I’m not a big fan of going to see a movie in a movie theater. Tickets cost too much, the people sitting behind me usually talk through the whole thing, and – worst of all – the soundtrack is usually way, way too loud for my sensitive ears. I much rather watch a movie at home where I can snuggle in a blanket, pause to grab a “free” snack or use the restroom, and the volume can be held at normal levels. But, Matt loves going to see summer action flicks on the big screen.

Yesterday we went and saw the second Iron Man movie. I really enjoyed the last one – mostly for the pacifisim versus defense contractor theme and cool gadgets, not the pure action. This movie wasn’t nearly as good.

Sure, you there’s a great action sequence at the end but the rest, eh. Tony Starke is being poisoned to death by the generator that lives in his body, he has to go before the Senate Armed Services Committee who is trying to take his suit from him, and his creepy competitor is trying to build his own set of suits.  Plus you see what happened after that meeting with Samuel L. Jackson in the stay-until-the-credits-are-over sequence from the first movie. And there’s a new enemy who is Russian and loves his bird (not a euphemism).

There’s no real depth to this movie. No love story, no real moral questions. You get to “meet” his dad but the father/son relationship is only a small plot device, not the bigger theme I think it should have been.

If you want action, go see it. Otherwise, stay home and watch the original on Netflix.