My initial instinct that going through the MCU might not be for me appears accurate so far. I'm only doing it to experience 3D-goodness in the Meta Quest 3 but felt obligated to check out the first three films (which are non-3D).

While the first Iron Man is a decent 7/10, Hulk is a poor 3/10, and now the Iron Man sequel a middling 5/10. Next is Thor 1 which has a fairly weak rep as it is...but is the first 3D one so let's hope for some spectacle at least.

The problems with Iron Man 2 are several:

odd recasting of the Rhodes character, with a phoned-in performance from Cheadle.








Still, the film as a whole succeeds in being mildly entertaining, fairly watchable. The first half-hour was actually pretty good. After the car race things dropped considerably...became a little boring. The finale upped the pace again but felt derivative and predictable. The villain dispatched a little too easily.

Overall....meh.