Spoiler-Free Iron Man 2 Review

Although it's not out until May 7, brumgrunt sent us a spoiler-free review of Iron Man 2. The short verdict is that it's not as good as the last one, but considering how much acclaim was piled on that, I don't really think anyone was expecting that.

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The Real Iron Man!!!

[oztiks]

The Real Iron Man

Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[drgruney]

/. says "Spoiler-free" First line of article says "spoiler-light." I'm glad they said that so I could stop reading and save myself the blind rage I would have been in.

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[ShadowRangerRIT]

I'm tagging as !spoilerfree and spoilerlight. Might help others avoid making a mistake.

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[nangus]

The only things in tfa that could be considered spoilers is the same data that one would get from the trailers.

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[drgruney]

Some of us avoid trailers.

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[Anonymous Coward]

Some of us avoid trailers.

Especially now, since it is tornado season.

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[jollyreaper]

/. says "Spoiler-free" First line of article says "spoiler-light." I'm glad they said that so I could stop reading and save myself the blind rage I would have been in.

That would have been great prep for going to see a Daredevil movie.

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[Abstrackt]

The only things in tfa that could be considered spoilers is the same data that one would get from the trailers.

Trailers aren't very indicative of what kind of movie you're going to get though. Link.

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[eln]

It says spoiler free in the title, but then the subtitle says "spoiler light". As we all know, "light" is a word that's not regulated by the FDA, so it's impossible to determine how much spoiler content actually exists in a review using that term, other than that it contains fewer spoiler than one marked "regular" or "full spoiler" or something of that nature.

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[Anonymous Coward]

Fuuuuu. There's a huge spoiler at the end of the 6th paragraph. :-(

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[nangus]

so if you go to see a movie you cover your eyes and go lalala till opening credits roll?

Re:Okay, submitter and editors need a brain check.

[Abstrackt]

Fuuuuu. There's a huge spoiler at the end of the 6th paragraph. :-(

Hey buddy, ever hear of a SPOILER ALERT? You just ruined the whole review for me.

Thanks a lot... I ended up reading your post before his and you totally ruined it for me.

The Review is Not Spoiler Free

[Manatra]

I RTFA'd and that review is not spoiler free. It gives out a good chunk of the plot of the movie as well as several pivotal scenes. So for anyone who hasn't RTFA'd yet, here's your warning. It would be nice if the Slashdot editor's RTFA'd, and while we're at it, I want a pony for my birthday.

read it, not really spoiler free

[circletimessquare]

i mean, you can't review a movie at all without giving SOMETHING away, but if you want your iron man 2 experience to be spotless, you already know not to read any reviews at all

me personally, i read lots of reviews and don't mind anything being "spoiled." in fact, many times i purposefully read the wikipedia entry for a movie to get the entire plot in my head before i see the movie. because unless you are talking about "the crying game", plot points aren't really the issue in terms of your experience being ruined. the single biggest destroyer of movie enjoyment is: expectations. movies you expect a lot from disappoint more easily. simple as that

so here goes:

!!!!!!!!

SPOILER WARNING FOR ANY SEQUEL YOU WILL EVER SEE

!!!!!!!!

1. you enjoyed the first iron man a lot,
2. so you look forward to the second iron man a lot,
3. therefore you will not be as impressed by the second iron man

with that in mind, try to enjoy iron man 2, realizing that the psychology of pleasure (anticipation more influential than delivery) means you are your own worse enemy in the entirety of your lifetime of moviegoing experiences. this lesson applies to all other experiences in your life you do for pleasure to: from going to a restaurant, to buying a car, food, to sex. there's a good reason why women tease, whether they realize it or not: the buildup of anticipation drives your pleasure more than the actual mechanical act of sex

understand psychology, master the pleasure you derive from life

Re:read it, not really spoiler free

[shoehornjob]

It can't possibly live up to the preformance he gave as Sherlock Holmes. Now that's a sequel I'd like to.....damn. /reads above post. Never mind.

First one

[Enderandrew]

RDJ is charismatic. The first film was fun. It may be the best looking BluRay I own. But most of us went in with relatively low expectations and were impressed. That doesn't mean the first film deserved all the praise it got. It doesn't hold up really well to repeat viewings. There isn't a whole lot of great action or tension.

Watch Iron Man again. Then watch Dark Knight again. Tell me Iron Man is in the same class.

I've been hoping this film would be a marked improvement over the first one and have better action sequences.

Re:First one

[jollyreaper]

RDJ is charismatic. The first film was fun. It may be the best looking BluRay I own. But most of us went in with relatively low expectations and were impressed. That doesn't mean the first film deserved all the praise it got. It doesn't hold up really well to repeat viewings. There isn't a whole lot of great action or tension.

Watch Iron Man again. Then watch Dark Knight again. Tell me Iron Man is in the same class.

Iron Man is a perfect popcorn movie. You're absolutely correct, RDJ has tremendous charisma. He's one of those genuinely fun characters to watch. Plays Stark perfectly. There were also plenty of laughs built into the story. The only real weakness with the movie is that the villain was underdeveloped. But seeing as this was also an origin movie, there's only so much that can be shoehorned in. Good action, good laughs, a complete surprise. The whole premise of a super suit is absurd, naturally. And building one in a cave with scrap metal? Don't let Osama get a hold of this guy. But like any good movie of this nature, it embraced the absurdity and then followed through with it. So many moments of "Oh, wow. Now that's cool." Loved seeing him develop the idea and go through the mental process of accepting his new role.

I saw it on a free preview and went in expecting to still feel ripped off. Was completely surprised. A light, fun, enjoyable movie that leaves you grinning like a 12-yr old when it's done. This really shouldn't be all that difficult to do but so many movies screw it up. As I understand it, the movie was sort of a happy accident. The producers said they spent so much time on developing the effects for the suit, they'd forgotten to write a story for the rest of the movie. All of RDJ's best lines were adlibbed, were not in the script. It really should have been a mess but somehow wasn't. My only fear is that they try to replicate this for the next movies and we end up with tedious, over-processed crap like the usual mindless comic book movies.

Spoiler !

[godrik]

Tony Stark is Iron Man ! OMG SPOILER!

My Review Full of Spoilers

[kenp2002]

There is this dude. He's kewl. Then there is this chick. She's hot in a quirky kind of way. Then there is this other dude. He's bad-ass. Then there is this smarmy guy who wants to exploit the bad-ass dude. The bad-ass dude eventually double crosses the smarmy guy and total fucks with the kewl dude. The hot-in-a-quirky-way chick gets caught in the middle. Then there is this other dude who isn't quite as kewl as the kewl dude who is like "dude!" and the other dude is like "no dude" but "dude!", They team up to fight bad-ass dude all the while the chick, the kewl dude, the not quite as kewl dude deal inbetween relentless violence deal with periodic moments of character development. Eventually kewl dude wins.

So was that a review of Iron Man 2, Robocop, Star Wars, Gone with the Wind, Star Ship Troopers, or Freddie vs. Jason?

Feel free to include any other films this review may cover....

Iron Man 2 clips

[bagsta]

Here are five clips of IM2 which are not in the official trailers(there is a 30 seconds advertisement in the beginning of the clips).

Damn it!

[Capt.DrumkenBum]

At least put up a Spoiler Alert before you do that. I was finally going to get around to watching Star Wars this weekend.
Bastard.