I see what you're saying about the pacing. I think that the initial sequence with action and gunfire and explosions put me in action-movie-headspace, so what I was mostly thinking was, "yeah, Tony rules, I get it, can we please have him be Iron Man now?"
I liked the last fight, myself. It wasn't as fun a ride as ominipotent-Iron-Man-Battles-The-Terrorists-And-Saves-The-Civilians, but it worked for me. But then, I'm pretty forgiving of good or nearly-good action movies because I see so many bad ones. :)
In re: Pepper, I don't think an argument can be made that she's a feminist character, obviously. I will say, though, that after a diet of comic-book women dressed ludicrously and unable to do much of anything competently, Pepper is a breath of fresh air for me. She's a gal who dresses businesslike 90% of the time, doesn't cancel personal engagements for her boss, and gets to safety when danger looms instead of being captured to be used as a pawn.
Again, though, I'm probably being overly forgiving. :)
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I liked the last fight, myself. It wasn't as fun a ride as ominipotent-Iron-Man-Battles-The-Terrorists-And-Saves-The-Civilians, but it worked for me. But then, I'm pretty forgiving of good or nearly-good action movies because I see so many bad ones. :)
In re: Pepper, I don't think an argument can be made that she's a feminist character, obviously. I will say, though, that after a diet of comic-book women dressed ludicrously and unable to do much of anything competently, Pepper is a breath of fresh air for me. She's a gal who dresses businesslike 90% of the time, doesn't cancel personal engagements for her boss, and gets to safety when danger looms instead of being captured to be used as a pawn.
Again, though, I'm probably being overly forgiving. :)