Age of Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron Fan Review Thread (Spoilers) - Part 1

[Guard82]

I saw it this weekend and loved it! AoU was fantastic and I enjoyed every minute of it. It was even more fun than I had expected. I went in with somewhat moderate expectations and the movie managed to surprise me with just how much awesomeness was packed into it. A movie with so many competing elements would fail in lesser hands, but Whedon proved again that he knows how to handle multiple characters and plot points. Everything in the story came together in a way that made sense to me, and that made it enjoyable.

I loved how from the very first battle scene, where the Avengers are storming Strucker's base, the movie shows that the Avengers have become a very well-coordinated, well-organized team. Every hero plays an important role in every mission. I enjoyed the character interactions among the team members, and I loved James Spader's performance as Ultron. He had a very unique personality that was menacing, conniving, confused, angry, immature, brilliant, demented, and amusing all at the same time. He definitely ranks as a favorite villain for me.

I know some didn't enjoy the romance between Natasha and Bruce, but I thought it worked great. It helped to further flesh out their characters and to portray the softer, more tender sides of their dispositions.

Vision was a home run. He is one of my favorite Avengers in the comics, and I was very happy to see him portrayed so well in live-action. Paul Bettany performed the role to perfection. The look, the voice, the personality, and the mysterious aura all made Vision excellent. I also enjoyed Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, and really liked their story arc.

I was also pleasantly surprised that Rhodey got to participate so much in the action as War Machine. He looked great in action. I hadn't expected War Machine to be involved as much as he was, and he got a lot more screentime than I had expected. It was a nice surprise.

Overall, the whole cast was excellent, and the cinematography was really top-notch. So many scenes are great to look at. I had a great time watching it, and I'll be seeing it again soon.

 

[obredaan]

That isnt the only time an awkwardly placed joke has ruined an intense moment though. In IM3 immediately after Tony legitimately believes Pepper to be dead after telling her he's got her, he is all jokey with Aldrich. Which was weird. I don't think if you lost the love of your life you'd be cracking jokes right after. Unfortunately it happened here in AoU with Hawkeye laying next to Pietro, although i'm sure it wasn't meant to be jokey, but why put that line there at all? It's a death MCU, deal with it. Imo it took away from SW's emotional reaction to it just a bit.

People use humor to ease pain all the time or as a way to deflect emotions. Tony has always used humor to deflect real emotions (watch his attitude when he's captured by terrorists in the first film) so why wouldn't he do the same after he sees Pepper die? The Avengers are a team and anyone that's been on a real team knows that teammates often rib each other and use humor to deflect tensions. That's just how I see it but I can understand why some might dislike this.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I thought IM was In The final battle more than Hulk was as well. Hulk pretty much did nothing, same with the opening battle scene. He got one moment to shine but even at the end of that he was knocked out by one punch by a character who has only ever beaten him once in the comics. The IM love in, which I have never minded before, got to ridiculous levels in this movie IMO. And it all seemed that Hulk was sacrificed for that.

I felt in the group battles both Hulk and IM were pretty much given the same amount to do, but Stark is the central character I guess, I mean the IM films launched the MCU and are by far their most successful solo franchise. I didn't mind him beating Hulk inf act it works for me as I am always on the human side of these fights lol, but I take your point on the punch, not so much that Hulk was felled by it as they'd been in a long battle, it was the comical way it was done, kinda like a nod to the Hulk backfist on Thor in the first movie.

I didn't like Banner or Hulk in AoU. Banners character seemed to regress instead of develop, and I think the Hulktasha story was a poor choice for both Bruce and Widow. Mark Ruffalos comments about Bruce being the weak love-interest are unfortunate - why should it be acceptable for either character (male or female) be reduced to this?

I haven't read any comments from Ruffalo but I agree that the attempt at creating a romance between the two was a big misstep on the part of Whedon and co, it didn't work at all IMO, for either character and not ebcuase it made them look weak or anything but because they had zero chemistry.

I was wondering why Hulk felt absent except for the Hulkbuster scene. I think you may have the answer here. Doesn't excuse why Hulk didn't say a single word though.

I hadn't thought about that, I wonder why he didn't speak, maybe they are hinting towards Banner having less and less control over the Hulk?

 

[LostSon88]

One has to wonder if the romance was a consequence of ScarJo getting pregnant and that they had to seriously change her role. Granted I'm sure the romance was probably still in there but you have to wonder if it took more emphasis after the fact.

I mean she revealed she was pregnant either the week or second week they began filming if I remember correctly.

 

[jed]

I think Quicksilver is killed because Marvel did not want to have to share the character with Fox.

Since Quicksilver already appeared in DOFP, and will most likely appear in X men Apocalypse.....Marvel feels it's better not to use the same character again.

Using the same character will add to confusion for audiences.

 

[BigThor]

Well, as a Hulk fan it felt like a slap in the face to me. They don't even need him on the team anymore with HB there or even IM when no one on the team can beat him.

For me it makes Abom, Thor and even Loki look mightily weak by comparison hen they couldn't knock him out in previous encounters.

Hulkbuster sucker punched Hulk, which is in no way comparable to Thor hitting him mid fight.

I'm sure if Thor sucker punched Hulk he could knock him out as well.

 

[dark claw x21]

Overall a great move but I didn't care for the Black Widow/Hulk romance to much because its like Bruce forgot all about Betty Ross and I was hoping for a Captain America / Black Widow romance i feel that they started a little thing in Winter Soldier that they could have devoloped more.

 

[Human Torch]

I think Quicksilver is killed because Marvel did not want to have to share the character with Fox.

Since Quicksilver already appeared in DOFP, and will most likely appear in X men Apocalypse.....Marvel feels it's better not to use the same character again.

Using the same character will add to confusion for audiences.

You see, my thinking is that they killed Quicksilver off,simply to avoid the same criticism Fox QS & the Flash have had. To wit: "Why can't he just run really fast and disarm the bad guys and beat them into oblivion?"

Speedsters are obscenely over powered and a ***** to use in a story. I figured Joss wanted to kill somebody and TPTB said "No way do we need the headaches QS provides going forward. You can off him with our everlasting gratitude."

 

[Tony Stark]

I think Quicksilver is killed because Marvel did not want to have to share the character with Fox.

Since Quicksilver already appeared in DOFP, and will most likely appear in X men Apocalypse.....Marvel feels it's better not to use the same character again.

Using the same character will add to confusion for audiences.

I don't think this is the case at all. When they announced they were using QS, Joss already had a rough draft of the script.

They still share the character rights and could bring him back if they want to. I think the decision is based more on, there are alot more important Avengers to bring forward than QS, and SW is more important to the Avengers than QS is.

Ant-Man, Wasp, Captain/Ms. Marvel, Black Panther, are all far more important than QS to the Avengers.

 

[djsunyc]

i really liked this movie alot...thought it was great. but someone on the daredevil forum posted an article saying how watching daredevil on netflix kind of set a new standard of excellence for comic to video adaptations and watching a 2.5 hour movie just doesn't allow for the development like daredevil did and it had a somewhat negative effect on my review for AOU. anyone else feel similarly?

 

[Supernova]

The romance didnt work for me because there was no setup between widow and banner in the past films and just comes out of no where. Not to mention ruffalo and scarjo dont really have that much chemistry as a romantic couple. I actually thought george lucas wrote that bathroom scene when banner comes out of the shower and widow is waiting for him if you know what i mean and banner rejects her. No straight man in his right mind would turn down that POA at that moment.

Come to think of it marvels weak area in all there movies is the love angles. Most of there leads never trully feel like there in love.

 

[drod1985]

No straight man in his right mind would turn down that POA at that moment.

That's exactly the issue. Bruce isn't always in his right mind.

 

[Casius--J]

Just come back from watching it for the second time, I love it even more. So much happens in this one film its hard to process everything so there are a few things I didn't pick up upon the first time.

I do think it's worth seeing this more than once to those that weren't that impressed by it

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Hulkbuster sucker punched Hulk, which is in no way comparable to Thor hitting him mid fight.

I'm sure if Thor sucker punched Hulk he could knock him out as well.

Still wouldn't be enough to knock him out in my eyes, especially as he was getting angry again when the punch came.

 

[JB33]

Finally seeing it again tonight for the 2nd time (discount night, me being the cheapskate that I am :P). I think after a 2nd viewing I'll be better able to express my thoughts. As I said before, I feel like my experience seeing it for the first time was limited to just taking it all in. Wasn't really thinking much.

 

[craigaat]

Just saw it. Was okay.

 

[BoredGuy]

Just read through a "What we liked and what we didn't" article over on Kotaku

and it was basically all "this movie sucks" "yeah it's not even really a movie" "it's a failed advertisement for Phase 3" and a chorus of commenters agreeing

it was very disappointing to see that many people unable to take simple enjoyment out of a fun, albeit flawed, movie

 

[JB33]

Just read through a "What we liked and what we didn't" article over on Kotaku

and it was basically all "this movie sucks" "yeah it's not even really a movie" "it's a failed advertisement for Phase 3" and a chorus of commenters agreeing

it was very disappointing to see that many people unable to take simple enjoyment out of a fun, albeit flawed, movie

This is exactly how I feel. Too many people can't just enjoy the movie because they're too busy picking it apart and dissecting it.

I feel blessed that I was able to walk in, enjoy the hell out of the ride, and walk out satisfied.

 

[Vartha]

Just read through a "What we liked and what we didn't" article over on Kotaku

and it was basically all "this movie sucks" "yeah it's not even really a movie" "it's a failed advertisement for Phase 3" and a chorus of commenters agreeing

it was very disappointing to see that many people unable to take simple enjoyment out of a fun, albeit flawed, movie

Yeah well you either liked it or not. I'm hopefully going again tomorrow for the 2nd time.

 

[drod1985]

I wonder why he didn't speak, maybe they are hinting towards Banner having less and less control over the Hulk?

Considering The Hulk shut down Natasha's communication and allowed the quinjet to fly away, it seems Banner has MORE control of The Hulk. I would assume him not speaking is a stylistic choice.

 

[sdc10]

Just finished watching the movie for the 2nd time and I have to say I definitely enjoyed the movie much more the 2nd time, not that I hated it or didnt enjoy it on the initial viewing. Just knowing what was going to happen, I felt the pacing of the movie was much better than I had initially thought. Thor's vision side-plot didnt seem as random or tacked on, tho admittedly I still think it wouldve been better if it was developed a bit more. In regards to Quicksilvers death, since the surprise of it was out of the way I also was able to recognize the buildup towards it and why it was a good payoff. While Im still a bit upset at his death, it was definitely not "out of nowhere" as some claim it to be.

 

[LostSon88]

Just read through a "What we liked and what we didn't" article over on Kotaku

and it was basically all "this movie sucks" "yeah it's not even really a movie" "it's a failed advertisement for Phase 3" and a chorus of commenters agreeing

it was very disappointing to see that many people unable to take simple enjoyment out of a fun, albeit flawed, movie

Not "many people". Fanboys.

It's always something with them...

 

[Atharun]

I may be in the minority here but after watch Winter Soldier and AoU again, I much prefer the costumes design for Black Widow in Winter Soldier. The blue electric conduits on the suit don't look as good as the simpler costume.

 

[Mr.Miyagi]

Tony Stark said he makes everyone look cooler.
If you don't think so then you gotta send your complaint to:
Stark Mansion
10-8-80 Malibu Point,
90265, Malibu,
California

Hope he already had time to rebuild his house.

 

[Solaire]

Just read through a "What we liked and what we didn't" article over on Kotaku

and it was basically all "this movie sucks" "yeah it's not even really a movie" "it's a failed advertisement for Phase 3" and a chorus of commenters agreeing

it was very disappointing to see that many people unable to take simple enjoyment out of a fun, albeit flawed, movie

You can't do anything about it, I wouldn't be shocked if it's some people just doing what everyone else is doing.

I saw the film with a few other friends day of. We all left thinking it was amazing and better than the 1st. I talked to one of my friends who checks forums and just reads stuff online. And he starts talking to me about how the movie felt overstuffed and rushed. I then joked and said I bet he's gonna want a directors cut when it's out on DVD and he said yeah.