Iron Man 2 officially kicks off the most wonderful time of the year: Summer Movie Season. No, it’s not as good as the first one, and yes, that is a shame. But let’s not damn Iron Man 2 with too much faint praise. You have sparkling, funny performances by great actors (when Robert Downey Jr. and Sam Rockwell throw an act-off, everybody wins), three (and only three) enormous battle scenes featuring heavy metallic objects vigorously pummeling other heavy metallic objects, and Garry Shandling’s super-puffy face. Let the ‘splosions begin! (See Movie Times: thestranger.com/film.)
‘Iron Man 2’
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Monaco, the party, the whole extended amazing finale in multiple locations… wasn’t there a fourth? Or am I misremembering?
I disagree, in that I think it holds up as well as the first. It’s not -better-, which is too bad, but I think they kept things in check pretty well.
I liked the first one, it was surprisingly fun to watch. I thought this one kinda stunk. It just felt completely pointless.
Instead, take your $10, grab a cheap sixer, and watch Tropic Thunder and Robocop back-to-back. It’ll be an overall pretty similar, but far better experience, and probably take less time.