Iron Man 2 could easily be called a comedy, but the naturalism of the comedy is seamless you get the sense that it would be impossible to write this movie without having these vibrant characters joke and jeer. The characters are well-etched, each snappy exchange rendered with a mature pathos that contrasts with the spurious scenarios that they feature in between of. Rather than tediously expand upon its universe, Iron Man 2 simply reprises its dramatis personae and sticks them into situations graver than before, upping the ante but reiterating the overall heart and spirit of its predecessor. Which did it choose? The way you should always go the road of characterization. However, the sequel had no shortage of possible paths to take. The first movie was stuck with a pedantic origin story. No complaints here! Iron Man 2 is also very much Iron Man's superior, although partly by default. And yes, the only way to incapacitate a drunken Tony is to beat the crap out of him in a Iron Man suit. Yes, Ivan Vanko can secretly build super technology unbeknownst to his suppliers. Realism simply doesn't apply, and thankfully director Jon Favreau and writer Justin Theroux take affectionate liberty with the bonds of belief. This is a movie about a man who flies around in metal suit, blasting away multicolored-haired Russians with electric whips. It also gives itself the poetic license to stretch credulity.
For one, it certainly isn't darker than its predecessor, absent its slow-burning first half and latched-on social commentary. In fact, Iron Man 2 is the complete of antithesis of recent comic book movies. Which is pretty refreshing, to say the least. This is a breezy, light-hearted, inoffensive affair that saunters at a magnetic pace, with emotional discomfiting a far thought. Reading Iron Man 2's plot summary, things sound bleak for our characters.
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