Despite all the critical trashing of this film, it's hard for me to understand why? Okay, so maybe there's no "originality" but this is a sequel. We have already seen what the world of "Iron Man" offers, so what more "originality" do you need? Or is it due to some sort of lack of story? I thought the story was good...it was'nt bad, but what do I know? For me this film was just as good as 2008's "The Dark Knight." Instead, there you had the late Heath Ledger who stole the show as "The Joker." Downey has made "Iron Man" only what Bale wishes he could make "Batman." "Iron Man 2" may not be the greatest comic-sequel of all time but a pretty close race. Here is my Top 5 comic-sequels of all time.

1. THE DARK KNIGHT 2. IRON MAN 2 3. BATMAN RETURNS 4. SPIDER-MAN 2 5. BLADE II