Iron Man 2

Wow, I'm actually impressed with myself that this blog has been up, and (somewhat) maintained with posts between Iron Man and its sequel being released in theaters. Reading that "review" from years back, and not a lot stands out. Good for fans and everybody else? Sure, the sequel is like that too. But I'm really not sure what fans would think of this second romp into Tony Stark's world. Being a fan of comics and movies, I can say that I left a little disappointed.

Not enough action? I don't know. Not enough plot? Sure...good acting? Yeah, that was there. There were good moments but nothing really popped for me. I'm happy that this is a super-hero movie that is not in your face with cheesy super-her movie cliches. It really does appeal to everyone.

As for the experience, it was interesting. I picked up the tickets about an hour and fifteen minutes early (this was Tuesday) thinking it was going to be jammed busy. Nobody in sight. I remember lining up for Daredevil an hour early and we weren't nearly the first in line. Granted, this wasn't the first day of release, but it was the first cheap-Tuesday of release. Typically they are packed. Now, getting there a half hour early we were able to find a good seat, and I did discover the show was sold out. It just seems like things have come a long way: when a terrible super-hero movie like Daredevil can command large lines in North Bay, of all places, and nobody cares to show up to see Iron Man even a half hour early, it either indicates that movie-goers are burned by those old hero movies, or the recession has really hurt the industry. Or something else happened: I'm not an expert by any means.

Another thing I made mention of on the first show was the movie being out of focus. This was still a problem, but not to a degree that made me notice more than a few times. Perhaps I'm too keen on what out of focus is, but it was definitely there. In this day of age, where we are getting digital, 3-D projectors and seeing razor-sharp images from Avatar, people are going to start noticing the poor quality they've been subjected to on everything else.

Then of course there was the bit at the end: Thor's hammer. Again, I'm looking forward to seeing it but by no means getting excited to see it. Honestly, I never really followed these characters in the comics; it was all about X-Men, Spider-Man and some others when I was a kid. What was really amusing, are some people's comments when the bonus footage started rolling: "this better be worth it." Really? Sitting for that extra five minutes through the credits after a two hour movie is really a drain on your time? Shouldn't you be more upset  about the fifteen minutes of ads and commercials before the movie? I don't know, people are crazy. I used to sit through all the credits of all the movies I would see in the theatre. Now, if you do that the usher will come and tell you there is nothing to see. Nothing to see, but it was paying appreciation to everybody involved.

That's it!