Saturday, I went to see Iron Man 2. As a fan of Marvel Comics in general, I was excited to see not just Iron Man, but War Machine, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Justin Hammer, and Backlash. I was not disappointed. To be honest, I expected the movie to be a let down. I greatly enjoyed the first Iron Man movie.
The fact that this movie was cleaner than the first pleased me. It still had scantily-clad cheerleaders, but no bed time with the reporter. The action was hot. Scarlett Johanssen was more than eye candy. I can see why they replaced Terrance Howard. Terrance Howard is smooth, but Rhodey is supposed to be more hard military. Don Cheadle was more military, but still had chemistry with Robert Downey Jr.
Tony Stark was depressed and reverted to his old ways, which is appropriate if you are familiar with the character so plagued by inner demons. Despite this, the movie included lots of humor and action. I would highly recommend Iron Man 2 to anyone.
=SPOILER ALERT=
If you stay to the end, you get to see a S.H.E.I.L.D. agent say "We have found him." It zooms out to show a huge hammer buried in dirt, referring to another Avenger and future Marvel movie, Thor.
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