Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron is the 5th film in Phase 2 of the MCU and the sequel to The Avengers. It tells the story of Tony Stark building a form of artificial intelligence in an attempt to make the world safer, but it ends up backfiring and now the A.I. is bent on world domination and annihilation of the human race. Released in 2015, the film received mostly positive reviews and was a major box office hit.
THE GOOD
I find this movie to be very underappreciated. It's not a perfect film by any means, it's definitely not as good as the first one, but this movie does so many great things that I simply can't ignore. First of all I really loved the character development for Black Widow and Hawkeye! At first they were just there to be part of the Avengers, they were really badass, but they were kinda just there, but here you get to know a lot more about them, and it was compelling! Just like the first film, it's great seeing all these characters all together working off of each other, they all have amazing chemistry with each other, and it was always fun seeing them kicking ass together! As far as characters go, they are all as good as they've always been, I loved that this movie didn't ditch the kind of character Captain America became after The Winter Soldier, I loved how Joss Whedon knew to let these characters evolve! Iron Man is still becoming increasing more compelling overtime, yes, everything in this movie is technically his fault, but his intentions were noble and at least he tries to fix what he caused, nobody really acknowledges that. You also get a lot more Hulk this time around, which I loved! One thing I actually think this movie does even better than the first one is the action sequences! I very much enjoyed the action in the first one but here they hit much harder and they are more intense. Seriously, the Hulk Buster sequence was fucking business! The script is solid too, the dialogue is very witty and funny, just like it was in the first one! I really loved Ultron in this movie, he's also quite funny, he's very sarcastic, he was fun to watch! The introduction of Vision was wonderful, they did him so very fucking well!
THE BAD
So here's my flaws with the film. I thought this movie felt very rushed. The original cut of the film was about 3 hours long, and it really did feel like the studio mandated the cut of several scenes to keep the movie to 2 and a half hours. I also really didn't like Quicksilver in this film, he was so lame here. The slow mo was done well in the action sequences, but just him as a character was so lame, I didn't give a shit about him whatsoever. If you want some good Quicksilver, watch X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse.
CONCLUSION
Avengers: Age of Ultron is not a perfect film, but I can't help but still really love it! The characters are as delightful as ever, the action sequences are incredible, it had a good villain, the movie is just a blast! This movie just like the other Avengers films where it just feels like a comic book lover's wet dream!
GRADE: B+
FILM INFO
MPA rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi action, violence and destruction, and some suggestive comments)
Run time: 141 min
Release date: May 1st, 2015
Studio: Disney
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