![]() ![]() ![]() He's a king and jester in shining red armor, with a painfully human heart beating at the center. Iron Man introduced the superhero, but Iron Man 2 gave us the man.īuilding on the smarmy genius introduced in 2008, Iron Man 2 makes Stark more than just a billionaire nerd with bravado. in 'Iron Man 2.' Marvel/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock A king and a jester in shining red armor Iron Man 2 made the " invincible Iron Man" vulnerable as he started a journey that culminated with a heroic sacrifice in Avengers: Endgame. Iron Man 2 brings humanity and sobriety to Tony Stark, the singular, gravitational individual an entire cinematic universe revolved around. But while it has a host of problems - the uneven action scenes and heavyhanded construction of a cinematic universe among them - Iron Man 2 also claims a few stand-out qualities, even if they wouldn't come into focus until nearly ten years after its dismal debut. Polygon also ranked Iron Man 2 last in 2019, calling it a "glue-and-popsicle-sticks creation." Voxcalled it "kind of a mess." And statistically, only two movies in the MCU have lower scores on Rotten Tomatoes: Thor: The Dark World, and The Incredible Hulk.įans and critics don't like Iron Man 2, but after all this time, are those jabs justified? In revisiting the movie for its tenth anniversary, the answer is a pretty unequivocal yes. As recently as May 2020, Collider ranked Iron Man 2 last among all 23 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iron Man 2 lumbers under its own weight, trying to do too much with not enough time, and the critics agree. The 2010 sequel is the Marvel movie that's arguably aged the worst since its release, a decade ago on May 7. It's the first of many mic drop moments in a movie that feels bloated despite being short by Marvel movie standards (124 minutes never felt so long), but it's also the true beginning of a journey that would give superhero movie fans some of their best moments of the decade. "If there's one thing that I've proven, it's that you can count on me to pleasure myself."įlexing on corporate rivals and Congress alike, Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark drops this line at the start of Iron Man 2. ![]()
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