L0ngsh0t
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^Hmmm, I dunno, in IM2, he had that whole creeping death thing going on and fought his best friend. He was dealing with his daddy issues. Just because it's not gritty doesn't mean its not darker. IM2 is a great example of a smaller more personal film than IM1. The end fight scene was turned up in scale, but he wasn't flying all over the world fighting terrorists, worried about his company/job, he was just dealing with all his personal stuff, his relationship, his daddy, his disease, his buddy, stuck at his house. I mean, he went to Monaco to get beat up, I guess, but the movie was smaller and more personal.
They are family films, to be sure, but storytelling is still storytelling, and if you want to have an explosive mindblowing number three, then you have to use pacing, and number two has to cut back on something.
I think there were two problems with IM2 but outside of that I really like it.
1.) Didn't buy the fighting your best friend thing.....They didn't sell that enough for me and they forgave each other way too quickly. I've been in fights with best friends and feelings can get pretty hurt, they could have sold that more without going "dark"
2.) the final fight just kinda sucked