Year: 2010
Director: Jon Favreau
Writers: Justin Theroux and Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber adn Jack Kirby (Comic book)
After Tony Stark has publicly told he's Iron Man, he faces many challenges. He has an active competitor, he's told to give in the suits to the government, and he has a new enemy, a Russian physicist Ivan Vanko. Stark also is suffering from blood poisoning, caused by the machine that's supposed to keep him alive.
Yes, I know, I know, I've watched this movie before, and I actually made a review for it before. Oh, it was 2013, the year I was very new at the whole thing, and my reviews basically sucked. The older review actually said "I certainly can watch it again some day. Just not... not soon." Well yeah, it took me two years. But why did I want to watch it again? First of all, I actually had no memory of the movie. I knew what happened, but... I didn't remember much. And the most important part, Sam Rockwell was in this movie. What? I didn't remember that! I don't think I even realised it was Sam Rockwell the first time I watched it. Weird.
Of all the Avengers characters, heroes, I think I hate Tony Stark the most. Like sure, Captain America is boring, but he's not as annoying as Stark. Stark is just an asshole, a character who is forced to be funny, but I don't even laugh at his jokes anymore. And then they mix tragic backstory, tragic shit there, and it's supposed to be good. And then people adore Stark, right? That's how it's supposed to go. But really, Tony Stark's character gets really boring really quick.
The writing is not too good, but the worst part is how the dialogue is very... hard to follow. Everyone talks at the same time. Yes, it's an effective stylistic device, but in Iron Man 2 it's used over and over again. I had subtitles on, and it was still so hard to follow, it was very confusing. Sure, in real life people sometimes talk at the same time, but not that much, and even though it might be realistic, especially during the arguments, but still it's really annoying.
Why cast Mickey Rourke as a Russian guy? Why not use an actual Russian actor?
And while we're at it, Ivan Vanko. What was his motive? What was he trying to do? Avenge for his father? Because his actions didn't seem to have a proper reason, it just felt like he wanted to get to Stark by destroying the whole city. I don't understand that.
Then again Justin Hammer, played by the lovely Sam Rockwell... His motives were clear. He and Tony were competitors. I understand why he'd want to have armed robots. I'm not saying he did the right thing or that he was right, but he was easier to understand, As a person he was... ew. Just ew, he was so slick. He's the kind of villain that has a understandable motive, but he's still very easy to hate. There was this interesting thing how he clearly tried to be in charge with Ivan Vanko, but he wasn't. Hammer tried to be on top of the game. When Vanko starts to take a look at the Hammer Tech Iron Man copy prototypes, Hammer gives him a permission after Vanko starts doing it. It's interesting, says a lot about the character.
But really think about the idea of Iron Man. It's absolutely ridiculous, you know, guy in a robotic suit. It's weird. It's kind of the... transfromes stuff, the really B-class stuff that can't be taken seriously, Kind of like The Hulk.
Iron Man 2 tries to be funny, but it just doesn't work. It's almost embarrassing. The action parts are easy to follow, but they are also easy to forget. And yes, I can say with proof, this movie is just too easy to forget. Like two years, and I didn't remember anything. That doesn't happen with good movies, so... Iron Man 2 isn't a good movie. They could've just not do it.
☆☆
2 / 10
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