Iron Man 2. A lot of my friends have complained that this movie doesn’t stand up to the first one. I agree, but on the otherhand, this movie is a great popcorn summer movie. If there were ten Best Picture nominations when Iron Man came out, it would have been in the running for one of those slots. Will this one be in the running? No, but on the other hand, for a popcorn summer movie this one does more than enough to get the job done.
Here are some of the popcorn action movies from the summer of 2009 that I saw: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Transformers: Rise of the Fallen, Star Trek, Terminator Salvation and GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Is Iron Man 2 better than all of those movie? Yes. (Though I must admit many folks loved Star Trek while I was so so on it so some folks who come across this blog might rank Star Trek higher.)
And who can’t love the cast. Robert Downey, Jr (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Mickey Rourke (Ivan Vanko/Whiplash), Sam Rockwell (Justin Hammer), Scarlett Johansson (Natalie/Black Widow), Jon Favreau (Happy Hogan) and Don Cheadle (James Rhodey Rhodes).
Sam Rockwell was over-the-top as Justin Hammer and awesome for it. Scarlett Johansson was as sexy as can be. The fight scene where Natalie/Black Widow and Happy Hogan were trying to get to Ivan Vanko/Whiplash was hysterical.
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