Iron Man 2

[children with angels]

I'm worried it's going to be too much plot and not enough light humor. The first one stands out not because it's technically good, but because it's so free wheeling with Robert Downey Jr. that he starts to transcend the super hero qualities and makes them of secondary importance. I think the super hero antics may take first billing here and the funny jokes will have to live during the commercial breaks of the action. Of course I have no clue and hope I am wrong, but plot enhancement is typical sequel fodder when more bad guys are added.

This is one of those rare but beautiful occasions when you and I are in complete agreement! 

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IMAX Trailer

[RegularKarate]

[©brad]

Early reviews say this is pretty awful.

[Pozer]

details or it didn't happen.

(marquee this by the way)

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Early Iron Man 2 reviews: It rocks! It sucks! It's ho-hum!
Source: SciFi Wire

Iron Man 2 doesn't hit theaters until May 7, but reviews are already popping up online, and they range from delirious raves to outright pans. A sampling below.

With about 12 reviews so far, the movie is rating a pretty positive 75 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Typical of the positive reviews is one by Tom Huddleston at Time Out:

Iron Man 2 is a lot of fun: it's shiny, likeable and never boring. But it's also wildly uneven and unnecessarily convoluted, leaving the viewer unsatisfied and hungry for something more substantial.

There's a few very negative reviews, exemplified by The Hollywood Reporter:

Everything fun and terrific about "Iron Man," a mere two years ago, has vanished with its sequel. In its place, "Iron Man 2" has substituted noise, confusion, multiple villains, irrelevant stunts and misguided story lines.

The U.K. Daily Mirror similarly opines: "Given the strength of part one, the sequel is not just a terrific failure but a terrific disappointment."

But then there's the most positive review of all so far, from Ain't It Cool News' Harry Knowles, who practically wets himself raving about the movie:

IRON MAN 2 is comic movie crack! I remember how I was after I saw SPIDER-MAN 2. It felt like the world finally f--king got it. I thought we'd always have films increasingly badass from that point—and SPIDER-MAN 3 was not better. And I got a tad sad. When you see a comic book movie that is absolutely the best of what that character can be on screen—it is euphoric. Something to celebrate, to revel in. I've been a comic geek my entire life. I remember when Bob Layton really began blowing my mind with IRON MAN. This is that... but on film... with hundreds of talented awesome artists, technicians and craftsmen all supporting that vision.

[Gold Trumpet]

Early reviews say this is pretty awful.

Yea, it's saying a lot of what I feared but I also was repeating general sequel problems. Now that my expectations are nil, I can maybe just enjoy this movie as fine nothing entertainment. But, ehh...

[polkablues]

Can we all just agree that Harry Knowles is to film reviews what Homer Simpson is to food reviews?  If he gave a movie nine thumbs up, would anyone bat an eye?

[RegularKarate]

So, it's a little unfair for me to really give a final opinion on this movie because I slept through part of it.

I went to a double feature, digital projections of both Iron Man movies.  The second one had not downloaded in time though, so not only did the first start late, they had to make us wait between movies too.  So it was really late by the time we started IM2.

I was awake through the first two thirds though and I really didn't like it.  It felt like a mess.  It kept stumbling all over the place and I got the feeling that Marvel was REALLY pushing for all the Avenger tie-in stuff and that really hurt it.

I felt like there was very little motivation for anything in the movie other than bad guys being bad guys and RDJ playing into the Tony Stark character.

I was enjoying it until ***SPOILERS****
Stark is drunk and dressed as Iron Man at his own Birthday party and Don Cheadle shows up in another suit and they fucking fight while DJ AM plays a shitty mash-up song.  It felt desperate for reason and comedy.
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I don't know, I didn't hate it and maybe it got a lot better toward the end, but it really felt lazily thrown together and I don't get why they would go here from the first movie.  

Oh, and if someone wants to PM what happens after the credits, please do.  I was too tired to sit through them.

[Pubrick]

for some amazing reason this has been playing here for over a week. we got it at least a whole week before you freaks!

the point is i have not heard a single great thing said about it. i'm not even sure if anyone i know has seen it. yep, i think this is a dollar rental.

[72teeth]

i thought it was badass, but i was also watching it with my 9year old cousin who was in full costume, so i may have just been watching vicariously...

[New Feeling]

Can we all just agree that Harry Knowles is to film reviews what Homer Simpson is to food reviews?  If he gave a movie nine thumbs up, would anyone bat an eye?

haha that just reminds me how enthusiastic he was in his Grindhouse review like " The only thing wrong with the length is that it doesn't have Hot Fuzz on the end " I guess thats not a bad idea, but most everyone else hated it

I know this is off topic and all, but Grindhouse got fairly enthusiastic reviews when it was released and is enjoyed by a large percentage of people who have seen it.  Certified fresh at Rottentomatoes with 82(!) percent.  It was certainly a financial failure but it was also pretty well received. 

I'm worried that IM2 will indeed suck but I gotta take my kid so I'll be seeing it this week sometime.   

[socketlevel]

saw it tonight, kinda average. sloppy at times, antagonist wasn't developed well and the birthday scene was followed by the most pathetically motivated action scene.  too bad, i was a fan of the original.