Currently, the seriously hyped Iron Man 2 holds a 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, with 28 positive reviews out of 38 total. This is notably lower than the first Iron Man's score, which held a 93%.Most, if not all, critics who have reviewed the film so far have been saying that the film doesn't live up to the first, most notably this dude: 'Everything fun and terrific about Iron Man, a mere two years ago, has vanished with its sequel. In its place, Iron Man 2 has substituted noise, confusion, multiple villains, irrelevant stunts and misguided story lines.' --Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood ReporterThis guy, although way less harsh and whose last name doesn't sound near as ridiculous as the first guy's, seems to agree: 'Despite strong performances, impressive effects and a handful of decent action scenes, Jon Favreau's eagerly-awaited Iron Man sequel is, unfortunately, not as good as the first film.' --Matthew Turner, ViewLondonLame, harsh critics.....who needs them? You must admit, no one likes to hear their most anticipated action flick (especially if it's IRON MAN) get bashed on over a week before its release. I mean, after the first one, we all pretty much thought Jon Favreau had the sequel in the bag. Well, there's one guy in the bunch who actually seems likable:'There was not one moment in Iron Man 2 where I didn't think 'I'm enjoying this'' --Jordan Hoffman, UGOYeah, we should probably listen to that guy more often. He knows not to hurt the feelings of us diehard fans.Anyway, these are the first batch of reviews and, knowing the hype of the film and the fact that there's nearly a week left before its release, at least a hundred other reviews are bound to come in for critics (lame and cool alike) to voice their opinions. I can say that either way, I'm still psyched for this to come out and will see it no matter what.I'll admit 74% is a bit disappointing for me, for it is unlikely that it will change too drastically for the better, but as long as it blows my mind like I expect it to and it doesn't disappoint like Spider-Man 3 did then I'll have nothing to complain about. I'd like to hear from the rest of you what you make of what's being said about Iron Man 2 so far.
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