Iron Man 3
Sort of like Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and how Captain Jack had almost become a parody of himself, RDJ's Tony Stark drifted into parody area IMO. The stressors/panic attacks/freakouts seemed contrived too. Didn't see the need for that aspect of the thing at all.
Yeah, I know Jon Favreaeu directed the first two, but that dude needs a diet. Badly. He added nothing to the film and could have been cut out completely and it would have been better.
And really just too much Pepper. Don't like her character all that much and am not a fan of Gwyneth so I grew tired of her under/over/vapidly acting.
All that in the books, though, it's like somebody handing you a solid gold BMW and you decide to complain about the gas mileage.
Good popcorn, blow things up and let the good guys win in the end type film.
Have heard it hailed as "better than Avengers" but I must disagree. It was good, but not that good. Better than Thor, better than CA, better than Hulk, better than Iron Man 2 even. Didn't top the first Iron Man in my book.
There's at least one surprise that you won't see coming unless somebody tells you, but I don't think they got the mileage out of that they could have, nor was the reveal particularly eventful. Would have liked to see the big plot turn played out in a different way.
Still... Laughed some, paid attention and the kids in the audience cheered at the end. So that's all you can ask for.