Iron Man 2

[FanIn80]

Just got back. It's better than the first!

[Methanolic]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Just got back. It's better than the first!

Good to Hear!!

Because the "talking Head - Critics" are saying it's Flat! I've read a couple of articles in 2 different Papers and both so -called Movie Experts have said it doesn't compare to the 1st one.

I'm glad to hear the opinion of a "regular" person and glad to hear you think it''s good!


"Thanks" .... cuz I'm out of them again.

[Huntingwhale]

[zamler]

Early numbers@imdb.com peg it at 7.7, usually the die hard fans rate it highly and then it drops from there. Hope it's good though I enjoyed the 1st one.

I fear they will do what so many sequels have done over the years, ramp up the visual FX and forget about the core emotion and substance.

[Nammer403]

i enjoyed it also! agreed with zamler bout the sequals maybe just a trilogy or something would be okay then lead it off to the avengers or something

[trackercowe]

Meh, I thought the movie overall was fairly mediocre.

Now I must warn you I wasn't a huge fan of the first movie. I love Robert Downey Jr, and he is the perfect Tony Stark. I also liked how they did the origin storyline in the first film, but the second half was somewhat of a let down. Spoilers ahead!



The second one on the other hand, while it did have it's moments, it just didn't feel finished per say.

Downey Jr, was still excellent, and it's worth the price seeing him alone. They could not have chosen a more perfect Tony Stark/Iron Man.

Johansson did not work for me as the Black Widow. Sure she is hot as hell, but couldn't they have brought in a Russian, to play a Russian spy? I think she tried to use a Russian accent for ten seconds, then just gave up. She added nothing more to the movie other than her looks. I have no problem with that, but I could also say the same for Megan Fox.

Whiplash was so poorly done, it was just sad. He gets his ass handed to him in five minutes in the first battle, because of his "inferior" technology. So he works to make his own suit in order to take Stark/Iron Man down.

So in the final battle, after effortlessly taking out a few drones, outcomes Rourke as Whiplash. You would figure this will be a much more complex battle for Stark, and his sidekick Rhodes (War Machine). But nope, Whiplash is soundly defeated within three minutes. Good thing Whiplash set the drones to explode which is sure to destroy IM, and his cronies. Not this time of course. Whiplash makes sure to let Stark know the drones are set to explode in just enough time to save himself, and his sidekicks. Hooray! Everyone is saved.

It almost felt like the movie had no direction, and a very limited plot. They kept the same corporate villain plot they had in the first film, so nothing new there. I love Sam Rockwell too, and I thought he did everything he could with the character. I guess the main plot was Stark trying to save himself, but it just didn't do it for me.

I am not saying I didn't enjoy myself, but it just didn't hold my attention like superior super hero films did (Dark Knight, X-Men 2, Iron Man 1).

Here's hoping Robin Hood is better than I expect it to be.

Btw, I love Downey Jr. because of "Zodiac". Now that is a great film. Probably my favorite movie in recent memory. Every movie that is looking for a drunken loner has to cast RDJ. It should be almost automatic by now.

[Sly]

I liked the first one better....

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Just because it's not as good as the first doesn't mean it's a bad movie in its own right.

Seeing a matinee tomorrow.....really pumped.

[trackercowe]

Maybe I am just choked that I went to Iron Man 2, over the Canucks game. I figured they had to win one of the two at home.

[OutOfTheCube]

Dragged in the middle for sure, and Tony ended up treading more into the really damn annoying character area moreso than the funny/cocky guy he was in the first one.

Was still good, but I enjoyed the first more.

[Swarly]

Not as good as the first, but the first one was a damn good movie, which means the second was still very good. Definitely worth losing sleep to see the thurs midnight show.

[awildermode]

mickey rourke has some scary looking finger nails.

[psicodude]

I thought it was a great movie and liked it just as much as the first one. Easily worth the money, which is rare these days.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Anyone watch to the very end credits? Next year is gonna be awesome!!

[Cheerio]

I liked it, wasn't quite as good I had expected but it was still a pretty good movie.

[awildermode]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

Anyone watch to the very end credits? Next year is gonna be awesome!!

always stay until the very end. most movies that have potential for squeals will have some 'teaser' at the end.

also, why rush to leave/restroom? just wait a few minutes and there will be no lines.

[OBCT]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

Anyone watch to the very end credits? Next year is gonna be awesome!!

heh. ya.

spoilers below in white:

hmmm... yes... a strange crater in the middle of nowhere, New Mexico. Which leaves room for just about anything in the threequel, all the way from meeting intelligent alien life to the discovery of an "impossible" new element or energy source, or something. Anything involving Samuel L. Jackson should be good. :P

[awildermode]

^your spoiler is missing an important visual element that hints at the next movie.

by "visual element" i mean prop from next marvel movie release

[d_phaneuf]

aren't they making the avengers next though? before Iron Man 3

I thought it was pretty good

I would go 7.5/10

[narbeZ]

Im pretty sure THOR is the next movie coming out.