Me, I’ll never get tired of Robert Downey Jr.’s charms. I think they’re tempered here by the character’s self-destructive impulses. Yes, he’s an ass, but he was in the first movie too — he was just more glib and chipper about it. Here, he’s dying and he doesn’t care what he does or who he hurts. I kinda like that.

And actually, I was rather impressed with Don Cheadle. At first I didn’t think he was up to snuff, that Howard was better, and then I watched “Iron Man” again. I like the energy (very subtle, but it’s there) he brings to the part. But we TOTALLY AGREE on Johansson, whom I’ve never liked as an actress. Her only function is to look hot in her zippered bodysuit. OK, but then what?