Super Hero/Comic Book Movies

[iFett]

It was an okay movie.  Liked the first one better though.  War Machine/Cheadle was pure awesomeness...Might even go out and rebuy that figure that I returned.  The shield prop up was very funny.  I didn't quite catch on to the scene after the credits.  Half figured out - the other?  I don't read comics so maybe that's why I didn't quite catch it?

[Nicklab]

Iron Man 2 was definitely a fun ride.  I like that it explored a number of angles that we've seen in the Iron Man comics over the years.  The Stan Lee cameo was probably the funniest one I can recall seeing in any of the Marvel movies.

As for the secret scene at the end?  I'll refrain from talking about it for now.  It was definitely pretty cool though.

[Brian]

Got a chance to see this today as well, and I loved it.  I think I enjoyed it about as much as the original, which I thought was great.  I think I liked Cheadle better as Rhodey/War Machine as well, so I'm sort of glad that worked out the way that it did.  The after credits scene was pretty cool, but like it was mentioned already, I bet the "regular" movie going public was like "huh?".  The other nods to comic stuff were cool as well, and even with all of the trailers/clips, I was still surprised by some things.  Like others, I'll refrain from talking about it for now, until more have gotten a chance to see it.

As a side note, our particular theater full of people seem pretty psyched for the A-Team movie.  That was one of the trailers we saw, and it got a lot of laughs and buzz generated it seemed.  I'll admit, it looks like it could be kind of fun.

[evenflow]

Went to see iron man last night, i liked it but the first one was much better. The extra scene made it awesome though.

[Sprry75]

I thought Iron Man 2 was great, probably better than the first.  It's the first superhero movie that's crammed in so many new characters and not gotten completely derailed.

[speedermike]

I really didn't get into Iron Man 2, mainly because there was nothing heroic about it.  Iron Man did nothing but save himself and his friends.  Most superhero stuff eventually gets this way, and that's why I never got into it.  The stories get too insular.  For instance, in The Dark Knight, he's trying to save all of those people on the boats at the end...that's heroic.  That was a great superhero story.  But Iron Man was just fighting  off robots that were attacking him...and then he gets a medal?  Huh?

When Lex Luthor wants to detroy California, and superman has to stop him, that's interesting.  But when Luther gets bent on destroying Superman, that gets kind of lame.  It takes any real danger out of the story.

[evenflow]

Maybe i am way behind and dont know if this is legit but has anyone else seen this Thor villian spoiler image?

[Dressel Rebel]

  But Iron Man was just fighting  off robots that were attacking him...and then he gets a medal?  Huh?

SPOILER



I saw the HAMMER drones repeatedly firing on human beings and then even the downed ones at the end were rigged to blow up, and kill more people.

[BillCable]

Maybe i am way behind and dont know if this is legit but has anyone else seen this Thor villian spoiler image?

Very true to the comics.

[JediJman]

Maybe i am way behind and dont know if this is legit but has anyone else seen this Thor villian spoiler image?

Very true to the comics.

Awesome.  Great selection and he looks spot on.

[BillCable]

I saw Iron Man 2 today.  I enjoyed it absolutely as much as I did the first.  Other than taking even more liberties with science (I mean, yeah sure... they're creating new super-heavy elements all the time... but they all end up existing for like a millionth of a nanosecond and you don't exactly make them by manually aiming a laser from a particle accelerator at a metal triangle...) there's not a think I can complain about.  Robert Downey Jr. was perfect again.  And I enjoyed the hell out of Scarlett Johansson.

I'm really looking forward to watching the drone battle at home.  The audio there was amazing.

[BrentS]

Saw Iron Man 2 this afternoon.  I enjoyed it quite a bit - not as much as the original but still a solid entry.  Robert Downy Jr is perfect for the roll and I think his dialogue was written very well (like the last one).  Of course the action scenes were top notch.

[Dressel Rebel]

Possible villian(s) for Whedon's The Avengers movie and sequels. Click for spoilerish article.

I'll take it.

[name]

Possible villian(s) for Whedon's The Avengers movie and sequels. Click for spoilerish article.

I'll take it.

Wait....you can't have that villain without the FF.  And the human torch is now playing Captain America.  And Captain American is an Avenger.  But  you can't have that villain without the FF....aaaand my brain just broke.

[Nicklab]

There's the whole potential for a Captain Marvel tie-in to this particular plotline.  He was one of the Avengers, too.  It seems like it might a little too ambitious from the outset. 

Going in an  interstellar direction didn't really work for the FF sequel.  Especially since their concept for Galactus was just bizarre.

Based on what we saw in Iron Man 2, they could have set up an Ultron storyline.  The armored drones could have totally gone in that direction.  But the drones were a lot easier to bust up than Ultron should be.  Oh well.