A big letdown

Rating: 5/10 (30 April 2010)

Some quick thoughts on one of the movies I was looking most forward to this year. I loved the first Iron Man movie, but I found the sequel massively disappointing.
The main problem is the story. It's must be described as a mess. It has the same problem as Spider-man 3 containing way to many characters with different plot lines making the story crowded. But also is the fact that simply none of the plot lines are interesting and it all feels so thin. Superhero movie aren't expected to have any award winning writing but if I compare to the first Iron Man this is shockingly weak. I mean this is directed by the guy who did the first one. Iron Man 2 has this lack of effort feel to it. The action scenes feel likewise. Would not say bad just dull and rushed. The acting also is so and so. The returning ones are great but the new ones not so much. Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell do OK i guess but their characters are just badly written. Far from their best performances. And the character Black Widow just feels shoehorned into the plot. I can't blame Scarlett Johansson for how bad I felt her character was. Another problem I want to mention is that the film contains a lot more and actually to much humor compared to the first movie. There should be jokes but here I feel they step over the line from funny to silly.
This highly anticipated superhero sequel ends up as a rushed, uninspired and way to childish action-comedy.