Iron Man 2 : A Cry of a Fanboy

Iron Man 2 has been out in the movie. Being a fanboy of Marvel comic, as well as being astounded by the first movie, I decided to watch it. The first installment brought a different approach to superhero movie. What made it interesting was the faithful way of retelling the origin of Iron Man. Audience was even presented with the original suit, the yellow tin man. It was also full of humor, made it a fresh movie. The release date of the first movie was also nice for fanboys. At that time, Iron Man was labeled as a jerk, with his bringing about Superhero Registration Act and Civil War. The movie brought him back to his root.

However, the second movie is different. It lacks of humor, unlike the first installment. The superhero action here is also a bit corny. So, you don't get both quality. There are many unimportant destruction. The destruction in the racing was totally redundant. The explosion of various cars also make it a mere eye candy.

In the end of the first movie, most fanboys had already cheered for War Machine and S.H.I.E.L.D. for the second one. Granted! We got War Machine and Nick Fury. But the War Machine is not that spectacular. It seemed to be cramped out. But probably the storyline is not that good.

Pepper Potts fits well in the first movie, but in the second movie, she's nobody. I mean, Natalie Rushman (a.k.a. Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow) outshines her. She played well, though sometimes she acts as if she is the amalgamic version of both Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova (Black Widow 2).

The plot used here is the Armor Wars. But the execution was too lame. Not that spectacular. In my personal opinion, with Iron Man focused on the character development of Tony Stark, the Devil in the Bottle could be nice. That way, War Machine can be introduced smoother. The enemy here is also not that eye-popping. Whiplash. Errr, first movie's villain was not a well-known one, but it is the first movie, the introduction. I really hope Mandarin would be the villain in the second movie, but Marvel gives us B-class villain, Whiplash.

The interesting thing in every Marvel movie is the cameo. And in this movie, you can see Captain America's Shield, though not in a complete form. Too bad, when I watched it, nobody seemed to recognized it. The cliffhanger in the end of the movie also gives something to cheer about. Nick Fury's proposal, Avengers Initiative. Huray!! Iron Man, Cap, and Avengers! Next turn, we will get Civil War!!!!!!!

Overall, Iron Man 2 is not something to please the fanboys. Those loving explosion and care nothing about the shallow storyline should cheer out loud. But the true believers will just shout, "FIX IRON MAN!"