I enjoyed watching this movie as much as the first Iron Man for these reasons: the same director and cast members (minus one), plus some interesting additions; the relationships between Tony Stark and the main people in his life; and a nice continuation of the original story. The action and fight scenes were also great. I don't like that Rhodey was played by someone new, and some of the action scenes were a bit difficult to follow (of course, I was sitting on the front row so my head was often moving left to right). I'm glad there was another short scene after the end credits (like in IM1), which has me looking forward to the next installment as well as the coming Marvel pictures!