Iron Man 2

It's Summer time and for movie fans that means BIG SUMMER MOVIES. Movie studios make it a point to release sequels during this time, knowing that fans will all flock to the theaters in droves to see them. That brings me to Iron Man 2.

Robert Downey Jr. is back as Tony Stark/Iron Man and is awesome in his performance. While in the beginning, the movie appeared to be too busy, but after the first 15 minutes, the movie calmed down and the story developed. While Jeff Bridges gave a rather thankless role as the villain in the first one, Mickey Rourke gives a masterful performance as Whiplash. My only issue with this movie was that there wasn't enough Mickey Rourke in the movie. I found the Justin Hammer character to be annoying and wished that they would kill him off. While I like Don Cheadle as an actor and loved him in Ocean's Eleven, I missed Terrence Howard in the role as Rhodey. I was looking forward to seeing him as War Machine after the scene in Iron Man when he looked at the silver Iron Man costume and said, "Next time!" But that didn't ruin the movie for me! I liked the Captain America tie in as they used his shield as a lift. The action sequences were great, but I felt they could of been longer.

All in all, while I liked the movie, it's definitely not The Dark Knight! But with the tie in to the eventual Avengers movie, and potential superhero movies that Marvel keeps putting out on a yearly basis, they're still far and above the standard bearer when it comes to superhero movies.