60 - Iron Man 2

    Tony Stark deals with the government wanting him to hand over the Iron Man technology, as he also struggles with a medical issue and a villain bent on personal revenge.
    This is widely regarded as the weakest of Marvel’s modern batch of movies.  I don’t understand why.  I actually think it’s pretty straightforward, the action isn’t annoyingly difficult to follow.
    I think there is one minor problem, but in the context of this movie, it’s fine.  The issue of the government wanting Stark’s technology doesn’t feel entirely resolved.  Rhodey takes the other suit of armor, but I don’t think that would be enough for the government.  They would want the technology, but they would also want to prevent Stark from using it for himself.
    There’s a good amount of time put into developing Stark’s relationship with Pepper, and it plays better this time through.  But where the story shines better is in the introduction and development of Black Widow.  Now that I’ve gotten used to seeing her in The Avengers and the bits from the forthcoming Captain America, going back to this introduction feels better than it did the first time.  I think it felt a little more shoehorned in the first time, but now, it somehow feels like an appropriate introduction to a character.  This is why the Marvel movies are coming together so much better.  They take their time introducing characters so that they work in the context of more than one movie.