Official: 3. Iron Man 2 (2010)

[Hollywood Heidi]

Iron Man 2

Release Date: May 7, 2010
Director: Jon Favreau
Summary: With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.
Trailer: 

---

Discuss the movie!  Below are some ideas of discussion points to get you started.  Feel free to simply copy and paste and insert your thoughts or write out your thoughts however you like.  Constructive comments make for better and more interesting conversations so feel free to elaborate and explain your thoughts, conclusions, and opinions.  Repeat Viewers, be careful of spoiling movies that come after this one for the benefit of first time MCU viewers:

What did you think of the movie?

What expectations or theories did you have that either ended up right or wrong? 

Who was your favorite character and why?  Least favorite?

What scenes or situations did you like best?  Least? 

What were some of your favorite quotes?

How do you rate this movie compared to the rest in the MCU?

Where's Stan Lee?  Every Marvel film has a cameo by the great Stan Lee.  Where was it, what did he play, and how did you like it?

Stingers!  The MCU is famous for putting a couple of stingers into each of their films, usually one in the middle of the credits and after all the credits have rolled.  How did you like the stingers and did you understand them?  Many of them are hints toward future movies or characters we'll be seeing soon and sometimes only those who have read the comics know the full meaning behind them.  If you're one of those people or you researched after, definitely let us know what they meant!  I personally never read the comics but I LOVE learning about Marvel!

If you've read the comics, how do you rate this movie compared to the comics?  What did they change?  What easter eggs did you find in the movie that non-readers may not have gotten?


 
Repeat viewers
Be mindful of the first-time viewers and give fair warning of spoiler comments by putting spoiler tags (directions below) or keep them at the bottom of your post with a big texted SPOILERS before it.

[spoiler]spoiler text[/spoiler]
What do you think of the movie now that you've seen the other MCU offerings? 

Did you find anything new you didn't catch the previous time(s) watching?

How did the movie stand the test of time?

[DarkSideCookie]

This sequel gets 5 stars from me. I think it was better than the first Iron Man, which was pretty good already.

As it's a little while ago I watched this, I'm not able to come up with every single scene in my head right now, but I really liked how we saw Stark being all egocentric, while he was suffering inwardly. This movie was much more emotional than the first one was.

I really disliked the character of Hammer, but the actor played him very well. Just I can't stand characters like that. But well, I'm sure most people can't. I enjoyed the scenes with him and Ivan though! Ivan was such a strong character I think. He was somehow in Hammer's hands, but then it actually seemed to be different. Ivan was the one giving the rules.

I loved all Tony/Pepper scenes!

The after credit scene didn't say much, but showed us which movie would be up next!

[Hollywood Heidi]

I gave it 4 stars. I probably would have given it 5 when I first saw it but now that I've seen all the MCU and how amazing some of the other entries are, I'm reserving the 5's for those!

I really loved this one and it gave me such a feeling of nostalgia. I remember how it was really the one that exploded the MCU into a lot more character introductions. Sounds funny to say now since now we've got a million but in this one, we're first introduced to Black Widow, Rhodes taking on the character of War Machine, Agent Coulson (I LOVE him!!!), and Nick Fury's first official role (not counting his little pop-up in the first Iron Man stinger).

I agree about Hammer. He's such a douche. Hate people like that but I didn't hate him in the way that I wished the character wasn't there. He was perfect for the role. He had an ego like Stark but without the back-up to have earned that ego. He's so desperate to be better than Tony. Yah, not gonna happen, dude.

He was so wrapped up in how awesome he thought he was that he totally didn't see that Ivan was pulling the strings. Ivan always looked like he was secretly laughing at him. I loved it. Stupid little rich brat thinking he can tell me what to do hands me everything I need to do what I want to do. So great!

I also loved the Tony/Pepper scenes! I think she's good for him. She keeps him grounded. Not so sure he's good for her though.

His egotistical actions and remarks in this film felt mostly forced as if he was using it to push people away. I think what happened to him beginning of the first movie really bruised his ego and his view of himself. It gave him perspective and he no longer strutted around like some immortal god. Here, since the arc reactor that's keeping him alive is also slowly killing him, it's given him a wake-up call of how mortal he really is and he doesn't seem the type to want to be pitied. So he continues to act like an ass to push people away to hide the fact he's dying. I don't think he likes being weak and sure as hell doesn't want other people seeing him as weak.

Stan Lee sighting: He was the one Tony called Larry King! XD

Stinger: Only one in this film. It was showing Agent Coulson arriving at New Mexico (remember he told Tony he was reassigned to New Mexico) and we see him approach a big ol' hole in the ground where we see a hammer! Yay! Getting us hyped up for the next MCU movie!


It's been like a week since I watched it so I can't remember exact quotes or scenes also and Lost is the only group watch I actually takes notes for so for everything else, I go onto IMDb and look at the quotes section to refresh my memory and paste the ones that really struck a cord with me.


Favorite scenes/quotes

Agent Coulson: If you try to escape, or play any sort of games with me, I will taze you and watch "Supernanny" while you drool into the carpet.


Tony Stark: [reading from Natasha's SHIELD Report on Iron Man/Tony Stark] Mr. Stark displays textbook... narcissism. [Tony pauses and looks up] ... Agreed.


Jarvis: May I say how refreshing it is to finally see you on a video with your clothing on, sir.


Tony Stark: [to Nick Fury regarding "The Avengers" initiative] I told you I don't want to join your super-secret boy band.


Tony Stark: [about Natalie Rushman] Who is she?
Pepper Potts: She is from legal and she is potentially a very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit if you keep ogling her like that.
*later, watching Natalia leave*
Tony Stark: I want one.
Pepper Potts: No...


Howard Stark: What is and always will be my greatest creation... is you.


Tony Stark: My bond is with the people, and I will serve this great nation at the pleasure of myself. If there's one thing I've proven it's that you can count on me to pleasure myself.