Well what do you expect?

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2010)

When you went to see the first Iron Man movie what were you expecting? Thats right, Guns, Women and Explosions and lots of them and that's precisely what you got. Now that the second movie is out I have heard many people complain that it is rubbish and not as good as the old one and I ask myself "What film did they go and see?" Because when I saw the new Iron Man I loved it. I don't mean in a "film of all time" kinda way, I mean in a "seat gripping adrenalin" kind of way. It has all the essential elements of the previous movie with the addition of Scarlett Johansson which, in my books, is a very welcome one. Now this isn't the first time that I have heard people say this about a film which leads me to thinking that there is a sub-culture of people whose MO is to immediately dislike a sequel. Granted, in most case the sequels are never as good as the original but when you are considering movies like Iron Man you can't maintain too high an expectation or you will always be disappointed. With this movie I think they did good.
To conclude, the long and the short of the movie is this, starts off where the last finished, starts going out of control, chaos, nearly dies, avengers do their bit, new suit, big fight, the end. Walk out into the sun, look up dazed and go "Mental, I want that suit" Have a beer.