- You know, I admire a sequel that has the simple guts to call itself 2. It tells you that they’re obviously not trying very hard, that they’re not worried about coming up with anything mysterious or captivating or borderline ridiculous (Tony Stark and the Palladium Heart Chamber of Secrets!), and that you shouldn’t expect very much because you’re unlikely to get very much. I was not that impressed with the first movie and am even less impressed with this one.
- Did the writers for this movie not learn from The Phantom Menace and realise droid armies are not that interesting?
- Sam Rockwell really freaked me out in this because something about him made it feel like a lost Gary Oldman role from ten or fifteen years ago. This is a good thing, though; everyone does better when channelling Gary Oldman.
- Why does this have to have the world’s most paper thin plot? Cranky Russian exacts revenge on Tony Stark because Stark Sr. stole his father’s science glory. His science glory! Yawn. And poor Ivan gets beat by Stark and Rhodes in the worst way: hand-to-hand Priori Incantatem. This is what defeats our villain? Having him blow himself up was the icing on the We’re Too Tired To Think Of Anything Better™ cake.
- I can’t tell if Stark was infinitely more obnoxious and smug in this one or if I’m just not remembering the first film very vividly. I like RDJ and I think he is the only thing that saves Stark from being completely irredeemable, but god was this character juvenile. Ugh. I hate manchilds. Menchilds? Manchildren? What is the correct plural?
- Samuel L. Jackson, thank you for saving me from utter boredom. I’m glad you’ve signed a nine zillion picture deal with Marvel to appear as this character in a multitude of films. You will be the saving grace of all of them, I can tell you now.
- Pepper Potts, why on earth would you put a Barnett Newman painting in a frame?! Jesus, woman. You spent ten years cultivating Stark’s art collection and you completely wreck a Newman by putting it in a frame? This is why rich people who do not know anything about art should not buy art for art’s sake. Ugh.
- My name is Tony Stark and I’m just going to randomly invent a new element that happens to fix my health problems. Win-win!
- Speaking of which, I’m not a medical professional but it seems to me that even a “low” blood toxicity level of 24% is probably way too high to be normal and to allow you to function. Stark didn’t seem to be suffering any radiation poisoning until he was above 55% percent (probably higher). Marie Curie is probably more than a little jealous of his stamina right now.
- The scene after the credits was ridiculous. Tell me that is not supposed to be the Hammer of Thor or something similar.
- I didn’t realise how angry this movie made me until I was talking to my sister Amelia about and now I’m in a rather low-grade rage about it. She thinks I’m over thinking the finer-points of this film.
Iron Man 2
Unimpressive, most unimpressive.
IMDB Plot Synopsis Billionaire Tony Stark must contend with deadly issues involving the government, his own friends, as well as new enemies due to his superhero alter ego Iron Man.
Regarding #10, yes indeed it is the Hammer of Thor. It’s a tie-in to the Thor movie that’s being developed.
Oh man, kill me now.
My vote is for manchildren.