A Cool Conversation: "Iron Man 2"

"Holes in the floor, and script!"

The following was a conversation I had wib Eric Priestley over this summer's first big, bonafide blockbuster: "Ironed Man Dos."

Blake Rogers It was just, really bad. Rated 'Iron Man 2' 1 out of 5 stars

Iron Man 2

United States 2010

Jon Favreau

Friday at 2:24pm via The Auteurs · Comment · · Become a Fan

Chris Gaerig

I plan on enjoying this more than you.

Friday at 2:29pm ·

Eric Priestley

C'mon, you can't go into this movie with expectations. It was no worse than the first. Better, in my opinion, if only for better banter between Downey and Cheadle than between Downey and Terrence Howard. There are pacing issues, but oh well.

Friday at 2:34pm ·

Blake Rogers

You better believe I can have my expectations. And I assure you: They were LOW.

There's no script, no characters I can get into, and really I enjoyed nothing. Except when Tony's drunk. Just a lotta hard rock and Dr. Pepper.

Friday at 2:38pm ·

John Ostrander

bummer, guess I won't feel bad about getting a chinatown copy now.

Friday at 2:43pm ·

Eric Priestley

Script? C'mon, dude, it's "Bad Guy Attacks, Hero Defends", or, as most of us know it, the script of every superhero movie (and most cape comics) in the history of the genre. There is character development, pathos, a handful of laughs, and Rourke even does a passable job of brutalizing a Russian accent. I went into this movie expecting tripe, and I got it, but it tasted a lot better than I expected.

Friday at 2:44pm ·

Eric Priestley

Lol, John, that's the only way to buy this movie.

Friday at 2:45pm ·

Eric Priestley

Hey, at least is wasn't Avatar.

Friday at 2:45pm ·

Blake Rogers

It's Tony fighting himself and big fuckin' robot, again. The only difference? There's a crowd and more robots because this is a shitty sequel.

Friday at 2:46pm ·

Eric Priestley

That's Iron Man in a nutshell.

Friday at 2:47pm ·

Blake Rogers

Tony develops, but I found him to be annoying as hell. Not that funny, cute or clever, just kinda interesting.

I have no problem feeling pity for any of these people.

I went expecting summer dumb shit. And boy did I get it in the worst way.

Friday at 2:48pm ·

Blake Rogers

'Cept the nutshell's a bunch of CGI suits, no?

Friday at 2:48pm ·

Blake Rogers

Thor was my favorite part, probably.

Friday at 2:48pm ·

Blake Rogers

Oh, Ostrander, I'll send you a link so you don't even have to buy.

Friday at 2:49pm ·

Eric Priestley

About as bad as the recent comic work, where every surface has a purple specular flair.

Friday at 2:49pm ·

Blake Rogers

Thank you. I know I'm about to show my biased hard-on, but can't more tricks be done in-camera ... like Dark Knight?

Friday at 2:50pm ·

Eric Priestley

Not in a movie about lazer-powered robots, no.

Friday at 2:50pm ·

Eric Priestley

I knew that was a comparison you were rushing to make. There is no comparison to be made between Iron man and Batman.

Friday at 2:51pm ·

Blake Rogers

Oh, absolutely none. Beyond comic adaptation.

But to me, "Superman '78" and "Dark Knight" are the films by which all other hero flicks should be measured.

And "Steel," with Shaq. That's closer to Tony.

Friday at 2:52pm ·

Eric Priestley

Oh come on. It's not that fucking bad.

Friday at 2:55pm ·

Blake Rogers

This shit really felt like the "Fantastic Fours" with a bigger budget and better actors.

Friday at 2:55pm ·

Eric Priestley

Now you're just making me laugh.

Friday at 2:55pm ·

Eric Priestley

You really want to hate this movie.

Friday at 2:55pm ·

Blake Rogers

Oh but I do.

All this talk, has made me tired. Excuse me while I rock some AC/DC in my Audi.

Friday at 2:56pm ·

Eric Priestley

Oh GOD THE SOUNDTRACK.

I had some lingering respect for Tom Morello, but this was the final nail in the coffin.

Friday at 2:57pm ·

Eric Priestley

They were really playing to the midwest on that one.

Why not some fucking Motorhead or anything with some real balls?

Friday at 2:58pm ·

Blake Rogers

Because, every movie should end with "Highway to Hell?" No, but my fat, stupid midwestern audience (bitter much?) was not digging this movie! At least not til the O'Reilly cameo. And I am not making that shit up.

Friday at 2:59pm ·

Eric Priestley

I like the O'Reilly cameo. It's at his expense enough that I can laugh, but accurate enough that the tractor-jockies will still like it.

Friday at 3:00pm ·

Blake Rogers

I don't know though. It's like when there's a Jay Leno cameo in a movie, for popular relevance or whatever. And I'm just left more annoyed.

Friday at 3:20pm ·

Blake Rogers

In the end though, I just really didn't like the big fucker.

Then again, I liked "Transformers 2" and '98 Godzilla."

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Friday at 3:22pm ·

Eric Priestley

There's no arguing that :D

Friday at 4:32pm ·