First the caveats: I am a comic fanboy and geek, so take that for what it's worth, but I liked it. I thought it was just as good as the original. I think the first one had the benefit of taking us by surprise how good it was, so people who don't think it is need to take that into account. But I feel like Favreau and company followed the natural course of the characters and gave us an interesting story. I feel bad for Don Cheadle in that the character of Rhodey is still not given QUITE enough to do in the movie, and I feel bad we only get to see a short bit of Scarlet Johansen kick butt after all her training, but the star has always been and will be RDJ and he did a great job. Go see it now!