IRON MAN 2

Last night (Monday, May 10th) me and my BF got a rare night out and decided to go see the much anticipated Iron Man 2 movie. We love Iron Man in our house. The first movie was awesome.

I think that in comparision to the first Iron Man movie, it was not as good. With that being said, I think that Iron Man 2 was a GREAT movie! It did not dissapoint in special effects and story line. In fact, it would have been nice if they would have been able to elaborate on some of the story lines. Including, more about dear old Dad, Howard and his old partner. There was a little explanation but there could have been more. Also, I would have like to see more from S.H.I.E.L.D. They did not really go into how the arc reactor would have created world peace, just that it could. (maybe I missed that part). However, it was a long enought movie and had they explored more of any story line, it would have been a six hour movie.

There was some hype about the dynamics between the lovely Pepper, Natalie/Natashia and Tony. I just didn't feel any real romantic dynamic. Natalie/Natashia seemed standoffish and Pepper was just mad at Tony for most of the movie (which she should have been, he was acting like an ass).

I really hated the scene where Roady and Tony were fighting, but LOVED the scenes where they were fighting together.

Ivan Vanko was a great character and Mickey Rourke played it better than anyone else could have. (I weirdly loved the hair!) Having him locked away to work on something for someone else seemed really familier (BECAUSE THEY DID THAT IN IRON MAN ALREADY!). I really hate when sequals repeat things like that. He was supposed to improve the Iron Man suit and low and behold he was really working on something for himself. That was a little dissapointing. I really did love the droids he came up with!

In summation, I loved IM 2 and will probably buy it. It is a great stand alone movie. I say GO SEE IT!