"Iron Man 2" Review - by
RealIrOnMaN.
Today I had a chance to witness one of the most anticipated movies this year. Yeah guys, I am talking about
"Iron Man 2".
Tony Stark returns to the big screen with new adventures, new armor and new rivals. So, what were my impressions after I watched the sequel?
Plot
First of all, I must say that the screenwriter
Justin Theroux, along with the director
Jon Favreau and
Robert Downey Jr. provided a new and unprecedented movie in the genre of comic book adaptations, because you just can't believe your eyes, when you see what the main character (Tony Stark) is doing throughout the whole movie.
Everything is perfect, except for some moments, but it is more due to the
30 minutes of deleted/cut scenes (which I'll talk about later), rather then a movie. In the new movie, Tony Stark is facing the consequences of revealing his secret identity to the whole world, as well as with his family legacy. Theroux, and Favreau showed very clearly and vividly how friends and enemies of the main character's are having an impact on our hero's fate in some way. In my opinion, all the fans of the comic books will be satisfied with the plot of the movie and its' ending.
The Cast
In this movie, my sympathy and high sense of admiration goes not only to Mr. Downey, whose talent and sense of humor is awesome as always, but also to the magnificent and friggin fantstic duo -
Sam Rockwell (
Justin Hammer)/
Mickey Rourke (
Whiplash). These will force you to laugh it all, but at the same time you will be able to look at those intrigues, these villains are using against the main hero. You can quote these two bad guys for hours, 'cause it is really funny and perfect. LMAO, that's all what I can tell about Sam and Mickey.
Do not also forget about
Scarlett Johansson, who played mysterious
Black Widow. All the early doubts about the actress (if you somehow had one) will be completely forgotten when you will see her in action.
Happy Hogan played by
Jon Favreau, made a pretty good impression on me as on the audience. He's great (especially in the
"Monaco Clash" scene and
"Breaking into Hammer Industries" one). In this movie he is not just some bodyguard of Tony Stark, that he was in the first movie. Now he is shown as one of Tony's best friends, who is always ready to help Tony Stark at any time. And this is a major upgrade for the character.
Don Cheadle (
Rhodey/
War Machine), fits perfectly into the cast of the movie. He's perfect.
Gwyneth Paltrow (
Pepper Potts), to be honest, at this time did not make much of impression, as she did in the first movie. Her character is facing a lot of stress, anger and excitement and a little piece of joy, but I can forgive her for the last scene.
Sam Jackson (
Nick Fury) is cool as always. He just looks at you and that's all you need to understand, how great he is.
Soundtrack
AC/DC, Queen, DJ AM, John Debney and many other fantastic performers go with in tact with each scene. Debney, in my humble opinion, took the best from the Ramin Djawadi's soundtrack of the first movie and added something intriguing and exciting into his music, which helped to make a lot of scenes in the movie look epic and incredible.
Special effects
At this time Jon and
ILM (
Industrial Light and Magic) worked out as best as they could to make everything look as awesome, as the budget of the movie allowed. I must admit, that sometimes I had a feeling that all armored and high tech things in the movie will not look so real and exciting as it was in the first IM, but, to my happiness, I was wrong. New armor, Hammer Drones and one secret armor looked of the hook, even better than they did in all recent tv-spots and trailers. I've had an indescribable pleasure from what I've seen today, not to mention the comic book fans that will find some iconic items that were taken directly from the Iron Man comics and greatly shown in the sequel, as, for example, a
suitcase with the armor from the first issues of Tales of Suspense.
"Avengers Initiative"
This movie has a lot of references to future
Marvel Studios movies, like
"Thor",
"The First Avenger: Captain America" and
"The Avengers", not to mention some key elements from the
Marvel Universe itself. These things are interesting, a little bit mysterious and sometimes as funny as hell (poor Captain America), so I won't spoil anything here.
Conclusion
The sequel perfectly fits with the first movie, but does not exceed it. Of course we have so many positive things, even sincere and wonderful moments, but there is a feeling that something is missing. Maybe the problem lies in the cut scenes, which could be somewhat different, but to summarize in general, the film is a major success. Jon Favreau and the entire cast of the film did not disappoint the audience, and again they positively and amazingly began the first wave of summer 2010 blockbusters.
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I can't wait untill tommorow!
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