![]() He has one or two small moments I like, but mostly, that’s because of the other characters in the scene. And again, Aaron Taylor-Johnson doesn’t really do anything wrong. Still, ultimately, I like Scarlet Witch a lot more than I like Quicksilver. (I’ll come back to that later.) At the end of the day, I just don’t care much about her. Her powers are awesome, definitely, but she doesn’t have much in the way of actual personality and I’m kind of iffy on her and Quicksilver’s backstory. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with her performance–she seems to do all she can with it–but I just don’t find Scarlet Witch to be a particularly compelling character. As far as everyone else goes?Įlizabeth Olsen is an indie darling, but I think this might be the first thing I’ve actually seen her in, and she’s. ![]() About those new characters - well, unfortunately, I’ve already talked about the only one I really liked. ![]() My instincts tell me Iron Man is going to stay on the podium, though, and Age of Ultron will have to settle for a Participant certificate.ģ. But it also isn’t even close to competing with The Avengers for top spot, and it’s sure not going to knock Winter Soldier down to the third place, either. What I’m describing could easily have been a train wreck, and Age of Ultron isn’t one. I want to be fair here, since the majority of my review is feeling more critical than complimentary: considering just how much is going on, Joss Whedon actually does a pretty amazing job juggling everything above. And somewhere in the third act, the movie just begins to buckle under its own weight. five? Nine? Whatever, there are a lot of them.) Time has to be spent foreshadowing future Marvel movies, including Thor: Ragnarok, The Avengers: Infinity War, and–to an extent– Captain America: Civil War. It has to add and establish four new main characters, not to mention bring in several side characters and about eighteen cameos. This sequel is responsible for giving significant screen time to each of our six heroes, which includes building a brand new romance between two of them and giving another one a far more fleshed out and somewhat unexpected backstory. But since I doubt that a second trip to the theater will happen anytime this week. it’s got some definite problems, and the main one is what I think we were all afraid of: there’s just too much going on. There’s so much going on in Age of Ultron that I almost feel like I should delay this review until I watch the movie a second time. Unlike the rest of the internet, I’m not, like, ideologically against the concept of grimdark superhero movies, but I also love to laugh, and Age of Ultron definitely made me laugh.īut. I will certainly buy it as soon as it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray, and it made me crack up repeatedly, which is great. It’s not a bad movie by any means, and I had a great time watching it in theater. So, here’s the thing: I like a ton of stuff about Age of Ultron. He couldn’t possibly have been better cast.Ģ. His voice work is energetic, creepy, and hilarious. And James Spader is just delightful in the role. I’ll save my lengthier analysis of this until the Spoiler Section, but as Ultron is Tony Stark’s creation, there are definite similarities between the two characters, similarities that I think are kind of fascinating. Not because he wants anything so spectacularly original–the destruction of the human race is about as by-the-numbers as you get–but because he has a ton of personality, specifically, Tony Stark’s personality. The vast majority of Marvel bad guys have next-to-no personality and all seem to desire the same dull things. You know that old adage about a movie only being as good as its villain? Marvel alone has proven that to be false. Beyond that, though, there are only a few semi-decent villains out there. Those of you who read this blog with any regularity already know how I feel about Marvel villains: by and large, they suck. Let’s start with what works surprisingly well: Ultron. Team infighting and big action sequences ensue.ġ. When Ultron decides the best way to protect humanity is to kill the hell out of it, the Avengers try to take him down. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) makes what is, in hindsight, a fantastically bad call when he attempts to create an AI named Ultron (James Spader) to protect humanity. Despite that, I can’t help but feel a little disappointed with the finished product. Overall, Avengers: Age of Ultron is fast-paced, funny, and pretty enjoyable, especially for a movie that’s 2 1/2 hours long.
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