The movie has a few scattered visual scenes which are amazing, as well as the usual Iron Man/Robert Downey Jr. Comedy which are brilliant - but these make up about 30mins running time of the movie - the rest is fluf and plot-less. I wanted to love IM2 - I really really did - but i found myself checking the time for when it was over a few times. The action was really condensed into the final 15mins, which by then, was too late. The introduction of "The Avengers" was a frustrating distraction to the overall plot, and I felt sorry for Samuel L. Jackson who deserved better than 10min of screen time which makes little sense to the plot. I'm going to rewatch the first Iron Man at home to restore my faith in the franchise. Hope Iron Man 2 doesn't kill the franchise and they pick things up with a better plot and a more even spread of action in Iron Man 3.