Yeah, this was a big barrel of 'meh' for me. Clunky story, a complete waste of Micky Rourke, and a snarky Robert Downey Jr instead of the cleverly witty one from the first film.
Here's hoping The Avengers is a whole lot better, especially since it feels like Iron Man 2's main reason for existence is to set it up.
Looking forward to Kick-Ass redeeming comic book movies in general later this evening.
I got a similar vibe of it. It felt, story wise, more like Ironman 1.5 as he is still growning into the Hero thing, also there is almost no scenes of him fighting baddies except for finale.
It would seem that Dark Knight remains my no 1 Favorite Super Hero Sequel with fav Comic book movie in a tie between Watchmen and Batman Begins.
As I suspected: Kick-Ass kicks Iron Man 2's ass.