It's not that I disliked the movie. I watched in on cable last night and today. It's more that I don't take well to the Tony Stark character. I mean to say, Robert Downey Jr owns the part. He hits all the right notes but the character is so out of control that it makes it hard for me to watch and not start thinking of the science we are supposed to be seeing.

In 1965 I went to the World's Fair in Flushing and I recognize all those settings (Stark Expo) and all the NYC locations are familiar. That's fun to do.

And I like Don Cheadle. However, Cheadle is a shrimp, a real shorty and in the second iron man costume he towers over some of the real hulking strongmen in the military types and stuntmen.

I like that the storyline doesn't explain everything. But really, guys and girls, nots and whatnots, who builds a linear accelerator in their basement? I like all the bangs, booms, fights and explosions. They're fun.

Robert Downey, Jr. simply has too much charm. It can't be healthy for one man to be so adorable.

It had more action and more special effects.it had a good base for a plot. Unfortunately the charm and the interesting character interactions of the first film just weren't. There. I saw it in the theatre and actually decided to skip it on blu ray ( I got the first one on the day of release if that's any indication ). But, honestly, not many sequals live up to the original anyway right