I've been mulling over the events of Iron Man 3 with a bit of confusion. So, I decided to break down the most glaring plot-holes of IM:III in order of least to most severity by category.
PHYSICS
1. Dog tags in this universe, are made out of some metal that doesn't sublimate at 3000 degrees Celsius. This detail is the basis for which Tony figures out a central mystery.
2. Tony's suit isn't strong enough to pry a piece of re-bar wrapped around the suit's neck, which drags him to the bottom of the ocean. But he does give himself a hand while he's down there.
SECURITY
3. Iron Patriot and Iron Man have systems that let them know where Air Force One is without any clearance, authorization or verification on anyone's part.
4. The President is held captive in the Iron Patriot armor. It's his job to be briefed on the capabilities and function of important investments. How does he not know anything about its use?
5. If JARVIS was in Tony's ear the whole time, why didn't they initiate operation House Party to intercept the Helicopters that blew up Tony's house back when there was a house in which to party?
CONTINUITY
6. Operation Clean Slate - All the Mark suits self-destruct. At least all but one - seeing as how the crane doesn't fall at the end. We can safely assume the Hulkbuster was smart enough to realize it was doing something worth sticking around for.
7. Tony's suit is out of power after flying from California to Tennessee. Why is this suit not powered by Tony's chest piece? Didn't he just spend the first two movies perfecting it so he wouldn't run out of power (or die using it)? He can't even connect the suit to his reactor to charge it - an oversight that serves the plot purpose of expressing Stark's vulnerability and anxiety after Avengers.
RIDICULOUSNESS
8a. Rhodes, as the Iron Patriot, gets captured when an Extremis soldier melts his arm piece, rendering him somehow incapable of fighting back while Tony's armor takes all kinds of melting and still works...as does the Patriot, below.
8b. Killian tortures Rhodes, who hasn't left his war machine armor while being chained up in a mansion-dungeon. With armor that is fine. Works completely. Not broken at all. Can't even see the melted arm that supposedly broke it in the first place.
8c. A lackey steals the Iron Patriot armor, proving it can fly, and shoots his way through Air Force One, proving there's not much else broken with it. As one of the single most important military investments the air force can make wouldn't it be prudent to at least require a password before operating?
8d. The President of the United States of America is in a nigh-indestructible suit of armor that is fully functional, and he's strung up. So, a bad guy can figure out how to use the suit, but the Leader of the Free World is completely unable to figure out how to use a HUD. Rhodes can do it hanging from the outside, as he uses the suit's repulsors to break the bindings holding the President.
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