Just saw IRON MAN 2

[The Burgomaster]

Liked it a lot.  More action than the first one.  Stay until the end of the credits if you're a Marvel Comics fan.  Warning: the end credits are pretty long . . . most people in the theater where I saw it didn't wait.

[jimmybob]

Just saw it too. It was awesome: I really liked the effects and action. It felt like Transformers 2, which I liked better than the first. "OK, you know all the characters now lets blow stuff up for 90 minutes"

Although I can't help feeling sold short that we didn't get to see more of The Black Widow.



Didn't stay 'till the end thou. Can you say what happened? ... please?

-Jimmybob

[Jim H]

***SPOILERS***

You see what happened to the agent babysitting Stark.  He's going off to the Arizona desert, where they're digging up Thor's hammer.

***END***

That said, I enjoyed the film.  I think in terms of character development and structure, it in general was not as good as the first.  But, I think it had more action and I thought the final action scene was very good.  It was still enjoyable. 

Much like the first one though, I didn't enjoy it as much as it seemed many others did.  I think my biggest problem is I can't really connect with Stark as a character in either film.  Yeah, he's charming and charismatic, but he's just too smarmy and too much of an ass for me to like.  I ended up liking Rhodes more, who has probably 1/3rd the screen time.  Also, what's the deal with Whiplash's father's background?  From everything we're told, Howard Stark really did screw him over BADLY. 

I mean, Howard didn't like that the man wanted to make money off of an invention, which seemed baffling to me considering how rich Howard Stark obviously was.  But, this is never really addressed in the movie. 

Whatever though.  It was still enjoyable.

7/10.

[The Burgomaster]

Although I can't help feeling sold short that we didn't get to see more of The Black Widow.

It would have been nice to see more of her.  I thought the Black Widow's fight sequence was as good or better than the ones involving Iron Man.

[jimmybob]

If you're going to see it with high hopes: she only removes her shirt for about 2 seconds.

-Jimmybob

[Joe the Destroyer]

Going to see it tomorrow.  Looking forward to it. 

[Silverlady]

Liked it.  A lot of action, some new characters, but a little confusing here and there.  One thing I kept thinking was almost everyone in this movie was bone thin.  Don't any of these people ever eat?

[Joe the Destroyer]

Fun flick!  Just got back. 

[claws]

I've never seen the first one, or the sequel. They just don't appeal to me.

[oxode]

I didn't see it myself, because all of my friends who's judgement on film can be trusted, voted for "waste of time and money !" 

[The Burgomaster]

I didn't see it myself, because all of my friends who's judgement on film can be trusted, voted for "waste of time and money !" 

They are so wrong.  Pure summer movie entertainment and worth every penny of the admission price (assuming you're a fan of comic book movies).

[BoyScoutKevin]

Seeing how much the 2nd one grossed so far, I think it is fairly safe to say, we'll most likely get an "Iron Man 3."

[HappyGilmore]

Seeing how much the 2nd one grossed so far, I think it is fairly safe to say, we'll most likely get an "Iron Man 3."

Way back when, it was announced that in addition to Iron Man, Downey was signed on for 2 sequels, The Avengers, and a cameo in The Incredible Hulk.  So far, 1&2 have come out and he was in Hulk. 

[akiratubo]

I didn't like it as much as the first one.  I don't know where you all saw all the action, because I sure didn't see it.  Mickey Roarke fought Tony at the racetrack (most of that fight was already in the trailer) and that was it until the very end.  The "big fight" at the end was also far too short, but the fight with the drones was pretty good (but still too short).  There was the scuffle with Don Cheadle but that was mostly a gag, not an action scene.

The rest of the movie was too unfocused.  Tony's alcoholism and illness were brought up and dropped too easily.  Tony even said so himself when he refined that element.

At least whenever Mickey Roarke was around the movie was pure gold.

Iron Man 2 certainly isn't a bad movie but I didn't think it was all that good, either.

Definitely go to a matinee or wait for the $1 theater if you haven't seen it yet.

[Jim H]

The "big fight" at the end was also far too short, but the fight with the drones was pretty good (but still too short).

The action wasn't as well-distributed, but I'd hazard a guess and say in terms of actual run time, the second film has more action than the first.  The finale was a continuous action scene lasting something like 20 minutes.