Hubris was always Tony Stark’s original sin. Iron Man 3 had two of the best villains in the MCU Image used with permission by copyright holder That reckless move leads to a preemptive strike from the Mandarin that leaves Tony outgunned and on his own. And when his friend, Happy Hogan (Favreau), is nearly killed in an attack by the Mandarin’s forces, Tony literally challenges the Mandarin through the press and even shares his home address. Early in the story, Tony tries to convince everyone that he’s still the same man he was before. Iron Man 3 takes that a step further by knocking Tony off of his pedestal, giving him panic attacks and insomnia, and even stripping him of his armor for very long periods of time within the film. Tony was never a heroic archetype and he’s always been wonderfully flawed in the movies. The core issue of Iron Man 3 is that Tony Stark was traumatized by what he went through in The Avengers, and he clearly suffers from a form of PTSD in the aftermath. Black didn’t try to pretend that The Avengers didn’t happen and send Tony off on another unrelated bender. Iron Man 3 was the first film in Marvel’s Phase 2, and it came to theaters just a year after The Avengers.

Yet it also has a lot of the trademarks of Black’s films, including the Christmas backdrop, zippy dialogue, and even a personal transformation for the lead character. Black also co-wrote the script with Drew Pearce with an eye towards making the film more in line with the comic books. The biggest reason why Iron Man 3 didn’t make the same mistakes as Iron Man 2 is that Favreau wisely stepped aside from the sequel, paving the way for Shane Black to step into the director’s chair. Writer/director Shane Black is Iron Man 3’s MVP Photo vis IMDb That’s why Iron Man 3 is the most underrated MCU movie, and we’re tired of pretending that it isn’t. Instead, it truly wraps up the character arc of Tony Stark and stands alone as the final film in a trilogy. Nor does it even try to continue the then-unfolding tale of the Infinity Saga. That’s because Iron Man 3 doesn’t pair up its title character with an unrelated hero just for the sake of a team-up. Iron Man 3 doesn’t fall into that trap, and it’s arguably one of the last true solo movies in the MCU. Iron Man 2 is so focused on setting up The Avengers (with the introduction of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow) that it never takes the time to be a good sequel to the original movie. It’s uncharacteristically sloppy, the script is nonsensical, and Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash is borderline incomprehensible. A better argument could be made for Iron Man 2 as one of the worst movies in the MCU.

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