Avengers: Age of Ultron

[riddler]

Good enough rational for me JB, i guess we'll have to wait and see. I kind of hope the spider-man cross over comes true for the next phase.


So far in the first 2 films both villains are connected to one of the heroes; Loki to Thor and Ultron to Stark. The difference being Stark actually creates Ultron.


Perhaps if Banner loses it, could we see a mini civil war here? Cap and Thor vs. Hulk and Iron Man?

[johnnygobbs]

I was also a lot more excited for the first Avengers movie too, but I'm still eager to see this one.

What makes you say Ultron will be better than Loki, Johnnygobbs? 

He's played by James Spader.

He is the actual creation of one of the Avengers.

He starts off as an apparent hero.

He won't need to call upon aliens to do his dirty work.

He looks awesome in the trailer: "There are no strings on me".   

[Edd Grayson]

Agreed! I'm all for Ultron topping Loki then.

That line about strings started off lots of parodies of Pinocchio as Ultron . I guess more publicity is good. 

[johnnygobbs]

Agreed! I'm all for Ultron topping Loki then.

That line about strings started off lots of parodies of Pinocchio as Ultron . I guess more publicity is good. 

Do you have a link?

[Edd Grayson]

http://comicbook.com/2014/10/25/best-avengers-age-of-ultron-and-pinocchio-mashup-so-far/

[johnnygobbs]

http://comicbook.com/2014/10/25/best-avengers-age-of-ultron-and-pinocchio-mashup-so-far/

I like the final shot of Pinocchio without the strings.  He looks evil and it's like a horror film.

[The Laughing Fish]

Another trailer was released a fortnight ago. And it still give the film a grim, ominous tone.

It's definitely certain that this will be yet another game-changer for Marvel.

[Grissom]

New tv spot and it looks much better here. I still think we're going to be in for a very similar movie to the first but should still be fun.

[johnnygobbs]

New tv spot and it looks much better here. I still think we're going to be in for a very similar movie to the first but should still be fun.

Now that they're established as comrades, I'm looking forward to seeing the various team members fall out and take one another on.

[The Laughing Fish]

I just got out after seeing this tonight. It's an enjoyable movie, but not as good as the first Avengers.

The main positives is this movie has a bigger focus on the heroes, especially the ones who some complained got 'short shrift' in the first film i.e. Hawkeye and Black Widow. Despite the Hulk not getting more screen time as promised, he does have an important story-line with another character (I won't say who). Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were inserted into the plot with reason, and they made sense. Vision maybe was a little rushed, but he had a unique personality as an AI that played well with Thor. Anyone who is afraid that the film could be too bleak like in the first trailer need not be afraid - the humour is lively and fun as ever.

My gripes in this movie, however, is that I didn't find Ultron to be that threatening as I thought he would be, until the last twenty minutes, and the film had unusually blatant exposition going on. There slightly are a bit too many characters this time around. The product placement was obvious, but you'd expect that in Hollywood blockbuster films.

Strangely, not too much about the movie drastically changed the rest of the Marvel Universe like The Winter Soldier did. It's not a critique by the way - just an observation.

All in all, entertaining - but the first Avengers was better plotted, and I think Captain America: The Winter Solder raised the bar in Phase 2 of the MCU.