Ironman 2

Wow, Let me begin by saying Both of us Thuroughly LOVED the origonal Iron Man.
It wasn't a profound, or prolific film, but I don't believe that every film should try to fit the same catagory. Ironman 1 was a good popcorn film, with enough plot, drama, and humor to keep you interested, paired with a cast of characters whiich played their parts convincingly.

Ironman 2 was a Grim disapointemen in Every aspect. We waited in line for the 12:00 premier, we were both excited, but knew the film probably wouldn't be as grand as we were hoping. It was evident from the trailers, that "2" was going to be a little more "cheesey" than the first, and that Micky Rorke couldn't perform a russian accent to save his.....well, Career. What we didn't expect was the Overwhelming Camp, the shallow and uninteresting humor, and the boring and flat plot.

The film opened up with a large expo which is revieled will be going on for an entire year........there are no words.
This cheesey scene, it's blairing Ac/Dc, and cheap humor set the tone for the rest of the film.

The plot felt convoluded, and rushed. We were introduced to a few new characters, and the back story of minor characters from the last film were explored further......yet, not enough to care about any of them. There were just too many threads and not enough time in the flick....plus none of them were really interesting anyway.
Aside from these complaints, It really felt like the writers were trying to convince us the characters were still the same ones we had fallen in love with in the last film. Regretably, they weren't. Too many changes to the characters made even Tony Stark feel like a bit of a stranger.

The cherry of the cake of disapointment with this flick was the fact that the film lacked severely in the area of drama and conflict. Every time we were introduced to an adversary, or faced a delema, it is beaten or resolved before the true effect could even set in. There was no secret way to solve a puzzle, no difficult decision between love and greater good, just no soul to this film, whatsoever.

Here's our final word on this one: Pass it up. Just love the origional. Let it be your go-to film when you want a good popcorn movie, and try to convince ourself that they never made a sequel, that SOMEHOW managed to completely ruin the most promising super hero franchise of all time.