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Iron Man 2
RallyMonkey:
I don't think they were really planning on touching on the alcoholism yet. In the first film, there are almost no scenes in which Tony Stark doesn't have a drink in his hand, but they never draw attention to it. In Iron Man 2, the same goes for Tony's father. I think the makers are well aware of his alcoholism, but just don't want to address it at this point in the films.
Jimmy the Squid:
I remember reading some interviews with Robert Downey Jr after Iron Man 2 was announced and he said that they would touch lightly on the alcoholism like they did in the first film but they aren't really going to get into the Demon in a Bottle arc until the third film.
satsugaikaze:
I usually compare the real dramatic and comedic punch in the first Iron Man film to the excitement people got from watching Tobey Maguire in his early stages learning to crawl up walls and web sling into billboards.
Except multiplied by the snappy dialogue and classy character traits, which adds to this "hoshit badassery" factor that was kinda there in the Spiderman film.
Lines:
Saw it tonight! I enjoyed it! I have to say, I loved the part where Agent Coulson pulls Captain's shield out of the box and asks Tony if he knows what that is and Tony uses it to level the pipes. Awesome. Also Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson kicked ass. I think they made a good choice with Johansson as Black Widow. Also Cheadle > Howard. I like them both as Rhodes, but I <3 Cheadle.
As for the alcoholism, I don't think it was really needed in this movie because the focus was on him slowly dying because of his "battery". Obviously we still saw him drinking, but to battle alcoholism on top of rapidly declining health and the government trying to steal your technology all in one go would have cluttered things. Especially now that War Machine is officially here, the third movie would be best to address this, as iirc War Machine will take over for Iron Man while Tony is in rehab.
Alex C:
I would be completely fine with one of these films stealthily turning into a War Machine-Don Cheadle vehicle. Dude deserves a blockbuster.
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