100% liked his portrayal more but I think it’s also me missing the initial vibe of the first movie. It was a comfort movie for a while a decade ago.

Then again I was basically a child and I liked that the desert villain greets Tony Stark with a cheerful Arabic hello, not quite having it sink in what it means. I read it more like Arabs are being put in movies and isn’t that neato and not “ah shit this is me to a lot of people”.

Mostly though I miss the novelty of nerd bullshit being made into big productions. I followed the marvel stuff semi religiously and then just suddenly couldn’t care about any of it