Movie Review: Iron Man 2

Iron man is about a super rich weapons developer, Tony Stark (Robert Downy Jr.). He has an awakening in the first movie (get it here Iron Man (Single-Disc Edition) for $11.49) where he finds that his company is selling his weapons to terrorist. He is captured and has to escape. To escape the terrorist caves that he is trapped in, he builds a prototype iron suit that he can fit inside. He escapes and returns home, where he redesigns the suit and turns it into a weapon for good.
     In Iron Man 2 he is busy keeping the world safe, and showing off. The US government wants the suit turned over to them. That is where I will stop in order to not give away too much of the story.
     My thoughts on the movie were at first that it would be a let down. When I saw the movie last Wednesday I was very surprised. Tony Stark was the same douche we have all grown to love. His mishaps and one liners make him look volatile, and uncontrollable. But when he has to put in work as Iron Man he always comes through. The movie turned out to be great. I was disappointed that Terrence Howard was replaced by Don Cheadle, only because it makes the movies not match up as much. They are both great actors.
     One of the disappointments that I had is the connections to the characters where not built very well. You never felt any love between them. They should of spent a little more time working on the relationships. The movie would of been longer (as it stands now it is just over 2 hours) but I would of thought that the movie would of been that much better. Speaking of love, It also seems like the love story between Tony Stark, and Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) was edited out, and you only see a real connection at the end.
     Another thing I noticed is that when Iron Man was on screen, it never looked like Tony Starks head could fit into the mask. When the mask was put on during a clip it does look like his head could fit, but after it cuts away, and then back the head and neck look much too small.
     Other then the few disappointments that I had, I loved the movie. I could hardly tell that it was 2 hours long. The action scenes where well done, for the most part. And John Favreau even had a fight scene. I highly recommend this movie this summer. The box office numbers might not seem to be as high as they should for a summer block buster, but you have to realize that this was released in May, when most schools are still in session.