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Iron Man 2 ★ ★ ★ ★
I think the reason sequels are sometimes difficult to pull off is because of the battles they must go against. There’s the necessity of finding the best story to tell, the necessity to retain ingredients that worked in the first film while surprising us with new material and more importantly the necessity to meet the audience’s expectations.
I’m the least well-versed person with anything comic book related especially in noticing proper plot development in the films but the action-packed combat scenes draw me in every time and there’s several in Iron Man 2.
The dialogue and character interaction was absolutely hilarious and I appreciate the writers taking a comedic direction because it helped the film a lot. Justin Hammer was my favorite character straight through. I’m assuming he was meant to be hated but I couldn’t help laugh at how zany he was.
On a sour note, the thought of knowing they were trying to do a little too much was inevitable. The impression of that need of them to squeeze the Avenger’s story and the additional characters made the film feel like two movies condensed into one at times.
It was certainly entertaining but I think there is a difference between a film being entertaining and one being a classic. The Dark Knight for me was a classic. Iron Man 2…well, you be the judge of that but either way, who doesn’t want to see a billionaire capable of building some amazing indestructible suit with an arsenal of cool new weapon systems while flying around?
Without spoiling the movie for you, I will say that one of the biggest questions you’ve probably had is finally answered – how does Iron Man pee when he is wearing the suit?
I also should have known better than to leave early and not wait for the rolling credits to be over. Apparently there’s an important scene we missed but of course it’s nothing you can’t find on YouTube afterwards. These cliffhangers is what make the audience look forward to the expansion of the franchise even more.
