This movie dismantles the Iron Man character... why?

I liked it, it was a good movie, but I just was HEAVILY disappointed about the way they treated the "IRON MAN" character. :doh:



I know they were trying to underline the fact Iron Man is Iron Man because there's Tony Stark behind "him"... his genius and skills... his humanity... okay. That's fine.



BUT:



1- Remote-controlled Iron Man is an offense to the whole Iron Man concept. An insult to us fans. There's no heroism behind a remote-controlled Iron Man. That totally dismantles the Iron Man mythology.



2- Having an epic set-up for a final Iron Man battle, and then Tony wears about 4 armours for VERY FEW seconds without accomplishing anything substantial against the enemies... in the end, Pepper saves the day with her superpowers. Oh Jesus...



3- War Machine is thrown out of the window, he is useless.





I don't care about the Mandarin. I just think the way they treated the Iron Man concept was insulting to say the least. Said that, it was a good movie, but I prefer Iron Man 2 over it.