Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 starts off the traditional summer movie launch when we are still filled with hope of what is to come before being beaten down with crap. The second weekend in May is the the home of The Mummy, Van Helsing and the like of which Iron Man 2 now belongs. IM2 is everything that is cliched in a sequel. If the audience liked explosions in the first move, make more explosions. Flying super hero suits? Make more! Not enough hot women and wrestlers? Add in cheerleaders and Mickey Rourke and you have a popcorn movie!
The plot is not hard to follow. One dimensional bad guy Mickey Rourke wants to make Iron Man suffer for family honor. Dweeby jealous Justin Hammer wants respect. (His whiny voice was overdone and I found myself wishing for a remote so I could hit mute). Tony Stark/Iron Man wants a life. So why was this so hard for people to grasp? This is one of those movies where if you have a friend who always is asking you "what happened" or "why" during the movie, go without that person unless you want to have a 2 hour conversation.
IM2 is 2 hours of action but way too many characters for it to work. Mickey Rourke is forgotten in parts of the movie which was too bad because he at least is interesting to look at. Scarlett Johansson kicked ass and almost made it her movie and I now vote for her to be Wonder Woman. Mace Windu was in for all of 10 minutes and that was a bummer because an eye-patch wearing Jedi added the only life to the action.
As for Iron Man and his Gal Friday, Pepper, they went aimlessly about their own movie until the end. And I have to say for 120 minutes of waiting for there to be a point to the movie, the last 5 minutes was a great movie ending.
I didn't hate Iron Man 2, it is everything that you would expect from a sequel. I wish it had the same heart as the original but that rarely ever happens in Hollywood. Go in, grab your diet coke and popcorn and enjoy the explosions. At least they are bright and never let down the audience.
The plot is not hard to follow. One dimensional bad guy Mickey Rourke wants to make Iron Man suffer for family honor. Dweeby jealous Justin Hammer wants respect. (His whiny voice was overdone and I found myself wishing for a remote so I could hit mute). Tony Stark/Iron Man wants a life. So why was this so hard for people to grasp? This is one of those movies where if you have a friend who always is asking you "what happened" or "why" during the movie, go without that person unless you want to have a 2 hour conversation.
IM2 is 2 hours of action but way too many characters for it to work. Mickey Rourke is forgotten in parts of the movie which was too bad because he at least is interesting to look at. Scarlett Johansson kicked ass and almost made it her movie and I now vote for her to be Wonder Woman. Mace Windu was in for all of 10 minutes and that was a bummer because an eye-patch wearing Jedi added the only life to the action.
As for Iron Man and his Gal Friday, Pepper, they went aimlessly about their own movie until the end. And I have to say for 120 minutes of waiting for there to be a point to the movie, the last 5 minutes was a great movie ending.
I didn't hate Iron Man 2, it is everything that you would expect from a sequel. I wish it had the same heart as the original but that rarely ever happens in Hollywood. Go in, grab your diet coke and popcorn and enjoy the explosions. At least they are bright and never let down the audience.
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