Iron Man 2 [4K UHD]

Great movie

The people giving this bad reviews must have not watched the same movie. IRON MAN 2 was as good as it gets for superhero movies. It is a well-built story using characters and situations dating back to the 1960's. (Hence the nice addition of Tony Stark's dad in filmstrip sequences). The rivalry between him and a cold war Russian inventor plays out a generation later between Tony and the inventor's son, a character known as Whiplash (but never actually called that in the movie). I have to say the writing was top-notch and the characters excellently portrayed. For any armchair psychologists out there, the child-rearing theory of nature vs. nurture surfaces in Whiplash' origin. The young boy grew up in a climate of hate, and well, this is what happens. OK, getting too deep, more on the fun stuff... Paltrow as Virginia "Pepper" Potts, the director as "Happy" Hogan, and Rockwell as Justin Hammer all did a great job. Mickey Rourke dialed it down a notch and was superb. You will get some laughs from Favreau, functioning mostly as a chauffeur. Adding in the Black Widow (Scarlett Johanson) was a stroke of genius. Her fight sequence deserved applause! A nice touch: her decorative belt rings (first seen in Spiderman issue #86, 1970) became her weapons. Very cool! This film is great fun, balancing character development, science (best invention - Hammer's "Ex-wife" missile), thrills, politics and laughs. Highly recommended.

I think this is an excellent, if not close to perfect, second installment in the series. We are now drawn deeper into some of the characters, "warts and all" as they say. A big part of the Iron Man story is that of redemption; not just physical redemption from the terrorists in the first movie, but the emotional and spiritual redemption from the many vices of Tony Stark. If these aspects of Stark are only given a surface treatment, there's no idea of why Tony is driven to continue to be Iron Man. The ghost of his father, the demon in the bottle, and the self-destructive behaviors all drive Tony to a need for redemption and salvation. True, this isn't a solid, start-to-end, nothing-but-explosions action movie. There is actually some character development and interpersonal relationship development (Tony-Pepper, Tony-Rhodes, Tony-Fury, etc.) that all tie together the motivations behind Tony Stark/Iron Man. Without this, the character makes no sense. But, there is plenty of action. The final battle probably has more action than most action movies, it's just packed into the last 1/4 of the film instead of spread out here and there. I think this movie seems more real, as well. People seem to be searching for words, people talk over each other instead of waiting until A is done before B starts to talk. The additional material would be worth the price alone. There are hours of stuff to watch, and I haven't gotten through all of it yet. It's nice that instead of just Iron Man, a large part of the Marvel universe is explored and shown how it ties together. I can't think of a single reason not to recommend this Blu-ray/DVD/digital combo set...there is something here for everyone.

Although Iron Man 2 didn't quite get up to the bar set by Iron Man I, I feel it was worth the price of theater tickets to see on the big screen and well worth investing in the DVD when it's finally released (this from somebody way too cheap to pay for theater tickets or cough up for most DVD's when we can borrow them free from our library). The chemistry between Stark and Potts was as good if not better than before. Potts character as an extremely classy, competent and pragmatic woman is built upon nicely and a positive role model for our daughters without needing to transform into a superhero herself. Her grace and the chemistry between her and Stark (including his clumsy attempts to woo her) is the surprising reason so many -women- have been attracted to this movie. No spoilers here, but towards the end you'll be like "it's about time!!!" Ivan Vanko was credible as the villian ... he's evil and you're glad to see him defeated, but you understand where he is coming from. You'll feel sad at the end as though a beautiful but viscous dog is put down because he can't be rehabilitated. I wish they'd emphasized a tiny bit more the process by which Vanko builds his competing "suit" and his relationship with his pet bird as sci-fi fans like the technical stuff while women enjoy relationships that help them understand people. It helps if you understand Russian when Vanko speaks (though Rourkes' Russian isn't that good) because some of the comments Vanko mutters under his breath in Russian that the movie never bothers to translate are actually quite funny (such as when he mutters "sleeshcum mnoga gavariche" to Hammer which loosely translates into "you talk too much.") Some people have complained about the director writing himself into the script. I didn't mind and loved when Black Widow slammed him to the floor in the boxer ring scene and also towards the end when Hogan's so pleased with himself for having defeated one security guard and then he looks around to see Black Widow has defeated a dozen more. Black Widow was great ... another strong and classy woman to inspire my daughters. Her exposure was just about right in this movie, but I hope they highlight her character (and her kick-butt martial arts skills) quite a bit more in the upcoming Avengers. Don Cheadle was okay as Warmonger. I liked Terrence Howard in IM1 and felt they wrote him out of the script too much when viewing the deleted scenes (to the point many things didn't make sense until viewing the deletions), so I was glad to see Cheadle fill in the details of the relationship between Stark and Rhodey in IM2. However, since Cheadle is such a great actor, I was disappointed to see him take such a pronounced "best buddy sidekick" role. Cheadle needs to be stronger as a superhero in his own right in Avengers and IM3. The Hammer character just didn't work for me ... at all. I like him as a stand-up comic, but one or two comic interjections into the characters weaseliness would have been plenty. One slightly-warped-has-a-sense-of-humour weapons manufacturing billionaire industrialist is plenty ... two is one too many. The wasted time spent injecting humour into his character would have been much better spent on Stark spending time improving the suit or solving his power problem. As for Iron Man himself, he was great, but the producers focused too much on drunken incidents of Starks self-destructive behavior when he thinks he's dying and not enough on the tech-building aspect of Stark trying to solve his own problem. Watching Robert Downey Jr. go through this same self-destructive process in real life was quite enough, thank you very much, and a good 20 minutes of IM2's drunken antics would have been better spent on other issues. Like Downey in real life, the viewers want to see Stark move beyond his problems and become emotionally strong and self-disciplined like the actor who portrays him. Watching Stark build and test the suit in IM1 (both gorgeous -and- brilliant) is what attracted many viewers to the first movie ... I feel they downplayed the tech too much (like where did the suitcase suit come from?) in IM2. Stark in IM1 is "everyman," the inspiration for intelligent people everywhere to simply -choose- to use your intellect to create a solution for unsolveable problems and, in the process, make yourself a better person. Stark is a man who, quite literally, is dying from a broken heart but still has enough heart left to choose to make the world a better place. The Marvel Iron Man/Stark character has always been about the humanity of the man inside the suit, not just the suit itself, some of which was lost in IM2 in their attempt to throw too many characters and sub-plots into the mix. The whole get-drunk-at-the-party-destroy-the-house-fight-with-Rhody scene should have been completely deleted and that time devoted to more comic build-it-test-it-have-a-mishap-then-solve-it scenes like was done in the first movie. Stark also had more "emotional" moments in IM1 (such as fear when he first sees the electromagnet in his chest or getting choked up when he tells Pepper he knows what he's doing is the right thing to do) which were totally missing in IM2 (like ... the dude is dying ... where's the emotion!!!) One or two of the "drunk" scenes would have been better spent having Stark come to grips with his relationship with his genius dead father. Another distasteful element ... the directors attempts to tie Stark to Howard Hughs by adopting his dislike of germs or people touching him is barking up the wrong tree. We want a strong Iron Man, not a neurotic one. Ditch the Hughs defect analogies and play up the similarities to of Howard Hughs strengths instead!!! Nobody wants to think of Iron Man/Stark ending up in a Vegas hotel room surrounded by cups of his own urine like Hughs!!! I sure hope Downey does a Russell Crowe and decides to "keep the body" when he does Sherlock Holmes 2 this time around!!! It's none-too-hard on the female eyes watching Downey flex those gorgeous iron-hammering arms, six-pack abs and chest muscles (okay ... female leering here ... probably not relevant to a movie review). Some action-hero buffs have complained about too much underlying "talk" and not enough action. I don't think it was simply lack of action that lost this movie it's 5th star, but rather the fact it dragged too long between the first few action scenes than we had to wait to have them all lumped up at the end. Not all movie viewers are 14-years old ... we like drama and a well defined thread underlying the action ... but IM2 just didn't do as good of a job as tying together the action and sub-scripts as IM1. Too many "chiefs" (actors and sub-plots) and not enough "firemen" (testing the suit) to do the work in this movie. I hope they clean things up for Avengers and IM3. In summary ... not as good as IM1, but still worth buying the DVD and watching it a million times even if you're cheap like me.

Great movie works as advertised!

Director Jon Favreau continues to excel with Marvel's new superhero franchise in the exciting blockbuster sequel "Iron Man 2". With the world now aware of his secret, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is determined to ensure that his Iron Man technology doesn't fall into the wrong hands, despite the countless pressures from the US government to turn over his technology for military application. If knowing that his personal arc reactor is slowly poisoning his body wasn't bad enough, Stark must also deal with the vengeful scientist Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) and the greedy industrialist Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell). "Iron Man 2" delivers everything that one would expect for a big Summer blockbuster sequel. Though it does fall short of the original, many of the key elements are still present in the sequel, and it definitely offers a very good dose of exciting action and impressive special effects. Robert Downey Jr. continues to dominate the role of Tony Stark. The cast also includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson. "Iron Man 2" is one of this year's biggest movies, and Paramount certainly delivers a standout fully-loaded 3-disc presentation that ranks as one of the best Blu-ray releases of the year. The blockbuster sequel is presented in a 2.35:1 HD format. The picture quality is excellent and its DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound is certainly amazing. Among special features, it includes a commentary track by director Jon Favreau, the four-part documentary "Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of Iron Man 2", 6 behind-the-scenes featurettes (Creating Stark Expo, Practical Meets Digital, Illustrated Origin: Nick Fury, Illustrated Origin: Black Widow, Illustrated Origin: War Machine & Working With DJ AM), picture galleries, trailers and 8 deleted scenes. Overall, "Iron Man 2" scores an "A-".

Good character development of Iron Man. As with other Marvel characters, you learn what makes them tick.

If you're reading this review, it probably means you didn't see the movie in the theater. I saw it several times, at least once in IMAX, and I was genuinely concerned that a smaller screen could never do the movie justice. Hard to believe, but there is a whole group of people out there that absolutely hate super-hero movies. That's because super-heroes don't do a very good job representing us. We have a hard time seeing ourselves in the super-hero's shoes, because they're so much larger than life. On the contrary, Tony Stark is someone that a guy like me can easily relate to. No, I'm not a multi-billionaire or the son of an iconic genius-inventor / modern renaissance man. Tony Stark is a man. He's an alcoholic, and a womanizer, and he knows that money can't buy happiness. He's a charismatic leader that can charm an audience with his wit and humor, and he has developed a track record for being a hero with which no villain should even attempt to challenge. He's an athlete, and a fighter, and he has gone toe-to-toe with all manner of villains already (none of whom we get to know anything about--we just have to assume.) Don Cheadle gives a very understated performance, but he plays the part well. I do appreciate the fact that he's a serious hero that kids will love, and he also happens to be African-American (something that's not usually true of super-heroes.) War Machine is a force to be reckoned with, and Don Cheadle does a great job exhibiting the type of maschismo that would go hand-in-hand with suiting up in armor that makes one a virtual one man army. ScarJo also does a great job...But no one would have cared no matter how bad her acting proved to be. She's Eye Candy at it's very finest, and watching her in her form-fitting outfits is something akin to staring at the sun during an eclipse. I'm serious: she's so smoking hot, I couldn't figure out why Tony wasn't trying to put the moves on her. There's a scene on the night of his birthday party, when he's clearly getting drunk, and I suppose a lesser man would have been all over her. Not Tony, though. It's clear that he's already made his choice: Miss Pepper Potts. The movie has its flaws, and it has its fair share of detractors. Critics that I trust implicitly have stated unequivocably that they loathed the movie, which really hurts my heart. I loved this movie, and I intend to find out how many viewings I can get out of a Blu-Ray before it has to be replaced.

Robert Downey Jr was the best reason to watch the first Iron Man film since he seemed to slide into the role of Tony Stark so flawlessly and effortlessly. RDJ is just as amusing and fun to watch in Iron Man 2. If there were any doubts left over from RDJ's portrayal of Tony Stark from the first film, they're inevitably washed away with his convincing performance in the sequel. Newcomers Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, and Scarlett Johansson are just as impressive. Rourke has been on an incredible streak since The Wrestler and puts in another solid performance here. His Russian accent is pretty spot on and he shows a wider range of emotion than you may not be expecting. Rockwell has been on my "actors to keep an eye on" radar since Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. I thoroughly enjoyed his smarmy performance as Hammer, who has all of the tools at his disposal to make as big of an impact on the world as Tony Stark has only to wind up falling short in the long run. The flirting between Tony and Johansson's Natalie Rushman is pretty captivating, but her crowning achievement is her fight scene in the latter half of the film that practically steals the show. Don Cheadle does have a few humorous one-liners and is great as War Machine, but doesn't really add anything that Terrence Howard already established with the role in the first film. It's slightly disappointing since Cheadle is known for his strong acting roles, but may be a result of the way the Capt. James Rhodes character was written for both films. While the film is a worthy sequel, it does contain a few small flaws. What is it with Hollywood films lately having the climactic battle during the finale last five minutes or less? Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Clash of the Titans,and Iron Man 2 all share this trait. It doesn't take away from the fact that the conclusion to Iron Man 2 is still pretty satisfying, but my mindset seems dead set on thinking it's more satisfying when the antagonist has the advantage. He or she gains the upper hand and there's that moment where you think they may bring their evil plan to fruition before the protagonist outsmarts the antagonist for the win. When that last battle seems short, it makes it seem like the villain was all talk. Speaking of the action sequences though, they're spectacular and twice as big as the action in the original film. The problem is that the action seemed to get blurry during several of the more hefty action scenes. I'm not sure if it's because it's the way it was shot or what, but it made it seem like there was too much going on in the film to fully process in post-production or something. Iron Man 2 is an extremely satisfying sequel on all accounts. While the original film is probably slightly better, the sequel does everything right and doubles up on everything in comparison; action, strong characters, teases for upcoming Marvel films, etc. Despite some of its early negative criticism, Iron Man 2 delivers a worthwhile sequel with a fantastic cast and spectacular action.

i like this movie, the video quality of this Bluray is superb and audio quality is also superb with English DTS 5.1, seller Pritam Music Pvt. Ltd always best and their packing & shipping also good. Thanks to amazon india for selling good price

zum aktuellen Zeitpunkt. Ich lese ja auch gerne Rezensionen und da waren ja etliche Negative zu sehen - 1-2 Sterne "langweilig" "unlogisch" u.s.w. Die Blueray kommt zwar erst im Oktober raus - aber bei lovefilm konnte man sich die Verleihversion bereits holen. Also habe ich die in meiner üblichen Beamerrunde eingelegt - und war natürlich erstmal etwas skeptisch - wann kommen denn die schlechten Szenen ? Wo ist die Langeweile ? Nunja - der Film lief und lief - eine gute Szene nach der anderen - schließlich setzten wir alles auf den wahrscheinlich schlechtesten Abspann der Filmgeschichte da vorher einfach nichts zu bemängeln war - der Abspann war dann auch keine Weltklasse aber das führt nicht zum Punktabzug. Das ist einer der Filme wo man am Ende applaudieren möchte - Prima alles richtig gemacht ! Endlich wird einmal Wert auf vernünftige Dialoge gelegt - die Schauspieler sind bis in die Nebenrollen perfekt besetzt und können bzw. dürfen sogar auch schauspielern - ohne von einem vollkommen hohlen und belanglosen Drehbuch ausgebremst zu werden. Hier wird kein Effekt-Overkill betrieben wie bei diversen anderen Filmen - natürlich gibt es auch etliche sehr gute Effekte zu sehen - bei einer auch sehr guten Bildqualität der Blueray - aber im Vordergrund stehen die glaubhaft rübergebrachten Charaktere. Die Dialoge strotzen nur so von Originalität und Wortwitz das ich mir den Film nach dem anschauen gleich nochmal bei Amazon vorbestellt habe - den muß ich unbedingt nochmal sehen. Im Gegensatz zu diversen anderen Machwerken steht hier die Lockerheit im Vordergrund - keine Dröge "USA #1" Orgie - und trotzdem eigentlich noch ein bißchen patriotisch - aber nicht auf die nervende Art. Robert Downey Jr. IST Ironman - er ist einfach einer der Besten Schauspieler überhaupt und geht in seiner Rolle voll auf - die Senatsanhörung beispielsweise ist derartig gut gelungen das wir uns teilweise weggeschmissen haben. Auch die anderen sind endlich mal wieder sehenswert - wenn ich daran denke wie grauenhaft Samuel L Jackson und Scarlet Johansson in dem "Spirit" verbrannt worden sind ist es eine Wohltat die beiden jetzt endlich wieder schauspielern zu sehen. Der Film ist ganz genau das was man sehen will - Action - gute Schauspieler - rasante Dialoge - geniale Unterhaltung. Leider bekommt man davon in letzter Zeit einfach zu wenig - aber wenn man so eine Perle dann relativ unverhofft gezeigt bekommt strahlt sie umso heller. Der Film bekommt von mir 6 Sterne.

Il film è carino preferito il primo ma cmq il prodotto è ottimo

Bon film