"Iron Man 2" could be critically bashed a hundred times over. So just have fun with it instead.

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2010)

"Iron Man 2" was a good sequel. I am only so simple with words because that is all it was frankly. Now before I sound like an unsatisfied little boy, I thought the movie was very entertaining, therefore it did it's job well. I hate comparing sequels to their predecessors, but the reality is that nowadays or just "right now", when it comes to a series the "bar" must continue to be raised higher and higher and higher. I can guarantee myself that this is a very rare thing; for the "bar" to continue to grow higher. I will not compare "Iron Man 2" to any other film because all films are different and that is just unfair. But anyways back to business. As I sat beside my easily-impressed, overall fun friend in the theatre, much yearning to take a washroom break (perhaps this affected my perception of the film), I was wishing I could just have a fun time like him as he laughed his head off at all these comedic scenes. But me being me, I found it hard to ignore the questions running through my mind. It was impossible for me to push away the feeling that the mood in "Iron Man 2" was continually changing. As in, every 30 seconds. During scenes that seemed to be giving off a rather serious mood, I remember thinking the film right there was trying to make me feel concerned for so and so. But then the feeling instantly vanished as if I was supposed to forget about it and laugh. This happened quite a number of times.
I won't bother debate about the "realness" of "Iron Man 2". I would only say the visual effects were incredible and among the best around right now. I'm sure an incredible amount of time, effort and money were put into that. The only troubling thing was that the huge amount of CGI took away much of the "human" feeling in the movie. That is, the film element that very much helps me connect with the characters. This is the same problem that I had with "Transformers 2". But then again, this isn't a review on that movie at all. So I'll kick myself now and move on.
In this movie Robert Downey Jr. gave a solid performance just as he does in the first film. Some other characters however were more "invisible". What I am trying to say by that is many of the characters with smaller roles had no depth. They seemed to be there for the sake of having another joke in the film. Then again, maybe I'm just boring.
Anyways, it is not my intention at all to make you turn away from watching this film. I just figured perhaps if you are reading this after going on "IMDB" you are someone looking for something more critical than "It was a good movie.", which you'll find almost everywhere else on the internet. I hate communicating like this because you could get the very wrong impression that I did not like "Iron Man 2". I really, really liked it.
So the bottom line is: If you are like my awesome friend: go right now and see this movie. If you are like me: go right now and see this movie.