.

May 4 - 07:35 PM

Slow Poke

And he's just super stupid, that bald guy was with him when he went to see Pepper, many people saw that. And he still let that bald guy show the Extremis power publicly, really?

May 4 - 04:42 PM

Slow Poke

Also unless BB or TDKR, Killian is already revealed to be a villain from the beginning, why ruin the Mandarin to make the 2nd bad guy to the biggest bad guy? It makes no sense.

May 4 - 03:35 PM

Ethan Franson

Ok I don't know why people like this!!! Look this is like if you where watching the dark knight and the Joker comes out and hes a freaking rodeo clown on a bike honking his nose and throwing pies at kids, and if that was his role in that movie.....WOULD IT STILL BE AS GOOD AS IT WAS???? NO it would not! At least bane was still a huge guy and in the three movies of that series it was pretty much stated that no one was going to have real superpowers or Ra's al Ghul would oh been different. But this freaking movie can not claim they wanted to make it more realistic because Iron is bitching about saving the world from aliens the whole freaking movie. Ya that movie talk to my butt because thats the only thing that gives a crap!

May 4 - 03:18 PM

ModelSènsation Photographÿ

Calm down... Way down..it wasn't titanic for goodness sake. Fan "boys" are sucking the fun out of movies... because stories cannot continue or evolve without "betraying " a middle aged mans childhood fantasy character. Mandrin was funny as hell... The movie was fun and entertaining.

May 4 - 02:35 PM

Christian Kneier

you nerds are really overreacting...i see comics and movies as seperate universes so the big reveal didnt bother me that much...the rest of the movie was still great fun to watch.

May 4 - 02:03 PM

Levi Johnson

I freaking agree.

May 4 - 12:24 PM

Robert Gutierrez

Jon Favreau should have directed this one

May 4 - 12:13 PM

Jeffrey Gordon

It was a bad movie.

May 4 - 11:53 AM

Ben Franklin

I cannot believe what Disney did to the Mandarin...? Really...you take one of the best villans and turn him into a JOKE..! Not to mention now apparently everyone in the universe can put on an iron man suit all of which totally make the real Iron Man irrelevant. This movie was terrible...thanks Disney

May 4 - 11:13 AM

Sean Abe

As others have said, the Mandarin is Iron man's Joker or Lex Luthor. I was so excited to see Iron Man face off against his arch nemesis. Then, we find it is was all a joke? Fine, but why then use the Mandarin anyway? Why not just create some random fake bad guy instead of Iron Man's most badass foe? And, Iron Man gets his butt kicked multiple times by a roided up nerd with no fighting experience? Laughable. Some people here are lauding this plot twist like it was this year's "Sixth Sense". Seriously? We watch these movies because we want to see superheroes fight super villains not rich guys in metal suits, apparently made in China fighting drugged up geeks with extreme makeovers.

May 4 - 10:27 AM

noodlez zeldoon

AGREED ON THE MANDARIN BULLSHIGIDDY!

May 4 - 10:15 AM

Bryan Terng

Honestly, I love and hate The Mandarin Plot Twist. I never read the comics, but I knew about the Mandarin after some Wikipedia "research" and I was REALLY psyched to see such a bad-ass villain to be on screen! I admit that I really, really didn't see it coming (this is the plus for me) But then again, I hate it that a supervillain that can really beat the crap out of Iron Man is just used as a front for the "real" villain (this is the minus).

But what's done is done, can't do anything about it. Just gotta live with it, i guess.

p.s. The movie was good. Period.

May 4 - 08:41 AM

Cecilia Björklund

I really can't see how Iron Man 3 was so bad!
I loved it! I thought it was awesome and contained everything I wanted it to contain if not more.

The Mandarin twist was genious! Suddenly this powerful frightening bad guy wheren't what you thought. Suddenly the Mandarin was a mystery once more.
I laughed at their brilliant way to fool us all! It was a total surprise and I love surprises!

Iron Man 3 was Brilliant!

May 4 - 08:27 AM

Joe Xiong

The twist was completely understandable if you take a minute to think about it. If you recall, Killian says something along the lines of the world wanting to pin the blame on a Bin Laden or Sadaam type character because they are international enemy #1 all the time and every time. What better way to cover your traces than using a person everyone so greatly hates as your puppet? The Mandarin is a moniker rather than an individual character, similar to Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins but Marvel handles it the way they know best, with comedy and humor. Yes it is over-the-top, but it's this dry comedy that has really become Marvel Studios trademark that separates it from other superhero films.

May 4 - 08:26 AM

Kenny Jones

I am really disappointed in this movie. The Mandarin, the Lava people, and to top it all off Tony got the shrapnel from his chest removed like it was an out patient procedure. The entire desperate search in Iron Man 2 for a replacement element to save his life is now ridiculous. IT was like, "I know I could go get a 20 minute procedure to save my life and keep me from having to drink this black crap and dying, but I have more important things to do like blowing up watermelons at my birthday party." And please don't use the argument that he needed it in his chest to power the suits. Roady didn't need an arc reactor in his chest to power the War Machine, and neither did Obidiah to power the Iron Monger. I am sick of all these fluff pieces people are writing praising this movie. It is sad there are so many lemmings in the world. I will admit the first half of the movie was pretty beast, but the twist/abomination destroyed the rest of it for me. The actors were amazing so I can find no fault with them. But the writer and Director....seriously disappointed. My only hope is that in Avengers 2, we find out that the entire Iron Man 3 story was in fact a horrible dream brought on by Tony eating bad shawarma before bed.

May 4 - 07:49 AM

Craig Walker

Everything about the movie was weak. Weak Tony. Fake villain. Real villain was was boring/stupid [firebreathing?] Pepper is a superhero. Rhodes is Tarzan.

Suck suck suck.

May 4 - 07:12 AM

Michael Young

I don't care what you say. To me...

It was better than "Iron Man".
It was better than "The Incredible Hulk".
It was better than "Iron Man 2".
It was better than "Thor".
It was better than "Captain America: The First Avenger".
And it was just as good, if not better than "The Avengers".

May 4 - 04:37 AM

Andrew Kafoury

Bottom line...a superhero movies demands a great villain!!!

Not The Mandarin Plot Twist!!

May 4 - 04:30 AM

Garet Cahoon

With how hardcore and unpredictable the Mandarin was, and with Kingsley's handling of it, the Mandarin was looking to be almsot (but not quite) as badass as the Joker in TDK. I was so excited....then that. Why? Never even read comic books but I was like: "The Mandarin is badass and I'm sure he is a super good fighter but just hides it, and he and Iron Man are going to throw down and it's going to be epic. It was not so. Why did they do this??

May 4 - 01:28 AM

Oricha Aliyu

Inexcusable! I watched the trailer and I expected the Mandarin. I went for the midnight premiere and I expected the Mandarin. I paid MONEY for the Mandarin to fight Iron Man - I got some kind of deranged HOT MAN and his HOT CREW - NO MANDARIN, NO TEN RINGS. I agree it started off so well but that supposed plot twist INFURIATED me till the end of the movie! The jokes went Limbo and it turned the whole movie into BAD JOKE right after and I wasn't laughing. I went with 3 of my buddies, who were just as pissed off as I was and this was a SCAM as far as we were concerned - I don't mind a plot twist, but the way this was executed was deplorable. Nobody should tell me Guy Pearce was the Mandarin! That assumption is ridiculous, it's like saying the Spiderman franchise has Venom but he has water powers and had a guy pose like the Venom we all know half way through the movie only to find out it's a professional wrestler who needed the gig to pay off his taxes. THIS MOVIE WAS TERRIBLE! How in the hell is Iron Man's suit unable to handle heat!? He uses it to dive into molten magma for crying out loud! I can't even believe Marvel studios handled this! What were we complaining about Sony and FOX for!? They are just as bad them or even worse. Now I'm quite apprehensive for the other Marvel movies - Thor and Cap; I'll wait it out for DVDs probably.

May 3 - 11:57 PM

Mike Morello

Truly god awful start to finish just don't go see it!

May 3 - 11:13 PM

Michael Indo

Umm... Guy Pierce was the Mandarin. I thought that bit was explained in the movie? Sure he wasn't Asian and didn't have ten magic rings like in the comics, but hey Bane was a huge departure from the comics but people loved the shit outta that movie.

May 3 - 10:47 PM

Mike Morello

I barely stayed awake to get to the point of actually seeing The Mandarin on screen only to find out Guy Pearce with some tattoos was "the real Mandarin" what a bore FU Mickey Mouse

May 3 - 10:46 PM

Bert Perkins

I cannot believe how silly and moronic it got after that reveal. Fuck you, Fuck you, Fuck you Iron Man 3.

May 3 - 10:32 PM

s e

i read some of this yesterday and stopped because I didn't want to ruin it for myself. I was WRONG, I should of read more. This movie BLOWS...sure the 1st half is ok, but my god, I can't think of a worse way to ruin a comic character. Trying to decide what is more of a let down...3rd spider man, the Wolverine or this

May 3 - 08:49 PM

The Watcher

I LOVED it. I think it was one of those things that Marvel comics fans will hate but normal people will love. I don't really give a shit about Marvel (I'm a DC guy), so this twist was incredibly funny. The theatre I watched it in was packed and people were laughing at the Mandarin thing like they were watching a comedy. It was awesome.

The only thing that sucks, though, is that I figured it out as soon as I saw him exit the car. They shouldn't have kept that scene in, it gives the game away.

May 3 - 08:47 PM

Nick M.

I thought it was absolutely brilliant approach from a non-fan perspective as he turned the audiences head up-side down in a clever way. As a fan wanting the Mandarin to beat Tony Stark senseless it was a bit of a disappointed, but I'm glad the film kept me on my toes.

May 3 - 06:21 PM

Rhode Rian Gadia

This movie still shit loads better than The mess of The Dark Knight Rises. Now that movie was loud, obnoxious and excessive (can't even hear wtf they are saying)

May 3 - 05:23 PM

Glenn Forsyth

They have by far the best of the Marvel super heroes in movie number 3 and he finally comes up against his most challenging enemy and they turn that enemy into a clown? It would be like Heath Ledger's Joker revealing himself as Ronald McDonald, asking for forgiveness and offering Batman a happy meal voucher! In the Mandarin they had a villain who was Stark's equal in technology, intellect and ability, a man with mystical powers, someone delusional enough to believe he was related to Genghis Khan yet Hollywood managed to ignore this source material and turn the character into a Sacha Baron Cohen parody. I hope there isn't a 4th film, i doubt there will be.

May 3 - 04:59 PM

Yolando P

I felt a sense of Batman and Robin when Tony encountered the twist...I was laughing at how bad that was...what a complete waste!

May 3 - 04:43 PM

Matthew Benkarski

This movie left me with a bad taste in my mouth and has left me to wonder if I will ever watch a movie by Marvel again.

May 3 - 04:22 PM

Herson Cruz

I can understand the fanboys reaction to this, but I thought it was a good, and a bit funny, twist. This twist only reminded how much a fraud Osama Bin Laden was. You know, a creation of the CIA, US gov't and the media to install fear into the public.

May 3 - 03:16 PM

Ken Brough

Since there was no real story and they just threw a bunch stiff into a bag and shook it up, the fact this is such a letdown should not be a surprise. I hate it when they totally sell out and decide not to bother writing an interesting story.

May 3 - 02:38 PM

Grant Kanigan

It was an excellent twist and some ingenious self aware writing. If you don't like it you really need to get over yourself.

May 3 - 01:52 PM

Joshua Henderson

I am glad I am not the only one who didn't like X-Men 3.

May 3 - 11:18 AM

scifi mark

seeing it in a few hours. If its as bad as the plot twist in The Village raisinets will be thrown

May 3 - 08:12 AM

Branden Mata

Im not a fanboy of the mandarin.....and that was one of the worst "twist" ever. So bad. They take away his rings which is already bad enough.....and then wait iron mans main villian a dumb snnoying actor who was completly unfunny and just stupid. My bro, not a comic fan or mandarin fan....he just likes hero movies couldnt believe the big "twist". He was like is this for real right now? Like is this actually happening? I couldnt believe i had to say yes it is. So awful. That "twist", or moderinixation as some are calling it is no twist or modernization,its a joke. Who ever thought and wrote that in a script should feel ashamed.

May 3 - 08:11 AM

Art Ramos

It may be a twist on a twist. The Mandarin could be doing a Verbal Kint/Keyser Sose on us. He manipulates Killian to hire the "Actor" (i.e. himself) knowing what Killian is up to. He gets to put Tony Stark and Rhodey to the test. The authorities release him because they think he is a blithering idiot. The Mandarin comes back in IM4 for another showdown! The joke is going to be on all the naysayers!!!

May 3 - 07:13 AM

sam varma

since i had not read any of the comics it was fine.......the mandarin was very funny

May 3 - 06:10 AM

Sleshie Man

you do realise that people don't care about it, and that it is actually quite funny the twist?
fanboys of the manderin, get over the twist

May 3 - 06:08 AM