Iron Man 2 is it actually Any good?

Well i guess im a bit bias about this movie, but yes i thought it was a fantastic movie. People are saying that it may be a bit too comical, but i loved it. Its just like number one, except with more concentration on the tech, and the villan is an evil hacker and is pretty much awesome.

Currently this movie as of 3/5/10 before the official US release is rated 7.9/10 from 7,025 votes on IMDB. Just wait for this to rocket up after the official release.

I did think perhaps that this may have ended a bit abruptly, but it was still good.

I would probably rate this about 9/10 and definitely up there in my top 10 movies of all time.

I found this windows 7 iron man theme, its pretty good comes with sounds and wallpapers. (here)

Also here are some other Iron man 2 related pics, wallpapers all from, images.google.com so respective copyrights to their owners

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Origamipaper said As I’ve said, when I was done viewing this movie, all I could think about was how it instantly stacks up to the all-time great sequels. What was said about classics like Spider-Man 2, X2, Empire Strikes Back, TDK and even Godfather 2 holds true for Iron Man 2. It’s neck and neck

with those films but I actually rate it ahead of every one of them. I’m trying to factor in the “newness” factor. Maybe in a year I won’t feel this way but right now, IM2 is THE best of all-time.

millthrill said Great sequel. Surpassed the original in my book. The film did very well in a lot of aspects, especially the pacing and build-up. Every next battle was more epic and larger than the one before.
And I dunno what the reasons were behind the recasting of Rhodes, but I can say it was definately for the better. Rhodes has a lot of action in this movie, and Terrence’s baby face wouldn’t justify this. Don Cheadle has a more experienced face.

Anyway my 3 gripes are:

1. Movie has great buildup to an awesome climax. Only the final battle was a bit short.
2. Nick Fury’s entrance…..come one why did their scene take place in a diner?!
   They should have shown the high-tech SHIELD Base. Anyway….the movie didn’t do Nick too much justice.
3. I get why SHE is a SHIELD operative….but why HIM too?! I found this a bit too much of a good thing. Coulson shouldn’t have been an agent.

EddyOne said
So while the opening credits where rolling and I saw all the big names of actors that I happen to love, I really thought that it might be hard to give all of them a fair amount of stuff to do in the movie. And as it happened to turn I out, I was right. I was especially disappointed by Mickey Rourke’s part as Whiplash. Don’t get me wrong, Rourke was great. He looks mean as usual and I loved every scene he’s in. Unfortunately Favreau really pulled a Darth Maul on him. After the last fight I honestly sat in my chair and was like “that’s it? you can’t be serious?!”. Rourke’s Character had almost the same potential (at least from his talent as an actor and his looks in the movie) as Heath Ledger’s Joker in Dark Knight. But he never lived up to that expectation due to the lack of screen time and, well… a purpose.

But the main problem I had with Iron Man 2 was the lack of a meaningful story and motivation for almost all of the characters. We are introduced to Scarlett Johansson’s “Black Widow”, and blame it on my lack of knowledge of the graphic novels, but I had no Idea what her purpose in the movie was. The first part of the movie she’s just the hot secretary with almost no lines. Eventually she puts on a tight super hero costume and tries to find Whiplash. There is a brief action-sequence, where she kicks some ass, but truth be told, Hit-Girl would wipe the floor with Black Widow. What I really liked though, was Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer. He totally killed it and you can tell he enjoyed his part as the sleazy scumbag pulling the strings in the background.