Ok, so the title of this post is a little harsh but It's exactly what I thought when I made my way out of the cinema. Don't get me wrong it is still a wicked cool film but there was just a little bit too much talking for my liking and not enough fighting and lasers and fighting.
Anyone who knows me will know that I am basically a child when it comes to action/adventure/sci-fi/horror movies. Anything with aliens, monsters, lazers, explosions, fighting etc and I'm pretty much sold. Take a look at my post about Clash of the Titans, awful acting but it has Medusa, the kraken, giant scorpions and sorcerers made of fucking wood in it, what is there not to like?
Without ruining the storyline for you it basically follows on from Stark's shock announcement at the press conference in the last film, then progresses to an angry Russian dude and an absolute twat of billionaire trying to do away with Iron Man, standard superhero storyline.
But what's this? Stark has only gone and sold out and started nailing his secretary which leads to him actually falling in love with her. Now this I wouldn't usually have a problem with, but a disturbing proportion of the film is dedicated to Stark blundering his way through apologies about 'how he's feeling' about as coherently as a ketamine addicted mime which quite frankly annoyed me.
Iron Man should be about rocket propelled uppercuts and busting peoples chops with his palm laser not how to sort your girlfriend out if you're disgustingly rich with no people skills. When the fight scenes did come however they were pretty cool especially when War Machine started throwing down but I felt there was too much time spent flying around evading rockets rather than actually fighting which looked good, but left me wanting more.
Uber geeks will probably be nursing a semi during the talks between Nick Fury from SHIELD and Stark, because of the rumored Avengers film being released. I just hope the Avengers isn't everyone sat round talking about feelings and having big group crying sessions with each other when it could be the brawlfest of the century if done properly.
Stark should probably take some pointers from Stallone and the rest of the Expendables, I'll be the only one crying in that film because it will be so gloriously masculine I literally wont be able to handle it.
