Escape to the Movies: Iron Man 2
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While I appreciate that the movie was trying to shift Tony from the self-centered narcissistic jerk superhero to the playfully self-centered narcissistic jerk superhero, it didn't really pan out as well as I hoped it would.
Much of Whiplash's behavior seemed borderline erratic. I mean, I simply don't buy the fact that his old man kicked off is a viable straw to break his back. Not to mention, he goes straight from drinking and brooding in the corner (admittedly, a very chilly corner) to a complete 180 where he's suddenly out to overtly destroy Stark's reputation, and even kill him toward the end.
Also, and I guess this is just me nit-picking now, but no sane person would do what he did. He builds an exoskeleton with what he has available, and picks a whip-like weapon. Alright, I'll buy that; it gives him range and unpredictability in attacks, yadda yadda... fine. When that fails to work (and it does fail), his solution is to build a big robot suit. Alright, not the most inventive tactic to counter a man-robot like Iron Man, but okay. Against Iron Man's repulsors and missiles (ignoring War Machine's weapons because he probably didn't plan on War Machine being converted mid-fight), what weapon does he go with? Whips. Again.
I'm sorry, but not even cartoon super-villains are that dimwitted. If a strategy doesn't work the first time, attaching it to a metal suit and making the extensions slightly more powerful isn't going to make it any more effective the second time; especially considering that Iron Man would now see the whips coming. There goes your element of surprise, Vlad.
Hammer was almost offensive to listen to at times. I get that he's supposed to amount to a "Tony Stark-esque" figure representing what Stark could have been like, but he just came off as a yippy little loudmouth with too much money. I mean, he barely qualifies as a villain, given that 90% of the movie is spent with his creations either killing their pilots or under the control of the crazy Russian.
In the end, as a nerd of varying interests, I am kind of glad I saw the flick. It was nice to see Sam Jackson do more with the Fury character than just leak spoilers after the credit roll, and I didn't mind Cheadle's Rhodey as much as I thought I would have (Howard was still a better fit, I think). I just wish I could have gotten more out of the experience than some teasers for the Avengers movie, some nifty one-liners from an underused Mickey Rourke, and a bar fight conducted in a pair of super-powered metal suits.
Much of Whiplash's behavior seemed borderline erratic. I mean, I simply don't buy the fact that his old man kicked off is a viable straw to break his back. Not to mention, he goes straight from drinking and brooding in the corner (admittedly, a very chilly corner) to a complete 180 where he's suddenly out to overtly destroy Stark's reputation, and even kill him toward the end.
Also, and I guess this is just me nit-picking now, but no sane person would do what he did. He builds an exoskeleton with what he has available, and picks a whip-like weapon. Alright, I'll buy that; it gives him range and unpredictability in attacks, yadda yadda... fine. When that fails to work (and it does fail), his solution is to build a big robot suit. Alright, not the most inventive tactic to counter a man-robot like Iron Man, but okay. Against Iron Man's repulsors and missiles (ignoring War Machine's weapons because he probably didn't plan on War Machine being converted mid-fight), what weapon does he go with? Whips. Again.
I'm sorry, but not even cartoon super-villains are that dimwitted. If a strategy doesn't work the first time, attaching it to a metal suit and making the extensions slightly more powerful isn't going to make it any more effective the second time; especially considering that Iron Man would now see the whips coming. There goes your element of surprise, Vlad.
Hammer was almost offensive to listen to at times. I get that he's supposed to amount to a "Tony Stark-esque" figure representing what Stark could have been like, but he just came off as a yippy little loudmouth with too much money. I mean, he barely qualifies as a villain, given that 90% of the movie is spent with his creations either killing their pilots or under the control of the crazy Russian.
In the end, as a nerd of varying interests, I am kind of glad I saw the flick. It was nice to see Sam Jackson do more with the Fury character than just leak spoilers after the credit roll, and I didn't mind Cheadle's Rhodey as much as I thought I would have (Howard was still a better fit, I think). I just wish I could have gotten more out of the experience than some teasers for the Avengers movie, some nifty one-liners from an underused Mickey Rourke, and a bar fight conducted in a pair of super-powered metal suits.
I enjoyed the movie, however the ending really pissed me of for a few of reasons;
1. Just like in the first Iron Man, the Boss Fight (final fight) was weak and lame. In other words; it was over way to fast and it seemed to damn easy (realistically speaking Whip Man should have be pwned like a noob just for the fact that he was not covered in armour).
2. Whip Man's life should have paralleled that of Mel gibson's wife in Signs the moment he was nailed by a fucking SUV against the concreat wall during the race scene. Like I mentioned above he wasn't wearing any armour, and what he did have on only covered part of his back.
3. After the credits all I saw was a stick in the sand. Maybe it was my fault for not recognizing what it was, but at the moment I had no bloody clue what I was supposed to be seeing.
Well that it. Next movie make the boss fight longer and more epic, I was really looking forward to seeing Iron Man get the shit whipped out of him like some S&M depravity. lol.
1. Just like in the first Iron Man, the Boss Fight (final fight) was weak and lame. In other words; it was over way to fast and it seemed to damn easy (realistically speaking Whip Man should have be pwned like a noob just for the fact that he was not covered in armour).
2. Whip Man's life should have paralleled that of Mel gibson's wife in Signs the moment he was nailed by a fucking SUV against the concreat wall during the race scene. Like I mentioned above he wasn't wearing any armour, and what he did have on only covered part of his back.
3. After the credits all I saw was a stick in the sand. Maybe it was my fault for not recognizing what it was, but at the moment I had no bloody clue what I was supposed to be seeing.
Well that it. Next movie make the boss fight longer and more epic, I was really looking forward to seeing Iron Man get the shit whipped out of him like some S&M depravity. lol.
I didn't really think that the second was quite as good as the first one, the final boss fight was over pretty fast and cheaply won, and why do all the villians have to be killed off? happened in the last one too. I thought it would have been cool to see them again in later movies, I mean what if they run out of old villians? Also there were some points that seemed a bit.. much. The point when whiplash walks towards tony and the formula 1 cars kinda slide and then randomly explode? That seemed a bit much? The first one felt more together also, this was more broken up?
Alright I just watched the movie.... and there are some stuff I don't understand.
1. What was the joke in the middle of the movie?
. Seriously I can't remember.
2. I saw the credits, I don't understand what that guy found, a stick in the sand?
3. Anyone got any nice pictures of Scarlett Johansson? xD
Can someone answer these? Thanks in advance.
1. What was the joke in the middle of the movie?
. Seriously I can't remember.2. I saw the credits, I don't understand what that guy found, a stick in the sand?
3. Anyone got any nice pictures of Scarlett Johansson? xD
Can someone answer these? Thanks in advance.
Too bad I have that one annoying friend who can't stay silent during movies. He was commenting every time Scarlet Johanson was on the screen.
on the whole I agree with Bob, but was it just me or was the plot just a bit lacking this time round? Seemed a bit weak to me, can't quite quantify it but for me its certainly not in the same league as the original (Scarlet accepted).
