Iron Man 2 is definietly not a bad movie, it definietly has its moments. Does that mean it rivals the original i terms of quality? No, not at all. Whereas the first movie had a great structure, a good plot and a strong central theme, this movie struggles with all of them. While I still enjoyed the main character as well as some of the side characters, a lot of the characters feel unnecessary and doesn't add much at all. There are a lot of scenes towards the middle of the movie that just didn't interest me as well, and the second half of the movie is generally not as entertaining as the first. I also think that the villain is super boring, with no interesting character traits whatsoever. This problem is made even bigger by the pathetic side villain, by far the most annoying character in the movie. The action is still pretty well-filmed though, and the flying scene towards the end is pretty entertaining. Unfortunately, the climax feels cheap and too easily achieved, even more so than in the first movie. Overall, this movie is alright, it just lacks the professionalism that the first one showed off, and there are a lot of small flaws that keep this from being a good movie.