Iron Man is the FAR superior movie. It was a much tighter experience with a great hero and great story. Iron Man 2 is by far the biggest Marvel cinematic universe dissapointment. That doesnt mean its necessarily a bad film but its all over the place with far too many things going and barely any of the subplots given enough time for proper development.
Think about it there was the subplot with Tony dying and trying to come up with a cure, the subplot with Tony dealing with his mortality and his downwards spiral, Tonys issues with Pepper, the subplot with Tony dealing with his daddy issues, the subplot with the military trying to get ahold of a suit, the subplot with Hammer, the subplot with Whiplash, the whole SHEILD subplot with Black Widow and Nick Fury setting up the Avengers Initiative, Rhodys issues with Tony, and all the stuff going on with the Stark Expo. Sure alot of these subplots eventually converge such as the Hammer and Whiplash subplots and Rhodys issues with Tony leading to the aquisition of an Iron Man suit for the Military but its all just way too much going on for one movie with its limited runtime.
Heck looking at it now they couldve easily split it into two movies with a rewrite having Tony deal with his illness, daddy issues, and downward spiral with Whiplash as the villain in one movie; and having Tony deal with the militarys attempted aquisition of a suit, SHEILD and the Avengers setup, while having Hammer as the villain in another movie
It may look like a hate the movie but I actually quite like it. I just wish it had lived up to the amazingness of the first movie.
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