review by Matt Powell Pro
Iron Man 2 2010
Rewatched Apr 08, 2012
Matt Powell’s review:
Not the shabbiest sequel of all time, I'll grant you. Some notable improvements (Don Cheadle being the obvious one), but real pacing problems (probably due to Favreau's gratuitous self-insertion), and Pepper Potts is relegated to damsel status by Black Widow (because Hollywood apparently has a hard limit of one strong female character per film).
Also because this movie is almost exactly the same as the first one but with more stupid Avengers setup. The reset button Pepper bumped into between movies is particularly bizarre.
Absolutely! There was that lovely scene on the open cargo door in the trailer, which would have been great, but it was obviously from a completely different film.