Avengers: Age of Ultron

I guess as a massive Marvel fan I should add a comment here..........

So, I've seen AoU twice now and I'm really split down the middle on it, although nothing negative. The film is awesome and is a blast start to finish, some great action, the introduction of some cool characters(amazing actor choices) and the set up for solo character movies. I know that originally in the Marvel Universe Tony Stark isn't to blame for Ultron, it was a good move to get it into a film, but all the time the original story was in the back of my mind. The other thing was the solo movie set ups kind of pull away from the main story a little bit. I've got to say that the new solos should be amazing if they follow on with the same path as the last run of Marvels.

I saw yesterday and well, I can understand why fans and critics weren't exactly fans of Age of Ultron. The good? James Spader was amazing as Ultron. There was great action and the musical score was strong. The not so good? What was up with Black Widow and Hulk? I mean, wasn't Betty Ross the love interest of Hulk? When I posted a status of my thoughts on the movie on my Facebook, a friend of mine said the aforementioned element was completely ignored in the film. I thought that Quiksilver and Scarlet Witch could have been developed better. There's some mixed feelings about showing Hawkeye's family but since he doesn't have a standalone film, I suppose that was added to show more of his character. It was pretty obvious there's elements that set up the next Thor and Captain America: Civil War.

Overall, I give a 4 out of 5 but it makes me wonder is now Marvel starting to become a victim of its own success. The same directors for Winter Soldier will directing Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War so hopefully, they'll do a better job than Joss Whedon did. Whedon did great for the first, not so much on the second. He apparently closed his Twitter account from what I heard. Maybe it was the perception from the fans... But anyway, it'll be interesting to see how Ant-Man does.

I finally saw this over the weekend and I absolutely LOVED it.

As to Hawkeye's story, my daughter and I discussed this for a long time and I really think that he is what brought humanity to the movie. He really was the one that connected the audience to this team of "super" people, while just being a guy with a bow and arrow. We felt that his journey was that humble, human connecting thread to all of the turmoil that the "supers" created on both sides of the fight, both in his place as an avenger and against the enemy he seemed to be the link to the normal life that the rest of us lead.

Before the movie I didn't really dig on the idea of Black Widow and Hulk, but they almost brought me around by the end. I have to say I'm not a Bruce Banner/Hulk fan at all, to me he's a very whiney and selfish character and I still feel that way after the end of this movie. She deserves better.

I loved how quickly they established the twin bond of Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch, great job on the actors behalf. I liked them - He's fast and she's weird.

I *REALLY* wished that Coulson had been on the carrier. As an Agents of SHIELD fan it was just wrong to me to not have him there. I knew that he wasn't, but when the scene came I found it really disappointing. I want more cross-over.

I agree with what Kristen K said...

I'm voting with my $$. I've seen it three times and I'm probably not done yet. And I think I see a Tomorrowland/Avengers double feature in my future.

There was so much too see in that movie, I don't think I caught everything that happened. I may have to watch it again

We loved the movie! Granted, my husband doesn't agree with how they handled Quicksilver, he still really liked the movie. We're so excited for the next Marvel movie to come out!!

I got to see it this weekend.

I thought it was great but as with most series of films I now need to go back to tie in some bits I may have missed from previous films and also watch it in context to see where it's going next.