I'll say this much without giving anything plot-related away. If this movie didn't have Robert Downey Jr. playing Tony Stark, then this was a terrible movie. It's kind of weird hearing someone like me say this, but the thing is, I actually felt this way with all three movies. Just this one, a little moreso.
If you are a die hard fan of the comics (actually, if you're even passingly familiar with them), there's a good chance you will hate this movie and what it did to a key character. In fact, you will more than hate it. You will despise it, and potentially walk out of the theatre. This movie really challenges moviegoers to forget everything they ever read in the comics. Because to those that don't, this will be utterly disgusting, and possibly even borderline offensive.
I honestly don't know why they made the decisions they made with the plot and the characters. I've heard different reasons, and if the one about the character being politically correct is true, I can just say this much. Norman Lear, creator of shows such as 'All In the Family' and 'Sanford and Son', said it best when he said 'the worst thing you can do is allow politics to get in the way of creativity'. So if that is indeed true of that character, then all I can say is it was a poor decision on the production team's part.
There is also one scene that I guarantee will be offensive to alot of people, and that is related to a side character who comes off as a big Tony Stark fanboy. The scene drags on for several minutes, longer than it has to be, goes nowhere, and seems like an inadvertaint slap in the face of comic book fans.
So overall, did I like it? Yes, but I can definitely understand WHY some people would outright hate it.
