![]() But Iron Man 2 is really the movie that establishes the Tony Stark that we’ll be getting throughout the rest of the MCU, between now and Endgame.ĭespite everything going on in this movie, between the laying of the roots for Shield and introduction of Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, with all the stuff going on involving Mickey Rourke’s character, this is a movie about Tony Stark dealing with his potential mortality, coming off of the sense of invulnerability that the Iron Man suit gave him in the previous movie’s conclusion. Iron Man is a fantastic movie, one that still really holds up today. ![]() As the writers of Infinity War and Endgame found a surprising inspiration for Tony Stark’s eventual conclusion out of lines and elements that were established within this very movie. Looking back at Iron Man 2, in retrospect, it ends up making me appreciate the later films in the franchise all the more. And how it ended up feeling like it belonged in a shared universe more than the two movies that came before it. but upon revisiting it, I was pleased to see I ended up enjoying the movie far more than I expected to, given its reputation. ![]() In the eyes of Marvel Cinematic Universe history, Iron Man 2 will go down as one of the “not great ones” when it comes to the long list of movies within. ![]() New to this series? Then why not go and check out the series so far where I’ve already dug into the first Iron Man and the MCUally ambiguous Hulk movie. ![]()
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