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Subj: Re: Weeks after it stopped being relevant online, I have finally seen "Iron Man 2" Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 at 02:44:56 pm EDT (Viewed 485 times) | Reply Subj: Re: Weeks after it stopped being relevant online, I have finally seen "Iron Man 2" Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 at 02:13:05 pm EDT (Viewed 498 times) | ||||||
Quote: There's also a story from said head trauma victim that could be replied to as well...  I will personally round up a bus full of hobos to reply to your awesome story if it means the next part gets posted. Quote: I thought that final fight scene was the only "weak" part of the first film; I thought the fight scenes were better in the sequel. For me, it was something of a wash. As I said, I actually got riled up by the Afghanistan fight scenes, and my biggest complaint was probably how short they were. I saw that they brought in the "Samurai Jack" creator to help with the fight scenes in the sequel, but to be honest I mostly remember a lot of flying around and stuff blowing up. Quote: I also think that Stark and Vanko were only in 2 scenes together, and that's including the final fight (where the actors don't really get to play off of each other). That struck me as a little strange, honestly, since the one scene they were in together was good.It was definitely odd to have a villain be underground for the entire film, never increasing the stakes or ramping up the tension. He was just believed dead by everyone until the very end... and really, attacking Tony was the only bad thing we saw him do until the finale. There wasn't a big sense of "This guy must be defeated!" At worst, he would help a Stark rival make a big weapons deal with the US government... I wasn't entirely clear on why that would be so horrible. Quote: I still don't like that the movies are going with Ultimate Nick Fury; the character just isn't the same as the cantankerous warhorse I know and love. I agree... I felt I had to grudgingly admit, however, that he wasn't as cartoonishly "off" feeling as he was in the original's post-credits scene. I just saw the scene from "True Lies" where Charlton Heston plays a thinly veiled version of Nick Fury, and that was easily the far better character. Quote: Considering the Widow was undercover, I guess it's okay you didn't see much of the Black Widow in the character. I thought that her costume looked right on (though her stingers looked a little plasticy to me). Her raid on Hammer Industries was fun, and at the same time I liked how Happy's fighting style was boxing (even though he only took out one guy).I enjoyed that sequence, and my only complaint about the Widow's costume was that she didn't actually use her bracelets for anything. In truth, I'm not sure what would make her "feel" like the Black Widow to me... We'll have to see what Joss Whedon does with her, if anything. Quote: As much as I hate when a character is played by a different actor in a sequel (with the other exception of Dark Knight and what's her name, the love interest), I thought that Cheadle was a better Rhodey than Howard was. Howard's Rhodey was just too soft-spoken for me; Cheadle felt tougher, which is needed to play Rhodey. I was fine with it, and Cheadle did a good job. I do think the story kind of took for granted that affection from the first film would carry over to the characters on the second, and by changing the actors I think they hamstringed that a bit. The history of the characters from the first film didn't totally translate over to the conflict here because of the new face, for me. Quote: Even though I think the first film was the stronger of the two, the sequel offered up a lot of high octane fun, and that's alright to. Definitely. I'm eager to see more Marvel movies, and if they're all as good as this one then they'll be in fine shape. | |||||||
