Just saw IRON MAN 2

[AndyC]

Saw it last weekend, when I had some time to slip into the city and catch a movie. Lots of action, lots of laughs, and although I wasn't sure about Mickey Rourke as a Backlash/Crimson Dynamo cross, he was great. Vanko and Hammer had some good chemistry. And Gary Shandling was a nice surprise.

I figured there would be something at the end of the credits, but I didn't stick around for it.

[HorrorFreak]

Saw it 2 days ago. Pretty good movie, cool effects, good acting.
I had fun watching it. I've expected to be worst but I had a little good surprise.
I haven't seen Ironman 1 to compare the movies but I thing number 2 was cool.

George

[rebel_1812]

it was pretty good.  Its not on spiderman or dark knight level but alot better then the fantastic four movies.

[Mr. DS]

Getting in VERY late to this because I've been putting it off seeing it.  I found it absolutely boring and tedious with even the climax not coming close to paying off.   I was actually surprised at the complete and total lack of actual Iron Man in this movie.  In the two hour running time I think he appears on screen for about literally 20 minutes of it at best.  To me this was as big of a stinker as Shrek 4 in the race for "worst of 2010".  

[indianasmith]

My wife and I watched it last weekend.  We found it pretty entertaining, but we're easy to please.  I never read any of the IM comics, so I had no preconceptions of any of the characters.

[Neville]

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. 

I liked it better than the first one. Downey Jr. was more confortable in his shoes as Stark, the action bits were cooler and liked a lot the character Mickey Rourke played. Much more complex and dark than your usual villain. Now, one thing I could have done without, Scarlet Johansson. Her scenes looked too much like some trailer for an upcoming Black Widow film. And Jon Favreau playing comic relief was just painful to watch.

I've quoted what Jim H said about Wiplash and Stark's father because I think the movie sohuld have explored this much better. I never understood completely if Whiplash had a genuine reason for hating Stark's guts or if it was just a personal obssession. I for one think that Stark Sr. screwing over Wiplash and Stark Sr. learning about it too late and trying to make things right too late would have been more interesting.