Iron Man 2

[Darth Geek]

You can do a spoiler tag here.

I liked the movie but it didn't enthrall me. Maybe I need to see it again since we went to the midnight show and I was zoning out in parts of it. My biggest complaint that there weren't enough robot fights for my taste. Who cares about plot and exposition, I just want to see robots beating the shit out of each other (I liked Transformers 1 & 2 for this reason).

I'm surprised you could tell those were robots fighting.  Transformers one and two just looked like people throwing wads of tinfoil with brand names printed on them.

Maybe he was just watching the Mark 2 suit scene in Iron Man and shaking his screen like an Etch-A-Sketch.

[wurwolf]

He who? Me?

[Cosmic Muse]

I just got home from watching Ironman 2 and while not as enchanting as the first movie, it was still just as good. I just loved Sam Rockwell's little dance before his presentation. My only real complaint is that there wasn't enough of Mickey Rourke's Whiplash in the movie. Oh, and I'd love to see a Crimson Dynamo in a film. They set it up quite perfectly.

P.S. Did anyone else get a Robocop 2 type vibe with the Stark Expo? Even War Machine's arm pad had the words ED on it which made me think of the ED209.

[Edward J Grug III]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

[Rattrap007]

Saw it last night in  a double feature with Iron Man 1. Both were fantastic. Every bit as good as IM. Loved Hammer..

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

Or they could have gotten an actress to overdub her lines (a la Glenn Close for Andie McDowell in Greystoke)  Frankly, one mush-mouthed Russian accent was enough for one movie.

Now that there's enough people who have seen in....my one complaint/glaring plot hole....

During the Monte Carlo attack...cars are being destroyed and people are being killed.....they want us to believe there wasn't even one armed law officer close enough to the track to try for a head shot?

[warofthebees]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

Yeah, but Scarlett Johannsen can occasionally act.  She was good in Ghost World (...ten years ago)

[Edward J Grug III]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

Yeah, but Scarlett Johannsen can occasionally act.  She was good in Ghost World (...ten years ago)

Was she acting or was she just being herself though? I think that might have been good casting rather than good acting.

[ScottotD]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

I think she should have been nominated for an award EVERY time she bent over to get something signed 

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

Yeah, but Scarlett Johannsen can occasionally act.  She was good in Ghost World (...ten years ago)

Was she acting or was she just being herself though? I think that might have been good casting rather than good acting.

Dare I suggest that it's not like the character did much more than walk cross screen in a tight dress several times and then become the focal point of a fight sequence.  Not much acting required for that.

[Edward J Grug III]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

Yeah, but Scarlett Johannsen can occasionally act.  She was good in Ghost World (...ten years ago)

Was she acting or was she just being herself though? I think that might have been good casting rather than good acting.

Dare I suggest that it's not like the character did much more than walk cross screen in a tight dress several times and then become the focal point of a fight sequence.  Not much acting required for that.

Why are we talking about Ghost World behind spoiler tags?

[Nunyerbiz]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

Yeah, but Scarlett Johannsen can occasionally act.  She was good in Ghost World (...ten years ago)

Was she acting or was she just being herself though? I think that might have been good casting rather than good acting.

Dare I suggest that it's not like the character did much more than walk cross screen in a tight dress several times and then become the focal point of a fight sequence.  Not much acting required for that.

Why are we talking about Ghost World behind spoiler tags?

I haven't read one word of this conversation and haven't seen the movie either... but just wanted to get involved in the nested spoiler tag clusterfuck... carry on

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

My complaint:  NO RUSSIAN ACCENT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!!!!   I guess it makes sense, though...why would a high level US security group employ a Russian?  But still, with all the other nods to the comic book, why couldn't I get my Russian accent?

But then they would have had to get an actress to play Black Widow. ;P

Yeah, but Scarlett Johannsen can occasionally act.  She was good in Ghost World (...ten years ago)

Was she acting or was she just being herself though? I think that might have been good casting rather than good acting.

Dare I suggest that it's not like the character did much more than walk cross screen in a tight dress several times and then become the focal point of a fight sequence.  Not much acting required for that.

Why are we talking about Ghost World behind spoiler tags?

I've never seen Ghost World.

[BBQ Platypus]

Saw it.  Liked it.  Not quite as good as the first one, but close.

[Tyrant]

I thought it was awesome! I loved seeing the War Machine suit in action. I've always preferred that suit to Tony's (munitions are way cooler than energy based weapons, IMO). I didn't really see or notice any glaring flaws overall. Robert Downey Jr. just simply rocks in this role. Pak made the observation after the movie that he's probably the only Marvel superhero portrayed in live action who's more interesting outside the costume (or suit, as the case may be) than in it. I can't help but agree.

Also:

I was absolutely terrified that Mickey Rourke would stand up when he was in his underwear in jail. Seriously. Turturro's unveiling in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has scarred me for life, and I did not know this until today. I had flashbacks and everything. This must be what having PTSD is like.