Iron Man 2 = An awesome sequel!!

[jebara]

im so tired of superhero movies...

 

[Yossarian1507]

Whoa, how the hell did that happen? America is getting it later than Australia and Europe?

Anyway, I've seen it day after the Polish release, and gotta say I love it. Robert Downey Jr. is the best actor imaginable for Tony Stark.

Anyway, if you liked the first one, you'll like this one as well. IMO a bit better action than in IM1, witty dialogs are funny as always... And Scarlett Johansson. Damn, she's so HOT! She also kicks some serious asses in this movie in one memorable scene at Hammer industries ;]

Also, a question for other people, who've seen this already:

What's the name of that electro-sounding song playing at the end of Drunk Iron Man vs Warmachine fight? I heard it before, but I just forgot the title.

Wasn't it Queen's Another One Bites The Dust?
either that or Daft Punk

Another One Bites the Dust was at the beginning of the fight. The song I want to find was at the end of it.

It kinda sounded Daft Punk'ish, so now I just need to find a title.

i THINK it was Robot Rock...ironically fitting.

Yeah, that's it. Thanks mate, cookie for you.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

I'm very much looking forward to seeing it. From the trailers it looks like the perfect sequel to what was definitely one of the better superhero movies.

Which is funny, because I always hated Iron Man as a comic character.

Well prepare to hate the film counterpart now!

OT: Terrible. They derailed the film and have forgotton everything that made it great. Do you know what the plot is about?

Spoiler: not really a spoiler, but better safe than sorry

The plot is about a fucking defense contract. There is no danger. At all. The villian in trailers has less screentime than fucking Dr Lecter in Silence of the Lambs.

And they have ruined Don Cheadles career.

Wow. That's totally lame.

 

[ygetoff]

Personally, I would rather see Tropic Thunder 2.

 

[neilsaccount]

well i had no idea that was out thanks for the heads up

 

[sms_117b]

Saw it on advanced preview Thursday, awesome film, has a little clip afterwards too, not amazing but cool.

 

[dodo1331]

I saw this last night, but still think the first is better. The characters are all great, but the story isn't as good as I was hoping. IT feels a lot like they had ideas and so just mashed them together. There's also lots of nods to the Avengers cross-over which didn't help the film much as they felt like they were bolted on a bit. Also, stay after the end credits, its worth it.

So like Spiderman 3 you're saying?

 

[viperthejedi]

I'm very much looking forward to seeing it. From the trailers it looks like the perfect sequel to what was definitely one of the better superhero movies.

Which is funny, because I always hated Iron Man as a comic character.

Well prepare to hate the film counterpart now!

OT: Terrible. They derailed the film and have forgotton everything that made it great. Do you know what the plot is about?

Spoiler: not really a spoiler, but better safe than sorry

The plot is about a fucking defense contract. There is no danger. At all. The villian in trailers has less screentime than fucking Dr Lecter in Silence of the Lambs.

And they have ruined Don Cheadles career.

Wow I really disagree with you there. Thought Don Cheadle was great in it. The end fight scene with the drones is amazing except Whiplash's end battle is way too short.

 

[Mr.Petey]

I've seen it on Saturday and thought it was alright expect for one minor aspect. Rhodes.
Well don't get me wrong, Don Cheadle is not too bad as an actor but in this he came off as "I'm tired of your shit Stark"....and that's it. Constantly at odds with him unlike Terrance Howard who actually made a good mix of "You're an idiot but you're still a friend so I will let you off soemtimes"

It just felt like it missed that whole married couple banter that Stark also shared with Potts

 

[Dok Zombie]

However when she is looking at the beeping self destruct robot at the end (Waiting for our hero to swoop in at the nick of time, no doubt) with that gormless look, that made my day.

I agree, has she never seen a movie before? If something is beeping and flashing a red light, it's about to explode.

Other than that though, I really enjoyed Iron Man 2, it was good fun and while cheesy in places I think it fits the atmosphere of the comics quite well. If I want gritty and violent I'll watch Dark Knight or Watchmen, but that's not what Marvel is about. (Outside of The Punisher and Wolverine of course).

 

[Cherry Cola]

Wow I really disagree with you there. Thought Don Cheadle was great in it. The end fight scene with the drones is amazing except Whiplash's end battle is way too short.

I'm afraid my reply is rather long! Sorry.

Spoiler: Glad you kept the reply civil, most newer users see opinions as fact.

OT: The problem with Don Cheadle was the script. It did not suit him. All his lines were poorly written, and this is the guy who made Hotel Rwanda such a epic film. Not only did they write his character into a different person.

Iron man 1: A friend of Tony, who while dissaproving of his actions because it would jepordize his career, is willing to betray his job to keep his friend safe.

Iron Man 2: He is written as a complete asshat. He has a huge fight with Tony for no reason (The film says it's to stop Tony making a drunken fool of himself, but the real reason is because they realised they have too few action sequences) and this results in him betraying him for a suit. Then he ends up working with the obvious villian. His allegance flies all over the shop, and not in a good "General Shepard/Farcry2 Jackel" way. Along with some simply goofy lines this is a huge red mark on Cheadles impressive filmography.

While I'm here, I must say they wrote Paltrow's character much better in this film. She has gone from Miss Exposition for the little, stupid children in the cinema to a actual character. However when she is looking at the beeping self destruct robot at the end (Waiting for our hero to swoop in at the nick of time, no doubt) with that gormless look, that made my day.

On to the battles then.

It was awfully generic. That's a hard thing to write as generic is such a widely used term nowdays. Generic is now generic. What I'm getting at is that there was no real variety, I could tell that the giant globe was going to kill a couple of the Air Force robots when they were introduced - it was easy to guess the "Chekovs". Whether that's because I read Tv Tropes religiously, I don't know.

The heart of the problem is that there was no fear of danger during the battles. After Nick Fury introduced himself and you realise that Iron Man is a huge money sponge, I figured that Iron Man will never die. And now you have War Machine, a fan favorite (for obvious reasons) and as such the ability to never die. War Machine could easily be adapted as a direct to DVD film if they needed.

There was no threat to our characters - even if they lost what happens? They die and some prat gets a defense contract.
Compare to the first film.
They die and some megalomaniac with the ambition of god himself destroys everyone you know and care for and takes over the world with technology that is years ahead of its time.
That is a threat. "Justin Hammer[footnote]Honestly, the writers were crap. Who would think that is suitable villian name?![/footnote]" is not.

Lastly, I agree. Mr Whipfist was a anti-climax. I mean, fucking Dr Doom lasted longer.

MOAR MUST BE COMPLAINED ABOUT!

Spoiler

A hidden diagram for an unknown element? That Tony manages to create in one day with just a laz00r[footnote]Or particle accelerator, whatever bullshit you want to call it[/footnote]?

How did Vanko know that Stark was going to race when it was completely spontaneous? Would he not have been preparing to storm the luxury lounge instead of disguising himself as someone working down at the tracks? How the hell did his legs not get crushed from being smashed into a wall with a car? 5 TIMES! Why the hell was his bird so important if you just replace it and he's fine with it?

How the hell does a machine gun make so many cars explode? Not even in Terminator 2 did they explode from that few bullets that fast!

What happened to the promise that this film would be about Tony Stark's drinking problem? Why replace that with a plot about him being poisoned by what's keeping him alive that can only be solved by a Deus Ex Machina?

How the hell does Don Cheadle know how to operate a suit? Why is the name War Machine only hinted at instead of actually given to him? Why does Whiplash never ever get called Whiplash?

Are we ever going to see Mandarin as a villain? It's been hinted at since the first film.

Why the bodyguard who's only there for comic relief?

I could probably complain about more, but this is from the top of my head.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Why the bodyguard who's only there for unfunny comic relief?

I could probably complain about more, but this is from the top of my head.

Good list, I hated this film so much.

I'm looking forward to MovieBobs review. I may Copy N Paste our complaints to it.

And just to reliterate, JUSTIN HAMMER? WHAT IN THE HELL.

They really thought he would top Jeff Bridges?

Fuck him!

I also find it hard to believe that he is the second biggest weapons manufacturer in the world when his most prized weapon doesn't work. You'd think his lifetime achievement would have been field-tested.

 

[Cherry Cola]

They really thought he would top Jeff Bridges?

Fuck him!

I also find it hard to believe that he is the second biggest weapons manufacturer in the world when his most prized weapon doesn't work. You'd think his lifetime achievement would have been field-tested.

Seriously, I don't think anyone read the base script before they handed it over Seltzer and Friedberg for their comic approval.

And that was just stupid. The entire movie was stupid.

I laughed once, when Stark moves Pot's annoying desk ornament - because I was feeling the exact same way as Stark.

I hate how they reduce Stark to a pathetic boy who needs a hug for almost the whole freakin' movie. All for what? Because he is soon going to die? That didn't stop him from being himself before, why should it now?

 

[Cherry Cola]

I hate how they reduce Stark to a pathetic boy who needs a hug for almost the whole freakin' movie. All for what? Because he is soon going to die? That didn't stop him from being himself before, why should it now?

You forgot to mention that he lost all character. He is just a rude, self interested twat in this film, while in the original he goes from twat to hero.
They abadoned that plotline.

I found more emotional response from Mr Electric-ropes in this film.

I think his little birdie could top Stark as well.

I hate it when films disappoint me.

 

[Aaron Callaway]

in the end whiplash builds a suit fights iron man and warmachine gets his arse handed to him on a platter and then war machine f offs home where tony stark has been told cannot join sheld but IRON MAN can well thats basicly the same person. anyway hes asks for a speaker to help give him his medal for both him and rodey they get it then THE END!!!!!