Iron Man 2

[TommyHotWheel]

Awesome...stay till the end of the credits.

[derf]

Yeh, it was good. Not nearly as good as the first one but still pretty good. I took my 5 year old and it kept his attention for most of the movie.

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by derf

Yeh, it was good. Not nearly as good as the first one but still pretty good.

that was my overall assessment too.

[derf]

Originally Posted by t-homo

that was my overall assessment too.

I walked out of the theater with the full knowledge that they cut way too much stuff off the original script. There were just too many little thing that popped up unexplained or that were reffered to but hadn't happened.

Really my main problem was that the first film Tony was trying to right the wrongs that his being an asshole cause. This one he was an egotistical asshole and that caused all the problems. Also the science was too out there for me, not saying that arc reactors and iron man suits aren't too out there, but the some of the stuff that he found at the last minute was just way out there.

I will say that there was a ton of cool shit in the movie. War machine, totally bad ass, and the references to the other characters. I saw at least 4 references to other super heros.

Spoiler:

The chinese guy who gave Whiplash the passport, Ten Ring mandarin reference? In the Box with the Cap shield, an antartic reference to a frozen Captain America? At the end when Stark is talking to Fury there was qa map in the background with a few locations circled, 2 in southeastern US, North Pole, and Atlantic Ocean. Also the news report of the Hulk in the background in the same scene.

[Rangerscott]

Was there a preview of Super 8?

[TommyHotWheel]

Super 8 preview was there. The transition from righting the wrongs of his family to self destructive egotist mirrored the comics, they just didnt have the time so they scooted around the alcoholism. Did anyone notice Thor in the movie? And did everybody stay till the end of the credits? It was cool that they showed Cap's shield too...funny, that was a very Tony way to use it. And I think the Russian guy was just a conicidence, I didnt notice any rings, alot of russians from the Siberian area look Chinese, they are neighbors.


Edit: I checked and the gangster is listed as Ten Rings Gangster, not The Mandarin, but he was Ten Rings...here is a list of the "Easter Eggs"
http://chud.com/articles/articles/23...N-2/Page1.html

[karl_1052]

As a non-comicbook nerd, I liked it.

I was impressed with Mikey Rourke. I thought, at the beginning, here comes a movie with terrible fake accents for 2 hours, but he did a good job.
The story was good(not as good as the first, but still good), but the main fight scene was much better than the first(even if whiplash's part was very short).

I think the movie was missing one thing though. Tony, Pepper and Nathalie Rushman in the shower.

One thing I hate in movies is when they switch actors. that shit pisses me off.

[smileyman]

I sit here reading this in my Iron Man 'Shoot to Thrill' T shirt, listening to AC/DC, and planning which show to catch and whether or not to hit On the Border before or after...

[TommyHotWheel]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

One thing I hate in movies is when they switch actors. that shit pisses me off.

Thats Terrance Howard's fault, not the producer or the company. He wanted top billing and pay. I think Don was more like Rhodey anywho. I would have liked to see more of Whiplash too, but I wouldnt want to sit thru a 3 hour movie again.

[t-homo]

I hate when they switch actors, but Don Cheadle did great, imo.