I for one thought Iron Man 2 was a much better film than the original Iron Man movie. Granted, the original established the origins of the character and had some cool special effects, but didn't do much else. Robert Downey Jr. was the right choice for Tony Stark/Iron Man in both films.
The 2nd film had a more menacing villain in Ivan Vanko/Whiplash, played by the intimidating, scary looking Mickey Rourke, better action sequences and special effects, more characters from the Marvel Universe including the Black Widow (who Scarlett Johansson portrayed beautifully even though her acting skills are usually subpar), Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), War Machine (Don Cheadle, who was a better choice than Terrence Howard, who is a terrible actor) and Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson to match his appearance in the Ultimate Marvel Universe). All in all, Iron Man 2 took place on a larger scale than the original and was a more entertaining film because of it.
That said, Hasbro's line of action figures based on Iron Man 2 are a tad disappointing. They lack the detail of the figures from the original movie and are much smaller, not fitting in with the rest of my rather large action figure collection, which is in the 5-6 inch scale or larger.
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