Well yay for deflated expectations, I enjoyed this a lot! Surprisingly the only thing I thought was rather eh was Ultron but I had a good time which is all that matters for me. Let's not compare this to the IM2 and the dreadful Dark World, puhlease.

4.2/10

This was bad. Really bad.

Yes, we all watched the same film and it's fun, but some people analyzed it and realized that its plot is incoherent, messy and FORCED, everything was done to set up the fucking gems

Also my grade is B/B-

To those of you liked it, you're not crazy. KJ is full of pretentious snoots.

Your conversion is complete.

After 2 views I will leave a real review.

AGE OF ULTRON is where Marvel jumped the shark. The light hearted tone of the previous films is on steroids, but the attempts at drama feel so forced and out of place that they fail miserably. Rather than being straight up Guardians of the Galaxy silly, or going for the drama blend of the original Marvel films or last years Captain America 2, this film is an extremely uneven mix which in the end feels drama free, unexciting ad uninspired.

There is way too much going on. In the first film, the leads were all pre-established so they could really get away with what they try to pull off here. The lack of development in the new characters really drags the film down, the loss of Loki is obvious from the get go. Nothing feels fresh, everything feels forced. That and there are way too many "um, wtf?" things going on.

1. Since when does BW dig BB? Like, wtf? Totally out of left field and they try and sell it as being super serious right away. Everything about that subplot is forced and cringe worthy.

2. Why are the Twins in the movie? Serious question. There is zero development, lots of horrible accents...again, they couldn't feel more forced. Generally forget they are even in the movie until they're thrown in at the end. There is no organic reason for the presence at all.

3. What is "The Vision" and why is he here? Yet again, another new character just totally out of left field. There is no reason for him to be here.

4. Random action is random action. The action comes way too heavy. I thought "Kal-el battles a robot to save Lois in the space pod" in Man of Steel would be the most random action set piece I have ever seen, but this movie out does it several times. Less is more and drama is needed to make the characters developed & the action mean something. There is too much action and far too little development.

5. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Tony Stark used to be hilarious, but for real - he is straight up annoying by the end of this movie. His lines towards the end ("he hates lawncare") are eye roll worthy and, at least in my theater, were't connecting at all.

And finally, and most importantly - the tone is just so played out. There's a scene near the end where Hawkeye and Black Widow are driving in a car while the city is collapsing. In the middle of all the chaos, the conversation consist of deadpan hawkeye going over home remodel ideas with an old friend. This is STRAIGHT UP BATMAN & ROBIN type shit. This is Chris O'Donnell yelling "Now what, call a taxi!" to which Batman responds "surfs up!" before sky surfing to gotham from Freeze's spaceship. There is no difference at all. There were several moments here where I thought Marvel jumped the shark full blown. It could just be that after 5 Iron Man films, the once fresh, non stop witty banter feels overplayed. The lack of dramatic creative is badly catching up to the film as the films begin to feel extremely repetitive. The action, the jokes, everything about it.

This movie is just a massive clusterfuck mess which has no idea what kind of movie it wants to be. Normally after films I dislike, I see a lot of ways they could have done things differently which would have made it more enjoyable, but really not so here. This is moreso the cumulation of problems which have existed in these films for a while coming to head. You can see why they probably thought they had a winner based on what they had done in the past, but all AGE OF ULTRON does is take the problems from the previous Marvel films and make them simply impossible to miss or deny any more and in the end if a massive misfire. The ending scene is a perfect metaphor for what the movie is. It's supposed to be this pump up scene where we see the new Avengers and are all "hell yeah!", but it falls completely flat because they all, well, suck compared to the previous ones. This movie feels like the transition to "round 2", only without any of the excitement or enthusiasm we went into round 1 with.

Marvel had some real home runs with IRON MAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGERS, AVENGERS, and CAPTAIN AMERICAN: THE WINTER SOLDIER with a few "ok" to decent films thrown in the middle. But with AGE OF ULTRON, I feel it is beyond obvious Marvel is on the downside. This movie sucks.

I couldn't wait to see the first one again, whereas this one I seriously debated not going the second time even though I had already bought tickets. I won't be watching this one again, likely ever.

D

Why'd you see it again Excel!?

I saw it again earlier in the afternoon as well and enjoyed about the same I did last night. As for me I actually really liked the new characters (Vision is strangely hot ). It's certainly not terrific like Winter Soldier but I do think this is one of the more entertaining entries from the MCU.

I already bought the tickets to see it with friends. My younger bro used to work for a theater where I'm still buddies with the head manager. I get to go to pretty much any of the friends and family employee screening I want. My buddies wanted to go last night but it was sold out so we bought tickets to the 10 PM showing tonight which was crazy busy. The theater itself was insane and I don't speak in hyperbole.

I for one was elated to see the theater getting so much business.

That said, I went with 5 friends. 3 of whome, the night after seeing AVENGERS 1 at midnight, we decided to go see it again on the spot because it was that fun. NONE of them enjoyed this one at all.

After 2 viewings it's so clear. This movie is really bad. I think my review is pretty much dead on. It's not like MAN OF STEEL of where it was like "they should have done it this way" with the movies issues. The issues here arent surprising.

Wow. Disagree with everything you said. This is what a superhero comic book movie should be. Writing is on point, action is packed. So much fun and the development of all the characters is strong. Just the complete opposite of what you said in my eyes. It's like a comic is literally happening on screen. Again, A

That's great and all, but this is a movie, not a comic book.

I'm a person who likes the feel of the source material on screen.

Is anyone surprised Excel hated Age of Ultron? That would be like BKB liking a mediocre DC movie.

I lovedc the frst one...

I certainly enjoyed myself watching Age of Ultron, but it's definitely a bit overstuffed (so many characters competing for attention!) and a step down from the first Avengers. Bridge movies may not be what we want but what we need on occasion. B

Yup, this is exactly what I loved too.

My main problem is that despite trying to sell itself as the biggest thing ever, the movie doesn't feel big enough. Ultron feels more like an Iron Man problem than an Avengers problem. Ultron, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are a worthy team, but once the twins turn against Ultron the stakes feel much much lower. The pacing of the second half is off too, way too much downtime. And the Hulk/Black Widow romance is forced and never believable. Actually that might be the biggest problem of the movie. Its clearly just to give them a bigger story than smash and look hot. The Incredible Hulk established that Bruce can't have sex, and i imagine that kind of frustration, with Scarlett Johannson, would lead to a ridiculous amount of Hulk-outs. We never did see his nightmare, but I bet it was something along those lines.

There's still tons to like though. The action and writing are top notch. It has a serious tone, but there's still room for Whedon's humor. The party scene was my favorite in the whole movie. Thor's face when Cap budges the hammer was so hilarious, Hemsworth sells that perfectly. AOU doesn't have a "Hulk punches Thor" iconic moment, but it has a lot of good little moments. Ultron, though not very threatening by himself, is a very interesting villain. Spader flips the switch from calm killer robot to irrationally angry super villain without any awkwardness, any reason to doubt him. Loki was a fantastic villain in the first, but he had an entire before that to set up his heel turn. Spader/Ultron build that in just a few scenes. I wished they had used him for a solo Iron Man movie, and The Avengers squared off against another goon from space (stop being lazy, Thanos) or a full team of villains.

That was hilarious, as was Cheadles face when people laugh at the story and the guy who says "no it wasn't" after Stark says "good talk". The whole theater died at those few gags both times. At the 20 minute mark (around the time those jokes all happen) I thought the movie was going well. It was just all downhill from there...

My audience had a wow moment when Vision picked up Thor's hammer.

It threatens at certain points to become numbing, an inevitability caused by its eager-to-please and overcrowded/overlong nature, but mega-sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron is largely an enjoyable ride, perhaps even slightly more so than the first. There are moments, gestures, which are easy to criticize, such as a strange tangent involving Thor, a trip to England, and a mystical pool of water clearly only shoehorned in to tease future Thor-centric franchise entries. And I may always be confused by the logic of new robotic heavy Ultron enjoying a relatively lengthy period of free-range autonomy in an Eastern European castle, smelting and forging an army in time for a raucous orgy of third-act combat. But, despite misgivings here and there, I smiled more often than not. Most of the humor lands as intended. The outsize action spectacle is predictable in the age of computer-generated wizardry, but still exciting. Ultron is not the most imposing antagonist ever, but his almost mathematical cynicism regarding humanity's value is amusing, and he is perfectly voiced with a type of honeyed malevolence by James Spader. Every returning actor slips into his or her role with ease, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general is sure to be buoyed by the continued involvement of Elizabeth Olsen's sexy and scary Scarlet Witch, a telekinetic enchantress introduced at the end of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and utilized in full here.

B

My audiences were too busy wondering wtf the vision was...

I am starting to suspect we are never going to see Tim Blake Nelson's Leader again.

Personally, I go to see adaptations adapt, not fuck up, the source material.

List:

A-
1. Captain America: The First Avenger

B+
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. The Incredible Hulk

B
4. Avengers: Age of Ultron
5. The Avengers
6. Iron Man
7. Thor

C+
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
9. Iron Man 3

C
10. Thor: The Dark World

D
11. Iron Man 2

There were like so many scenes that made me roll my eyes up like the shoehorned Black Widow and Bruce Banner romance. The only thing that was decent about the movie is James Spader voicing the sarcastic Ultron. Joss Wheldon remains one of the most overated writer/director in hollywood

They are saving him for Infinity Wars Part 2.