Iron Man 2 SUCKS!!

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Iron Man 2: World’s first review - ‘mind-numbingly dull, chaotic and unwatchable’

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Link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/04/27/iron-man-2-world-s-first-review-mind-numbingly-dull-chaotic-and-unwatchable-115875-22214759/
EXCLUSIVE By David Edwards 27/04/2010

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One of the biggest surprises of 2008 was Iron Man, an honest-to-goodness crowd-pleaser that boasted not just a great story and stirring special effects but which cemented the comeback of Robert Downey Jr.

Casting the former hellraiser as the latest superhero was a masterstroke; his devil-may-care attitude and that wicked glint in his eye proving a refreshingly alternative to the clean-cut rivals such as Tobey ‘Spider-man’ Maguire and Brandon ‘Superman’ Routh.

Now we have the much-anticipated sequel whose world premiere was rerouted from London to LA following the volcano eruption in Iceland.

Packed into a cinema in the distinctly unstarry Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, there were no celebs and no red carpet but, thanks to GMT, at least we got to see the film first.

What none of realised was that another disaster was about to unfold in front of our eyes, for Iron Man 2 is a travesty – a mind-numbingly dull, chaotic and often unwatchable muddle. It might even be the ultimate masterclass in how not to make a movie.

Given the strength of part one, the sequel is not just a terrific failure but a terrific disappointment.

Things kick off in a squalid Moscow flat as the heavily-tattooed Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) sets to work with a hammer and welding torch on a mysterious metalwork project following the death of his father.

Meanwhile back in the States, our first glimpse of Iron Man comes as he leaps from a plane to land at the Stark Industries Expo, his metal suit peeling away to reveal Tony Stark (Downey Jr) who tells the whooping crowd how his metal creation has brought about world peace. With the ability to fly at supersonic speeds and fire lightning from the palms of his hands, it seems the world’s aggressors have laid down their arms.

But problems loom. The US Senate is pressing Stark to give up the secrets of this startling technology to the military, egged on by slimy businessman Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell). There’s also the small matter of our hero’s health, with the energy pack fitted in his chest driving up his blood-toxicity levels.

That’s only the first 20 minutes or so but I’m going to stop for a second and ask if you’re thinking what I’m thinking, namely that Iron Man 2 is making the same mistake that was levelled at Spider-man 3 of throwing too much into the mix. Do we really need Stark vs. the US Government, a rival tycoon and the mysterious Vanko? Aside from muddling proceedings, that’s three bad guys we’re expected to hate.

Anyways, it turns out Vanko has been knocking together his own energy pack and launches an attack on his bitter rival as he’s taking part in a Formula 1 event in Monte Carlo. Why is Stark taking part in a car race? Dunno. Why is Vanko so angry with Stark? No idea.

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With the raging Russian contained and sent to jail, he receives an unlikely offer from Hammer to team up and build an army of their own iron men. Meanwhile (yes, there’s more) Stark’s old pal Lt Col Rhodes (Don Cheadle) may be about to betray him.

Confused yet? Me too – but wait, there’s still more as, for reasons none too apparent, Stark hands control of his business to his long-suffering sidekick Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and then starts to fancy one of his employees (Scarlett Johansson).

And that’s not all. It seems Iron Man has attracted the attention of the mysterious Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) who drops by to... well, talk a bit then bugger off.

How do all these elements come together? More often than not, they don’t. This is a patchwork quilt without the stitching, a muddle of too many ideas and too many characters that connect loosely at best.

If that wasn’t bad enough, our iron-clad hero is off screen for 90 per cent of the time. As Potts tells Stark at one point: “People expect you to be Iron man -- and he’s disappeared.” No kidding.

In fact Iron Man appears just four times and only two of these are battle scenes.

They’re not badly done but what’s meant to be the big, show-stopping face-off at the end is overshadowed by a perplexing, out-of-nowhere romantic pay-off.

I don’t know what went on behind the scenes while the film was being made but rumours of reshoots and recuts have been swirling around the internet. Was this the film director Jon Favreau wanted to make? I doubt it. After Elf, the underrated Zathura and the first instalment, he’s proved himself a capable pair of hands. Perhaps the blame lies higher up the studio food chain.

Whoever’s at fault, if Favreau still wishes to make the series a trilogy, this is a franchise in serious need of rewiring.

Iron Man 2 (Cert 12A) is released this Friday.

just reading that made me not want to see it at all

but when it comes out and i go check it out ill give yall my review
 
just reading that made me not want to see it at all

but when it comes out and i go check it out ill give yall my review

That review was pretty damn dead on. I was literally falling asleep and asking why all these long drawn out scenes talking about nothing.....they should have stuck with the first formula.
 
WUZ that round thing with the broken star on it
Captain Americas shield?

In the scene where he's building a new arc reactor, the sheild agent gives him a box of bullshit from his dad...

Tony takes this round thing that looks like a piece of shit
and uses it to level out his atom smasher...

The agent asks him do you know what that is...and of course Tony's like I don't give a fuck but I got a feeling that was a Capt. Am...teaser:cool:
 
There was way to much babling in this movie. I just wanted everyone to shut up. From a dialog stand point the first was much better.
 
There was way to much babling in this movie. I just wanted everyone to shut up. From a dialog stand point the first was much better.

Yeah, they damn sure was full of themselves in this borefest! :(:angry:

What they should've done was continue right off where the last Hulk movie ended! It would've been much more exciting watching Iron Man vs The Hulk than that shit!:yes::yes::yes:


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WUZ that round thing with the broken star on it
Captain Americas shield?

In the scene where he's building a new arc reactor, the sheild agent gives him a box of bullshit from his dad...

Tony takes this round thing that looks like a piece of shit
and uses it to level out his atom smasher...

The agent asks him do you know what that is...and of course Tony's like I don't give a fuck but I got a feeling that was a Capt. Am...teaser:cool:

Your Such a Genius. :rolleyes:

who did olivia munn play in this..the way how she keeps going on-and-on on G4 like she got a very important role :rolleyes:

She was covering Stark Expo for G4. Like what she does for Comic Con or E3 or CES
 
Right..Right...because "story lines" don't mean shit unless the video is in high def.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

I hear you...not gonna really argue cuz for what it's worth I figured the movie would be ass anyway from the previews/commercials...will still watch it...dvdrip that is...not cam... :rolleyes::lol::cool:
 
I hear you...not gonna really argue cuz for what it's worth I figured the movie would be ass anyway from the previews/commercials...will still watch it...dvdrip that is...not cam... :rolleyes::lol::cool:

Let me know when that DVD rip comes out, I'll for sure download it, cause I'm not paying for this one (and trust I so much wanted to give my money to Marvel) :lol:
 
I thought it was good. Worth the $...when it comes out. I would have liked to see more War Machine. I didn't like Whiplash at the end. :smh: He was actually better earlier in the movie. I do agree the story could have been better and not so similar to the first movie.

Agreed.

I still enjoyed it though.

Wait till the end of the credits for an extra suprise. :dance::dance::dance:
 
Finally saw this 2 weeks ago (it just recently came out in Japan) and I couldn't disagree more with most of the "worst flick of the year" "horrible film" kind of reports. Excellent action flick and was better than first in every sense in my book (better action, MUCH better villian, more memorable seens, better extras, etc). You're on drugs if you compare this to Spiderman 3. Many characters are being introduced for the obvious reasons (Avengers).

Most did a disservice to themselves by watching this film via bootleg cam-rip. Seriously, this film needs to be seen in great picture quality. A drama you can get away with with a hand-cam rip, for the most part. But a big loud action flick like Ironman 2...nope.
 
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Boring as hell. That is all.

I owe you an apology and played myself arguing about a flick I didn't see...shit is 'boring as hell' no other phrase captures it this well smfh glad I watched City of Industry 1st...woulda felt like shit if I paid to see this
 
all these movies are just a setup for the avengers...... had to introduce war machine, cure tony stark, and set up his place on shield.... all the other movies are going to follow suit.... when you think about it its pretty cool i hope they can pull it off....
 
Ya'll got that shit backwards. The first Iron Man fuckin' sucked. The only thing that kept me from walking out of the movie theater was The fact that Robert Downey Jr played his part so well. The second one while still not that good was far better then that bullshit first movie.
 
Ya'll got that shit backwards. The first Iron Man fuckin' sucked. The only thing that kept me from walking out of the movie theater was The fact that Robert Downey Jr played his part so well. The second one while still not that good was far better then that bullshit first movie.


Yeah, everyone else has it wrong, besides you :rolleyes:

The first was a lot better than the second.
 
Ya'll got that shit backwards. The first Iron Man fuckin' sucked. The only thing that kept me from walking out of the movie theater was The fact that Robert Downey Jr played his part so well. The second one while still not that good was far better then that bullshit first movie.

Completely disagree, the first one draws you in way more to the characters, and the story line. They didn't build up the villan barely at all in the 2nd one, didn't give him a major background story, your just expected to "hate" him. There was so much wrong with this 2nd movie, i could go on, and on, but gotta go to work. :D
 
Completely disagree, the first one draws you in way more to the characters, and the story line. They didn't build up the villan barely at all in the 2nd one, didn't give him a major background story, your just expected to "hate" him. There was so much wrong with this 2nd movie, i could go on, and on, but gotta go to work. :D

Basically...the 2nd flick came off like a kids' movie...extremely shallow hardly any depth to the story/characters...not to say the 1st joint was a classic but it was surprisingly good
 
I finally watched it over the weekend. It really wasn't all that. Iron Man 1 was way better. I think the fact that they're trying to tie all the Avenger character movies together takes away from each movie. Thor looks like it's going to be a piece of shit too.
 
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