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Ivan Vanko is honestly a fascinating character who gets horribly misused. There is so much untapped potential in this character, and I'm probably going to be whining about that for the rest of this movie.
Conceptually, Ivan is Tony's shadow reflection. The film is not subtle about this; It opens with Ivan making an arc reactor in a cave barely-lit garage from a box of scraps, echoing Tony's achievement in the preceding film. It wants you to see Ivan as another Tony Stark. The Tony of another story. His equal and parallel.
But unfortunately, this is a busy movie and it doesn't have a lot of time to dwell on that. Iron Man 2's biggest problem is that it tries to do too many things, and they don't always complement each other well.
Looking back on Ivan now, I can't help but wonder what could have been. Ivan seeks revenge against Tony in retaliation for what he perceives to be Tony's father destroying Ivan's family. He wants to avenge his dead father for the life that the Starks allegedly stole from him, but his fury is misplaced.
And when I think about that, I also think about Captain America: Civil War. Tony, in a fit of vengeance, tried to murder Bucky in retaliation for the Winter Soldier assassinating his parents. In that moment, Tony was trying to avenge his parents for the life that Bucky allegedly stole from him, but his fury was misplaced. In that moment, Tony fully became his shadow reflection Ivan Vanko.
And that's a fascinating parallel that is easily overlooked because. Well. This movie wasn't very memorable.
Ivan Vanko is honestly a fascinating character who gets horribly misused. There is so much untapped potential in this character, and I'm probably going to be whining about that for the rest of this movie.
Conceptually, Ivan is Tony's shadow reflection. The film is not subtle about this; It opens with Ivan making an arc reactor in a cave barely-lit garage from a box of scraps, echoing Tony's achievement in the preceding film. It wants you to see Ivan as another Tony Stark. The Tony of another story. His equal and parallel.
But unfortunately, this is a busy movie and it doesn't have a lot of time to dwell on that. Iron Man 2's biggest problem is that it tries to do too many things, and they don't always complement each other well.
Looking back on Ivan now, I can't help but wonder what could have been. Ivan seeks revenge against Tony in retaliation for what he perceives to be Tony's father destroying Ivan's family. He wants to avenge his dead father for the life that the Starks allegedly stole from him, but his fury is misplaced.
And when I think about that, I also think about Captain America: Civil War. Tony, in a fit of vengeance, tried to murder Bucky in retaliation for the Winter Soldier assassinating his parents. In that moment, Tony was trying to avenge his parents for the life that Bucky allegedly stole from him, but his fury was misplaced. In that moment, Tony fully became his shadow reflection Ivan Vanko.
And that's a fascinating parallel that is easily overlooked because. Well. This movie wasn't very memorable.
Part six of six (Yea... this is the end and I'm glad about it)
Villain
Now I can start a another project.