You know, I was a pretty huge fan of the first Iron Man film. Robert Downey, Jr., perfectly suited the role of Tony Stark, and they opened it up for unlimited possibilities by having Stark revealing his alter ego to the world at the end of the film. I'll be honest, I was never real familiar with the Iron Man comics, but then again, I've never cared all that much for The Avengers either, if I was being honest, so to me I'm not an obsessive fanboy who cries foul if they do anything that deviates from the source material.
I'll be honest once again, I'm extremely pumped to see Iron Man 2 come May 7th, it looks to be fun, entertaining, and should pack that punch you want out of a Summer action movie. With all that said, the first reviews for the film are slowly trickling out, and as I predicted, many critics left the theaters scratching their heads, while other critics who were just in it for a good time enjoyed it, and those that were familiar with the comics adored it.
Perhaps one shouldn't go into this one expecting another The Dark Knight, but then again I never really was expecting that from this one, I mean the first Iron Man came out the same Summer as The Dark Knight, and even though I liked both, Batman was the clear victor in terms of filmmaking. What I expect from Iron Man 2 is a good time at the movies with some nice Marvel Easter Eggs thrown in. I'm not familiar enough with the comics to want much else, and really, what I said above is how I simply felt about the first Iron Man, so if the sequel can just do that and tell a story that actually makes sense, I'll be cool.
Yeah, I'm with you. The Dark Knight raised the bar impossibly high for any future super hero movies. Maybe all of them should have a main actor die prior to their releases? Like most super hero movies though, it doesnt matter what the critics say cause audiences will go anyways. The movie looks to be fun and I've heard some crazy stuff about Mickey Rourke I wouldn't mind checking out.
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