Iron Man 2 Blu-ray Review

[PearlcorderS701]

The second one is hands down a better flick than the first one from a FUN/kick-a$$ perspective.

The DTS-HD MA sound on the second one is 100% better than the first one too.

And finding out more about Tony Starks' father + discovering the new Element + Black Widow babe + War Machine + the Hammer of THOR at the end..... I think Iron Man 2 is way better than the first one.

What a lot of people fail to realize is that the first films in comic adaptation franchises are always the origin stories (unless they revert to this in a later film as a prequel) and many refer to these as being "boring" -- but most of the time, they are not remotely un-exciting in the least. The sequels normally up the ante in terms of more camp and a bit over-the-topness when it comes to introducing a new formidable villain, etc. (Spider Man 2 did this the best, and is still the best comic-to-film adaptation to come out of Hollywood) but origin stories are normally looked back upon as "not that much fun" when a sequel comes out and enthralls fans and the public.

Both films had their merits, and both had their worthy advesaries in Jeff Bridges as War Monger in the first and Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in the second.

[PearlcorderS701]

This one had the same problem as the first one: a lot of build up and then the bad guy who they spend the whole movie trying to give the impression that he will be a bad@$$ and then he is defeated in a few minutes.

In terms of fun, I'd call them equal. In terms of story, first one no question. LFE = second one

I'll agree with you about the LFE on the second film's Blu-ray Disc -- although the first one's Dolby TrueHD mix was no slouch at all -- but with regard to the "badass" villain character in Mickey Rourke in the sequel, I can understand the notion that it seemed like he was defeated in both fights with Stark/Iron Man in a matter of minutes, but he did some serious ***-kickin' of Tony and even Rhodes in the War Machine suit, don't forget, throwing them both around like they were rag dolls in the end sequence...the thing is, though, Favreau was kind of going for the hero-always-wins scenario rather quickly, making Tony and Rhodey stronger than any adversary when they really put their strength and insight together. And that's just cool comic stuff.

Also, don't forget -- in the first racetrack fight sequence when Stark first encounters Vanko, he can't really get the upper hand initially because he underestimates the power of Vanko's suit. Eventually, Stark gets tired of his energy bursts being deflected by Vanko's lightning whips and he wraps his whips up in order to get close to him and punch his daylights out before flipping him upside down and ripping his chest piece out...

I thought it was VERY cool.

[3db]

This one had the same problem as the first one: a lot of build up and then the bad guy who they spend the whole movie trying to give the impression that he will be a bad@$$ and then he is defeated in a few minutes.

In terms of fun, I'd call them equal. In terms of story, first one no question. LFE = second one

That's how I see it too

[3db]

Did you see the end of the credits sequence in Iron Man 2?

Please tell me you're only ignoring my pun.

[PearlcorderS701]

Please tell me you're only ignoring my pun.

Huh?

[3db]

Huh?

Its Thor (sounds like sore with a lisp) and it hurts.

[GranteedEV]

I thought IM2 was great. The thing about it even moreso than the first one is that it's basically carried by the awesomeness of tony stark. That's a good thing.

We watched the blu ray with no sub at night time type sub-moderate volumes and the hot LFE was getting great sub-bass out of my floorstanding tower speakers whicha are tuned around 45-50hz

[MinusTheBear]

I enjoyed IM2 on Blu-ray. Liked it as much as the first one. Lovely sounding audio.

[PearlcorderS701]

Its Thor (sounds like sore with a lisp) and it hurts.

I still don't get it, but okay; I thought you originally said you can't wait for them do to a film about Thor, which is why I asked if you saw the end of the end credits...

[PearlcorderS701]

Thanks for your thoughts, Granteed and MinusTheBear,

Indeed, it seems the concensus was that the LFE track was massively hot on this Master Audio mix.