Alright, I have been to a few movies lately and I can honestly say that every time that the Iron Man 3 previews come on, I am like “can we just watch that on a loop for 2 hours?”  It looks like it has everything!  Fallen Hero, damaged hero, revenge, more Iron Man suits than you can shake a stick at, the Iron Patriot (though it doesn’t ring true to the canon of the comics), Tony stark jumping on a Iron Man suit midflight, politicians being blow out of an airplane, Tony’s palace by the sea being blown to bits, and Ben Kingsley playing an absolutely incredible Mandarin.  FINALLY, Iron Man seems to have an adequate villain… though I loved Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler – they didn’t do him any justice in IM2 as Whiplash.  This movie clearly doesn’t look like it is going to disappoint.

So with all that being said, has there EVER been a number 3 that lived up to its hype?  I would guess Return of the Jedi is one.  This movie appears that it will be the best one yet in the series, IMHO.  I hope that they lock Robert Downey Jr. in for another 3 movies because I do not see this train slowing down.  He is a perfect Tony Stark (since Hollywood didn’t catch on to KD’s lumberjack cut-off jeans ensemble many moons ago – he’d have been a better Wolverine, anyway).  Nothing can touch how popular this franchise is – well, almost nothing..  lose RD as Tony = game over..  With Hollywood pumping out another Avenger movie, I can only see Iron Man 4 being even bigger and better.  Is it April 30th yet?  I really cannot wait to see this movie.  It’s like Christmas.

DEG