Avengers: Age of Ultron- Grading & Discussion (spoilerific)

[Sgt. Pepper]

So I know this is a minor complaint, but I really wish they'd had Falcon show up along with Fury, Hill, and Rhodey on the helicarrier. Seems like kind of an oversight to have him at the party and then at the end, but not there for the big battle. I'm hoping that he was just a victim of editing and we'll see him there in the extended Blu-ray.

It's a "minor" complaint to point out how minorities got she short straw in this film?

I do agree with you though. Black Widow's big arc is a frustrated love story before she gets captured. Whoopee.

Meanwhile, Hill, and the three black guys - Fury, Falcon and Rhodey - all get sidelined for the majority of the film so we can focus on the white guys. What was even the point of including Falcon and Rhodey? It's almost worse to have them there and barely use them.

Ugh. So many issues with this film, but those two specifically (Black Widow and Falcon/Rhodey) are the the ones that really grate, as does the knowledge that by know we all know Joss knows better too.

I too was disappointed that Falcon wasn't included in this as well. Winter Soldier was so good and Falcon's role was really good. I thought the whole point was to include him in Avengers 2. I still liked the movie, but I feel there were a lot of missed opportunities in the movie. Falcon joining War Machine or Falcon saving civilians would've been great.

 

[Turtletrekker]

It may have come down to too many characters sharing the screen. I read that there was a script that included a cold intro to Captain Marvel in this scene but was cut because there was just too much happening. I could see the same for Sam's involvement. Besides, waiting till the end made for a better intro to Falcon's new look.

 

[TRON JA307020]

I gave it a B-. The first was everything I wanted in a Avengers film. Great special effect, great story, great camera work, acting etc. The 2nd one while still good just wasn't as spectacular as the first. The visuals were more muddled and just didn't have the clean look as the first. The camera work didn't have those long viewed visuals as the first it seemed like every fight was filmed in closer and more shakily. Also the it wasn't made clear if Tony was coerced to created a AI for Ultron using the spear or if he did it 100% of his own free will. If it was his own free will he got off way to easy because he would be responsible for any deaths that Ultron caused. I also didn't think Ultron was used well enough. He could easily have crippled all the servers in the U.S. if he wanted. He was supposedly in the internet. Couldn't he have done some damage to it? Maybe he didn't know how.

 

[Admiral2]

So I know this is a minor complaint, but I really wish they'd had Falcon show up along with Fury, Hill, and Rhodey on the helicarrier. Seems like kind of an oversight to have him at the party and then at the end, but not there for the big battle. I'm hoping that he was just a victim of editing and we'll see him there in the extended Blu-ray.

It's a "minor" complaint to point out how minorities got she short straw in this film?

I do agree with you though. Black Widow's big arc is a frustrated love story before she gets captured. Whoopee.

Meanwhile, Hill, and the three black guys - Fury, Falcon and Rhodey - all get sidelined for the majority of the film so we can focus on the white guys. What was even the point of including Falcon and Rhodey? It's almost worse to have them there and barely use them.

Ugh. So many issues with this film, but those two specifically (Black Widow and Falcon/Rhodey) are the the ones that really grate, as does the knowledge that by know we all know Joss knows better too.

I too was disappointed that Falcon wasn't included in this as well. Winter Soldier was so good and Falcon's role was really good. I thought the whole point was to include him in Avengers 2. I still liked the movie, but I feel there were a lot of missed opportunities in the movie. Falcon joining War Machine or Falcon saving civilians would've been great.

Calm down.

Falcon isn't Falcon without his wingsuit and the last one he had was destroyed in WS. The new one probably wasn't ready until it was time for him to join the New Avengers.

Rhodey is an active US Air Force Officer and therefore his time is not always his own, and since the government considers War Machine government property his ability to use it has to be limited. All the other Avengers are (mostly) free agents.

And Nick Fury has a fractured and dispersed SHIELD organization to deal with, which would make recommissioning and manning a ship as big as a flying aircraft carrier twice as hard as it would be under optimal conditions. It would be seriously time-consuming, time he'd be wasting if all he was doing was chasing after superpowered beings with a sidearm and Samuel L Jackson stare.

And speaking practically, there's only so much attention you can pay to each character in a two-and-a-half hour movie, and since it's a sequel, it only makes sense to pay more attention to the original stars. It's not like Sam, Don and Anthony will be out of work any length of time because of their lack of screen time here.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

It's a "minor" complaint to point out how minorities got she short straw in this film?

I do agree with you though. Black Widow's big arc is a frustrated love story before she gets captured. Whoopee.

Meanwhile, Hill, and the three black guys - Fury, Falcon and Rhodey - all get sidelined for the majority of the film so we can focus on the white guys. What was even the point of including Falcon and Rhodey? It's almost worse to have them there and barely use them.

Ugh. So many issues with this film, but those two specifically (Black Widow and Falcon/Rhodey) are the the ones that really grate, as does the knowledge that by know we all know Joss knows better too.

I too was disappointed that Falcon wasn't included in this as well. Winter Soldier was so good and Falcon's role was really good. I thought the whole point was to include him in Avengers 2. I still liked the movie, but I feel there were a lot of missed opportunities in the movie. Falcon joining War Machine or Falcon saving civilians would've been great.

Calm down.

Falcon isn't Falcon without his wingsuit and the last one he had was destroyed in WS. The new one probably wasn't ready until it was time for him to join the New Avengers.

Rhodey is an active US Air Force Officer and therefore his time is not always his own, and since the government considers War Machine government property his ability to use it has to be limited. All the other Avengers are (mostly) free agents.

And Nick Fury has a fractured and dispersed SHIELD organization to deal with, which would make recommissioning and manning a ship as big as a flying aircraft carrier twice as hard as it would be under optimal conditions. It would be seriously time-consuming, time he'd be wasting if all he was doing was chasing after superpowered beings with a sidearm and Samuel L Jackson stare.

And speaking practically, there's only so much attention you can pay to each character in a two-and-a-half hour movie, and since it's a sequel, it only makes sense to pay more attention to the original stars. It's not like Sam, Don and Anthony will be out of work any length of time because of their lack of screen time here.

I don't know why I need to calm down, I'm just pointing out that Falcon could've been used in the Helicarier scene with War Machine. It wouldn't have taken more screen time and would've been a great use of the character. Another problem I had was how quickly they dispensed with Hydra. It seemed like Hydra was a big deal in the MCU and they sort of skipped over the hunting down of Hydra. Yes, the villain was clearly Ultron, but they barely touched on Hydra and how it felt a huge blow to SHIELD. I just feel they could've handled it better.

 

[Noname Given]

Another problem I had was how quickly they dispensed with Hydra. It seemed like Hydra was a big deal in the MCU and they sort of skipped over the hunting down of Hydra. Yes, the villain was clearly Ultron, but they barely touched on Hydra and how it felt a huge blow to SHIELD. I just feel they could've handled it better.

Well, remember the Avengers weren't hunting down Hydra specifically per se - they were specifically going after Loki's Sceptre (to recover and return it to Asgard) and any other 'enhanced human' experiments they ran across; but the prime motivation for them over the past 'year' in the MCU was hunting down the Sceptre. (There was some fairly clear dialogue to that effect.) Also, remember that a sfar as captain America himself was concerned SHIELD was 100% shut down (and with him and Falcon also trying to follow Bucky/The Winter Soldier leads one wonders if he was really aware Fury was in fact attempting to rebuild SHIELD; and aside from Cap (and possibly Black Widow) I doubt any of the other Avengers cared about SHIELD's status.

So, yeah, the non-mention of the current status of SHIELD wasn't much of an issue

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Another problem I had was how quickly they dispensed with Hydra. It seemed like Hydra was a big deal in the MCU and they sort of skipped over the hunting down of Hydra. Yes, the villain was clearly Ultron, but they barely touched on Hydra and how it felt a huge blow to SHIELD. I just feel they could've handled it better.

Well, remember the Avengers weren't hunting down Hydra specifically per se - they were specifically going after Loki's Sceptre (to recover and return it to Asgard) and any other 'enhanced human' experiments they ran across; but the prime motivation for them over the past 'year' in the MCU was hunting down the Sceptre. (There was some fairly clear dialogue to that effect.) Also, remember that a sfar as captain America himself was concerned SHIELD was 100% shut down (and with him and Falcon also trying to follow Bucky/The Winter Soldier leads one wonders if he was really aware Fury was in fact attempting to rebuild SHIELD; and aside from Cap (and possibly Black Widow) I doubt any of the other Avengers cared about SHIELD's status.

So, yeah, the non-mention of the current status of SHIELD wasn't much of an issue

Yeah, I guess Cap wasn't aware of SHIELD rebuilding itself. It just seems Cap is a leader in whatever scenario he's in, but Fury is always behind the scenes really running things. Fury left Cap in the dark about a lot of things. I also get the sense that Tony doesn't like Fury lurking in the dark, even if they are on the same side. All of the Avengers are free agents, but it seems that by the end, the Avengers are an official elite team part of SHIELD. with Cap in charge of the Avengers. I wouldn't say Tony and Cap don't trust Fury, but they don't like some of his methods. It'll be interesting to see where Civil War takes us. Obviously Cap takes the old fashioned approach to defense while Tony believes we should be more proactive or maybe even preemptive.

 

[urbandefault]

Calm down.

Falcon isn't Falcon without his wingsuit and the last one he had was destroyed in WS. The new one probably wasn't ready until it was time for him to join the New Avengers.

Rhodey is an active US Air Force Officer and therefore his time is not always his own, and since the government considers War Machine government property his ability to use it has to be limited. All the other Avengers are (mostly) free agents.

And Nick Fury has a fractured and dispersed SHIELD organization to deal with, which would make recommissioning and manning a ship as big as a flying aircraft carrier twice as hard as it would be under optimal conditions. It would be seriously time-consuming, time he'd be wasting if all he was doing was chasing after superpowered beings with a sidearm and Samuel L Jackson stare.

And speaking practically, there's only so much attention you can pay to each character in a two-and-a-half hour movie, and since it's a sequel, it only makes sense to pay more attention to the original stars. It's not like Sam, Don and Anthony will be out of work any length of time because of their lack of screen time here.

Well said, Thanks.

 

[Trekker4747]

Avengers: Age of Ultron

My Grade: A.

I don't recall what I rated the first movie at but I would guess it was at least an A, if not an A+. I think here in the sequel things are slightly less as good as the first but not by too much.

We're at the end (or near the end) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase 2 series of films and to close it off we get another Avengers movie, just like what ended Phase 2 a couple years back.

We've caught up with what Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America were doing in the intervening time and now the cast is teamed up together again, starting off by trying to reclaim Loki's scepter. Which, somehow, between the events in the first Avengers movie and the tag-scene in Winter Soldier ended up in the hands of Hydra scientists who were experimenting on the gem inside the scepter in an East European country. Among their experiments were giving muta...,er, augmented powers to a set of twins.

One who can move and run at incredible speeds (Quicksilver) and one capable of mind manipulation and psionic blasts (Scarlett Witch.) Though they manage to hold-off the Avengers to some degree or another the Avengers manage to claim the Hydra compound and Tony Stark (Iron Man) is able to reclaim the scepter. (But not before SW gives Tony haunting visions of his fellow Avengers dead and him watching an alien invasion approaching Earth.)

Thor allows Tony and Bruce Banner (Hulk) to have a few days to learn what they can from the scepter before Thor returns it to Asgard. Tony discovers the crystal at the tip of the scepter has an advanced artificial intelligence and he wants to use it as the programming in an army of robots he uses to protect civilians during their encounters and, ultimately protect the world from extra terrestrial threats. Something eventually goes wrong and the AI Tony and Banner create ends up being an egotistical, and maniacal personality, Ultron, that takes the usual evil-robot route. Say it with me:

"The only way to save the world, is to destroy it's number one threat: humans."

Thus the Avengers are set off on their latest adventure which will see them fight with one another, battle new enemies, visit exotic locales and stay at April O'Neil's farm from the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.

The movie hits similar beats to the first movie, there's a point where Banner becomes the Hulk out of his own control leading to a fight with him with a teammate, and a protracted ending battle where most of the Avengers -nobly- focus on saving civilians as well as trying to stop Ultron. Luckily over the course of the movie they take on a few new recruits and get paid visits from their "side-kicks" in their own movies. (Well, at least for Iron Man. A visit from Falcon would have been welcomed, though.)

Over it all the movie is pretty enjoyable though with plenty of good character moments and interactions but the movie suffers, slightly, from having a similar arc to the previous movie. Namely the Avengers being ripped apart and having to re-learn to trust one another and work together.

Everyone also seems quick to blame Tony Stark on their problems when Bruce Banner played something of a role in everything. I get you don't want to piss the guy off, but, come-on.

If anything the movie suffers a bit in that the dialogue is a touch... "Whedon-y." Anyone familiar with Joss Whedon's other works knows that he has a certain dialogue niche and here it stands out pretty strongly. In the first movie Tony Stark was probably the most Whedon-y speaking character everyone else was more-or-less neutral on the Whedon scale. Here everyone is pretty much a full-Whedon smartass. Not strictly a bad thing but it stands out. Even our villain has a strong snark to him, but he was programed by Tony Stark, did download as much info as he could from the Internet and he's voiced by James Spader. So no surprises there on Ultron being a bit of a wiseass.

James Spader, by the way, does a great job as the voice of Ultron and really does make the Whedon dialogue work. It's almost a match made in heaven.

Slightly out of left-field is a romance between Bruce Banner and Black Widow. She's gained a technique to calm Banner out of Hulk-mode and it would seem that the time they've spent together they've grown romantically closer. I guess if there's any sign we're not getting another Hulk movie it's that Betty is out of the picture completely.

Particularly nice in this movie is the character development given to Hawkeye. Between his "blink and you'll miss him" part in "Thor" and him spending most of "Avengers" mindwashed into Loki's lapdog it's good to finally see him get something.

The new characters are handled fairly well. I think the DoFP use of Quicksilver was better. Here it does seem like they tried to make him "less powerful" as he doesn't seem quite as fast and even seems to get winded after his runs.

Scarlett Witch is very well done by Elizabeth Olsen. Her look, her "witch hex fingers" and some shots of her whenever she does the mind-control things are nice and eerily done. Almost feels like scraps of a good horror movie.

If there's one problem I have with this movie it's that it seems to make the Marvel Cinematic Universe much more clumsy and it may be reaching a breaking point when it comes to how much is going on. We're nearly 10 movies into this franchise, we have almost 2 full seasons of a TV series, a mini-series and a full-season of Netflix Original in this universe -with more NO on the way. The universe starts to feel crowded at this point and almost conflicting in some regards.

It could be likened to comic books, you read the characters individual books and it seems to have no real impact on the others despite both taking place in the same universe. There may be nods or references, but each book is grounded in its own tone, look, and story. In a comic-book series this may be easy to wave off and not think about much but in a live-action universe this becomes tougher.

And, right now, the toughest part for me is reconciling the movies with the TV series, in particular Daredevil. SHIELD is somewhat easy to reconcile with -the show and Winter Soldier melded very well- but in Daredevil there's... questions.

No spoilers: But a plot point in Daredevil deals with the reconstruction of a neighborhood in New York greatly affected by the events in the first Avengers movie. There's some simple references to what happened but nothing to overly major, though they both take place in the same universe. Daredevil has a much more gritty and realistic approach with its tone and characters. So while these characters are growling at each other in velvety hushed tones over the radio just a few blocks over a snarky billionaire is working with a man who morphs in a to a rage-monster are creating true artificial life and in a few days the world is threatened with extinction?

It's hard to meld the two.

I enjoy the movies and the Netflix series but this cinematic universe might be getting a little *too* big for its britches.

But, at the end of the day, AoU is an enjoyable summer action flick that may not entirely live up to its hype but it comes close. It's probably the best of the MCU sequels to this date, second only to WS.

Lots of good, fun, action scenes and good stuff with the characters -Whedon dialogue aside- and I look forward to what awaits us in Phase 3.

And though it's not likely to happen and it's not on the docket yet it'd be really damn nice to get a Hulk movie with Ruffalo who does a great job again as Banner and some really good use of Hulk here and showing even *his* "softer" side.

 

[Admiral2]

If there's one problem I have with this movie it's that it seems to make the Marvel Cinematic Universe much more clumsy and it may be reaching a breaking point when it comes to how much is going on. We're nearly 10 movies into this franchise, we have almost 2 full seasons of a TV series, a mini-series and a full-season of Netflix Original in this universe -with more NO on the way. The universe starts to feel crowded at this point and almost conflicting in some regards.

It could be likened to comic books, you read the characters individual books and it seems to have no real impact on the others despite both taking place in the same universe. There may be nods or references, but each book is grounded in its own tone, look, and story. In a comic-book series this may be easy to wave off and not think about much but in a live-action universe this becomes tougher.

Actually, this is my favorite thing about the MCU, in that it does seem like the movie series version of me reading my individual favorite titles and every now and then I pick up an issue of The Avengers and catch them all together.

 

[urbandefault]

If there's one problem I have with this movie it's that it seems to make the Marvel Cinematic Universe much more clumsy and it may be reaching a breaking point when it comes to how much is going on. We're nearly 10 movies into this franchise, we have almost 2 full seasons of a TV series, a mini-series and a full-season of Netflix Original in this universe -with more NO on the way. The universe starts to feel crowded at this point and almost conflicting in some regards.

It could be likened to comic books, you read the characters individual books and it seems to have no real impact on the others despite both taking place in the same universe. There may be nods or references, but each book is grounded in its own tone, look, and story. In a comic-book series this may be easy to wave off and not think about much but in a live-action universe this becomes tougher.

Actually, this is my favorite thing about the MCU, in that it does seem like the movie series version of me reading my individual favorite titles and every now and then I pick up an issue of The Avengers and catch them all together.

Absolutely. You don't have to see every movie in order to enjoy one or another here or there.

 

[Star Wolf]

I too was disappointed that Falcon wasn't included in this as well. Winter Soldier was so good and Falcon's role was really good. I thought the whole point was to include him in Avengers 2. I still liked the movie, but I feel there were a lot of missed opportunities in the movie. Falcon joining War Machine or Falcon saving civilians would've been great.

Calm down.

Falcon isn't Falcon without his wingsuit and the last one he had was destroyed in WS. The new one probably wasn't ready until it was time for him to join the New Avengers.

Rhodey is an active US Air Force Officer and therefore his time is not always his own, and since the government considers War Machine government property his ability to use it has to be limited. All the other Avengers are (mostly) free agents.

And Nick Fury has a fractured and dispersed SHIELD organization to deal with, which would make recommissioning and manning a ship as big as a flying aircraft carrier twice as hard as it would be under optimal conditions. It would be seriously time-consuming, time he'd be wasting if all he was doing was chasing after superpowered beings with a sidearm and Samuel L Jackson stare.

And speaking practically, there's only so much attention you can pay to each character in a two-and-a-half hour movie, and since it's a sequel, it only makes sense to pay more attention to the original stars. It's not like Sam, Don and Anthony will be out of work any length of time because of their lack of screen time here.

I don't know why I need to calm down, I'm just pointing out that Falcon could've been used in the Helicarier scene with War Machine. It wouldn't have taken more screen time and would've been a great use of the character. Another problem I had was how quickly they dispensed with Hydra. It seemed like Hydra was a big deal in the MCU and they sort of skipped over the hunting down of Hydra. Yes, the villain was clearly Ultron, but they barely touched on Hydra and how it felt a huge blow to SHIELD. I just feel they could've handled it better.

I agree since they introduced the Falcon he could have come in with the helicarrier with War Machine and just be seen flying around even if he did not have snarky line while dispatching an Ultron drone.

However Whedon could not deal with the dispatch of Hydra because that was done on TV, even if with the battle drills it made it seem like The Avengers were the Howling Commandos running down Hydra bases since The Winter Soldier. As he ignored Iron Man III, the Iron Patriot and Tony Stark's seeming retirement from active avenging and creating the Iron Legion

 

[Karzak]

Calm down.

Falcon isn't Falcon without his wingsuit and the last one he had was destroyed in WS. The new one probably wasn't ready until it was time for him to join the New Avengers.

Rhodey is an active US Air Force Officer and therefore his time is not always his own, and since the government considers War Machine government property his ability to use it has to be limited. All the other Avengers are (mostly) free agents.

And Nick Fury has a fractured and dispersed SHIELD organization to deal with, which would make recommissioning and manning a ship as big as a flying aircraft carrier twice as hard as it would be under optimal conditions. It would be seriously time-consuming, time he'd be wasting if all he was doing was chasing after superpowered beings with a sidearm and Samuel L Jackson stare.

And speaking practically, there's only so much attention you can pay to each character in a two-and-a-half hour movie, and since it's a sequel, it only makes sense to pay more attention to the original stars. It's not like Sam, Don and Anthony will be out of work any length of time because of their lack of screen time here.

Way to miss the point.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I was hoping Falcon would show up in the rescue scene.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Scarlett Witch is very well done by Elizabeth Olsen. Her look, her "witch hex fingers" and some shots of her whenever she does the mind-control things are nice and eerily done. Almost feels like scraps of a good horror movie.

Just think, if she had used a gun she could've taken out half the Avengers.

 

[Karzak]

We're nearly 10 movies into this franchise, we have almost 2 full seasons of a TV series, a mini-series and a full-season of Netflix Original in this universe -with more NO on the way. The universe starts to feel crowded at this point and almost conflicting in some regards.

Age of Ultron is MCU film #11.

1) Iron Man
2) The Incredible Hulk
3) Iron Man 2
4) Thor
5) Captain America: The First Avenger
6) The Avengers
7) Iron Man 3
8) Thor: The Dark World
9) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10) Guardians of the Galaxy
11) The Avengers: Age of Ultron

This doesn't include the One-Shots

The Consultant
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
Item 47
Agent Carter
All Hail The King

...or the TV series

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agent Carter
Daredevil

...and the forthcoming shows:

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinfoff featuring Mockingbird
Netflix's AKA Jessica Jones
Netflix's Luke Cage
Netflix's Iron Fist
Netflix's The Defenders



Basically, your point is well taken. There's tons that has happened by now that should be having huge impact on the world but is just being swept aside for some reason, likely to "keep the status quo" so the movies can keep being made.

 

[Mr Light]

I wonder who the little bads of Avengers 3/4 are going to be. Thanos is so over-powered I can't imagine him being the main fighter until the very end of 3 if not 4. Will they use Hickman's recently created henchmen? Bring back the Chitauri? The Kree? Nebula?

Hopefully they'll open 3 with a throwaway villain the way they did with Strucker.

 

[TRON JA307020]

We're nearly 10 movies into this franchise, we have almost 2 full seasons of a TV series, a mini-series and a full-season of Netflix Original in this universe -with more NO on the way. The universe starts to feel crowded at this point and almost conflicting in some regards.

Age of Ultron is MCU film #11.

1) Iron Man
2) The Incredible Hulk
3) Iron Man 2
4) Thor
5) Captain America: The First Avenger
6) The Avengers
7) Iron Man 3
8) Thor: The Dark World
9) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10) Guardians of the Galaxy
11) The Avengers: Age of Ultron

This doesn't include the One-Shots

The Consultant
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
Item 47
Agent Carter
All Hail The King

...or the TV series

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agent Carter
Daredevil

...and the forthcoming shows:

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinfoff featuring Mockingbird
Netflix's AKA Jessica Jones
Netflix's Luke Cage
Netflix's Iron Fist
Netflix's The Defenders



Basically, your point is well taken. There's tons that has happened by now that should be having huge impact on the world but is just being swept aside for some reason, likely to "keep the status quo" so the movies can keep being made.

Well the problem is shows like Agents of Shield have a much smaller budget and it shows in the effects and writing. To have anything from that show impact the superior movies would be a shame. The inferiority of AOS is potentially damaging to the MCU movies and should not be mentioned in the movies at all.

 

[DWF]

I wonder who the little bads of Avengers 3/4 are going to be. Thanos is so over-powered I can't imagine him being the main fighter until the very end of 3 if not 4. Will they use Hickman's recently created henchmen? Bring back the Chitauri? The Kree? Nebula?

Hopefully they'll open 3 with a throwaway villain the way they did with Strucker.

The third movie will have to show Thanos getting the gauntlet together ans showing how much of a threat he can be. And he'll have to "kill" the Vision to get the mind gem. Infinity War part one will also have to show how the Avengers plan to even reach him to battle him, that might be how the Guardians get involved with the Avengers.

 

[Enterprise1701]

I'm not as awed as I thought as I would have been, but Avengers: Age of Ultron is an awesome movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Black Widow and Hulk aren't my ideal pairing, but it helped give Widow character depth.

Ultron is a good Marvel Studios villain for a change. Human-hating robots/computers have been done countless times, but James Spader's Ultron is a compelling character.

I don't get it. Scarlet Witch can give people actual visions of the future? How is that supposed to be a dedicated offensive maneuver? And I don't understand Thor's comment about someone manipulating events surrounding the Infinity Stones. He makes it sound like it's possible to magically (and Doctor Strange magic doesn't count) cause things to happen across the universe. And if he merely was referring to how someone had to purposefully deploy the scepter with Loki to acquire the Tesseract on Earth, then his wording is unnecessarily confusing.

I and others in my theater started clapping when Vision lifted Mjolnir. It was such a fantastic scene.

Wow to Joss Whedon. Couldn't allow Cap to fully say, "Avengers, assemble!" could you?

And the countdown to Avengers: Infinity War continues.