Originally Posted by HappyPalooza View Post
I'm still stunned by some of the hating on this movie. I mean, overall, this movie was very well received but there's always that small, but loud group that have to **** on everything people like. It's one thing to dislike it, that's totally cool, but to be so venomous over it is absurd.
There's people complaining that it was just a mindless CGI-extravaganza, then say the fight scenes were too short. Huh? Then there's the really technical film studies students who judge it on trivial technicalities like "well it's fun and funny and cool but Hammer's more of a brains-type and Vanko is behind the scenes the whole time so you never get a real feeling that Stark is in danger other than the poisoning which goes away midway so therefore it's not a good movie like the first" while the first one had just as much, if not less of a looming threat in Stane. Also the argument makes no sense in general.
But probably the worst complaint I've heard is that Stark goes through regression. Nuh uh. We love Stark in the first because he's a dick. It's what made him different than all the other superhero movies and why people flocked to it. The bully gets the power for once and it's fun to watch. Not to mention how much more realistic it is to have someone who is a dick remain one. Like RDJ himself said filming the first, it's not fun seeing the hero turn into a generic Dudley Do-Right just because he starts saving lives, if someone's an ******* and has a change of heart, he should at least maintain a sense of humor. So at the end of the movie, Stark disobeys very specific orders from a big organization to get some attention and we applaud him for it. Movie over. That line- "I am Iron Man," is pretty much a set-up for this movie. It tells us he's ego is very much not in check and that everyone knows who he is and that that's a big deal. In case you forget about this, they recap it AT THE START OF THIS MOVIE. Then we revisit him in his awesome self-indulgent appearance at Stark Expo, a scene where while he is egotistical, he's very clearly playing it up for the crowd and for fun. So that complaint makes absolutely zero sense to me.
I think some people just like to **** on things that are popular. The first had no expectations, this one did, so they sat and they waited to find its flaws (it of course isn't flawless, no movie is) and nitpick the **** out of it. Like I said, if some people didn't enjoy the movie, so be it. I understand, different strokes for different folks. But don't be a little ***** and **** all over something other people like to fill your booming ego. And this doesn't just go for this movie, BUT ALL MOVIES!