Also, this movie and Winter Soldier (maybe Civil War too I guess, but to a less extent) are the only movies in which Scar Jo isn't insufferable as Black Widow. My god is she terrible in that role in all the other films, a super cheesy and ham-fisted, terrible performance that is so cringe inducing. It's especially bad in the Avengers films, especially AoU, her quips in those movies truly make her a terrible joke of a character and most of the times I'm rolling my eyes when she's on screen in those movies.

She's basically a completely different character in IM2 than in any of the other MCU films (considering she's undercover in most of it, it makes sense) which works pretty well, nothing too amazing but she doesn't bring down the quality of the film at all like she does in all the other non Winter Soldier/Civil War movies.

However, Winter Soldier is a whole other story, she's amazing in that and such a clear standout character in that movie. I wish her character was so well written and well portrayed in all the other MCU films like she was in Winter Soldier. Hoping for this level of writing and portrayal in Infinity War.

Currently rewatching Iron Man 2.

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