I don't want to spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it yet, but I still want to talk about the movie with other fans (so if you don't want to be spoiled: DON'T READ ANYTHING PAST THIS) That is my only warning :P
I was lucky enough to watch the movie twice (yes I'm bragging a little :P) but seeing it two times in a row did allow me to see things better, first off I'm with Tony (G-Man), I would give it a 4.5 too, but I also agree that the first movie did hit more on characters a little more then in this one.
Robert Downey Jr. plays the perfect Tony Stark, the court scene was great and does really show how much of a fun jerk/smartest guy on the planet Tony really is, and how he interacts with the others actors and actresses on screen is great. I would like to bring up the hint to Demon In the Bottle they actually threw in, seeing Tony drunk and shooting things with his armor at his own party really scared me, it was dark, freaky, and made you see how dangerous Tony's alcohol problem really is, even more now that he's Iron Man.
Whiplash was a great villain, like G-Man said, when he appears at the beginning, he's really a dark character and you see and understand why he does the things he does in the movie, the first fight seen was short in my opinion, and I agree that when Happy hits him with the car, he should have been sliced in half, or at least hurt, the fight was cool, I liked seeing Tony's attempt to fight Whiplash without the armor, seeing that he's been training a little and is a hero even without his suit. I do disagree though that this is a combination of Crimson Dynamo and Whiplash, the name yes is the name, but this really is more Whiplash, his new suit at the end of the movie came off to me as a modern version of the current Whiplash's armor/suit.
War Machine was really cool, I like Rhodey in this film, Don Cheadle is great in the role.
Going to the other Marvel characters, Nick Fury I thought was actually okay to me, he shows that he knows things that not even Tony Stark knows and has been doing this thing for a long time. Black Widow, the only thing that bugged me was she was not called "BLACK WIDOW" at all during the whole movie, not even the part at the dinner when Fury's pretty much telling Tony her real name, she was even credited as Black Widow, but other then that, she was great as the character.
Avengers Ester-eggs: Cap's shield was fun in the way they brought it in, and being a big Cap fan myself, I was going nuts when I saw it, but I was laughing when Tony treats it like a simply paper-weight xD
Seeing the Hulk footage at the end with Tony and Fury at that secret SHIELD warehouse was a nice touch, also shows that this movie is connected to the Incredible Hulk film.
Thor's hammer was the best out of the three that I saw, I was mad because I was going to record it, but my cell had died early at school today...but still, seeing the hammer and how it was brought in really got me pumped for Thor's movie!!! :D
Over all: I'd give it a 4.5 out of 5 as well, great comic based movie, fun to watch, and fun ester-eggs ^__^
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