Just got home, and my Wife is already plotting how we can go and see it again tomorrow morning (she's a keeper).
Absolutely loved it. By far IMO the most / best action scenes of all three. I can not believe how much they showed The Mandarin and how little they showed Killian in the previews, only to have it turn out as it did - LOVE it.
I was on media blackout for the last month, and felt surprised at almost every turn. I really hate watching a movie and thinking "oh I've seen this, I know what happens next". Not at all, which made it even better.
Does Mandarin ever say "empty life or a meaningful death"? If he did, I don't remember it. His character in the end was great.
I loved how Tony sometimes had the suit on, sometimes had just a glove, sometimes he controlled the suit without ever being inside. The scene where he gets hit by the semi truck - awesome.
This one was also definitely the most graphic. My 7 year old, who has seen just about all of the super hero movies there are, got scared 3-4 times by the "Extremis People". People on fire, people getting limbs cut off. It was a bit much for him, but all the way home he kept saying how awesome it was.
LOVED the final battle with all of the suits and Tony bouncing all over the place....but now that I've seen the movie, IP and Tony Stark are the only must have figures from the movie. Maybe the Mk 42 but that's it. Disappointed that Igor didn't have a bigger role.