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11-20-2012, 06:53 PM
Ford
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I loved Iron Man II.
now Im not saying your doing this man but I think hating on it has become fashionable and I dont get why.....
my last was Predator II.obviously not as good as the first but Hopkins did a fine job expanding the mythos.
It's not that I hate the movie. I do like it. It's just a fun movie. But I've always been disappointed because it could have been so much better. My biggest gripe was the sitcom style bickering that Downey and Paltrow had. It was cute in the first movie, but so annoying in the second, with them constantly talking over each other. I never liked Paltrow at all until "Iron Man", then this movie made me not like her again. And I think the whole "Demon in a Bottle" storyline could have been used to much better effect through a whole movie. Not just by having Stark get drunk at a party and act like an idiot. All of the action scenes were top notch. And when Stark looks over his shoulder at Rhodey before they close their masks and take on the drones is one of my favorite movie-moments. The main problem is that the first film set a high bar, and this just didn't get over it like some of it's contemporary movie sequels did (The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2, Blade II). Being forced to decrease Pepper's and Rhodey's screentime to make room for Natasha's and Fury's hurt it. So it comes off as more of a prequel to the Avengers than a sequel to Iron Man. That's kind of a good news / bad news situation for Marvel now. You get more interconnected movies, but at the expense of a great solo story.
So I'm not hating on it just to be hating. It's nowhere near as bad as say Daredevil, The Fantastic Four or Spider-Man 3. It's got a great "watchability" factor. I just view it as I do Lethal Weapon 3 or 4, and Die Hard 2. A step down from the originals, but still fun as hell to watch.
And yeah, even Predator 2 falls in that category. I loved the idea of a Predator in a city. It was a logical setting for a sequel. And the cast was great. I always wished they'd made it like the Dark Horse comic, and had Dutch's brother working as a cop and encountering the Predators. It would be great to see another one set now in Afghanistan, having the Predator be drawn to the conflict there.
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