Age of Ultron The Avengers 2! The Official News and Speculation Thread - - - Part 49

[Spiderine]

I like when Tony said he was fighting off a Hammeroid. LOL

 

[Black Narcissus]

Uh, my check for this did not clear.

Anyone know what kind of cheese the mouse likes? Whedon is too busy moving his 10million over seas.

 

[Sharkboy]

Justin Hammers one of my fav Marvel characters. Hes just really funny to me. People complain about IM 2 all the time but that might be one of my faves in the whole MCU. Its such an entertaining flick.

Thing about Iron Man 2, and make no mistake, it's a BAD film. It has so many elements in it that are pure gold, which makes the film even more disappointing because just a few little tweaks (and I've gone through with that extensively on the IM boards before) and it would have come out as being one of the best MCU films ever, the palladium posioning, everything including hammer, the idea of whiplash, pepper taking over as ceo, starks descent into anarchy, war machine etc etc the whole thing has the makings of a great film, but when they decided to put it together it felt as if they were in a nasty rush.

anyway it seems the pressure of putting out an avengers film is past them and they are treating each film with time and effort as evidenced by last year being their best output ever, to the point where I (and many others) have serious doubts that this film, no matter how good it may be, could possibly top TWS and GOTG.

I've got 2 more sleeps till i find out.

 

[Johnny-Oh]

Justin Hammers one of my fav Marvel characters. Hes just really funny to me. People complain about IM 2 all the time but that might be one of my faves in the whole MCU. Its such an entertaining flick.

His cameo in the Mandarin One Shot is brilliant.

 

[TheVision]

Sharkboy: If IM2 is a bad film, I like bad films I guess. Its my most watched MCU film atm. Entertains me every time.

 

[jmc]

I've just received my ticket for the Wednesday night opening session at 8:45pm.

 

[InCali]

I'm the opposite. Unless they really hate superheroes, I want to hear what an unbiased critic has to say about it. There definitely seems to be a lot of common threads with the complaints.

Who cares what some critic thinks or doesn't think about the movie. I mean, I want movie going people to enjoy it, so I hope they think it's good (esp after all the hype). It probably sounds (and is) rather self centered, but if I like it, then it's a good movie. If I hear or don't hear whether or not some snobby or not-so-snobby movie critic likes it.....uh....meh....

I'm either making sense or am hopelessly confused. I suppose it really doesn't matter as long as I like the movie.

 

[InCali]

But would you consider him good,just because he's not as bad as Malekith or Ronan is?

Not picking on you in particular, but, man, you folks sure worry a lot. t: Maybe it's just all the time I spent at the beach in Santa Cruz.

 

[Adversary]

First review on Rotten tomatoes is positive.

http://www.mattsmoviereviews.net/movie-critic-reviews/avengers-age-of-ultron.html

Writer/director Joss Whedon knew that it would be foolish to try and outdo the epic, giddy action heights of the first Avengers, a movie that was as much an event as it was a culmination of a grand plan. No, instead of going bigger Whedon opted to delve deeper and hit pay-dirt in the process. The stakes on the line in this action adventure are not only sky-high but soul-deep. Whedon hits both points with an almighty wallop, resulting in a large canvas blockbuster that is as epic as it is profound.

4/5

 

[Iceman]

Right final countdown begins now till Saturday. Should be loads of guys who've seen it here by the middle/end of the week. Get ready for an explosion!

 

[TheVision]

That Rotten Tomatoes review is what I expected to hear about AOU.

 

[InCali]

Don't tell me what I can and can't do on the forums, and I'm not one of those people that are falling to James Spader's feet. He's Ok, but nothing exceptional in my opinion. Seems to me when comic con was on, people seemed to be more into Josh Brolin than Spader.

I'm sticking by my stance that the GA might not be into this new villain like the comic book fans are.

I find these sorts of arguments kind of funny. "Of course" the GA "might" not be into Ultron like comic book fans are. There seems to be sort of a funny mindset on these forums sometimes. It's like we're so concerned about being wrong, we say things that are intrinsically true; that is, we qualify a statement so much it comes down to "it could be A or it could be B".

I'm going to watch the movie. I might not be into Ultron as much as others are; or I might be more into Ultron than others are. Stay tuned for the breathtaking answer on May 1st......

I'm not trying to pick on anyone. I get that we all want to see a good movie and want others to think it's a good movie.

 

[mc7791]

That Rotten Tomatoes review is what I expected to hear about AOU.

How so?

 

[TheVision]

 

[InCali]

IM2 War Machine was a Hammer tech model. We cant have that.

#TECHFAIL

IMO, Sam Rockwell was "the" best thing in IM2. What a frelling putz.....

 

[TheVision]

Very goot man

 

[Mjölnir]

Hammer should take over after Stark in the Avengers. The victory dances would be legendary.

 

[InCali]

Mark is cute, but I see the typical hot girl fancies the nerdy science guy comparison. Nothing to do with looks, more about the typical perception of the nerdy Banner type character. I agree that a character like Cap would never be paired with the nerdy female equivalent (again nothing to do with looks just the type of ladies superheroes are paired with - the only female scientist to date is beautiful and not nerdy (Jane Foster).

Yeah.....kind of screams "Chuck"; although I don't really see Banner as the nerdy type per se.

Speaking of Chuck, chuck this out...

http://www.ew.com/article/2013/03/15/zachary-levi-chuck-movie

It's funny (funny odd and not funny haha) how these nerdy roles seem to, generally, work one way and I'm not sure why. Yvonne Strahovski (gasp....) falls for nerdy Chuck/Zachary Levi (who is actually quite a good looking guy with a tremendous on screen personality), but you don't see it working the other way. If I were Captain America, I would totally fall for some smart nerd; probably before some gorgeous jaw dropper. Don't understand why that doesn't seem to happen in movies. Maybe they don't think there are enough men out there who like smart nerdy types???

 

[TheVision]

lol @ The tanning dye on Hammer's hands.

 

[InCali]

I am going to go out on a limb and say that Romance doesn't suit superhero movies.
Just think of the top Superhero movies like The Dark Knight, Avengers , SM2, X2 , Days of future past, TWS, GOTG , IM1, and only one of them (SM2) or maybe IM1 to a little extent had romance, none of the others had

Romance is the reason Sony failed with the Amazing series, to much attention on the love story and no attention on the villains and other supporting characters

I think I'll disagree on this one. While not every SH film has a strong element of romance, most include it in one form or another. I'd include Nolan's Batman series (Holly and Maggie as Rachel and then Anne Hathaway). X-Men (Scott, Wolverine, and Jean). I'm not saying it isn't stronger in some movies than others, but people tend to like a touch of romantic relationships and tend to, therefore, get them; even if they end up in betrayal.

 

[Joeyjojo72]

Sharkboy: If IM2 is a bad film, I like bad films I guess. Its my most watched MCU film atm. Entertains me every time.

Its not a bad film (make no mistake! lol) just a mediocre one by Marvel standards. Analagous to TDKR after BB and the brilliant TDK. Disappointing and clearly inferior to its predecessor, but still fun.

on topic: i need reviews NOW! When does the embargo end? Tomorrow?

 

[Mjölnir]

I think I'll disagree on this one. While not every SH film has a strong element of romance, most include it in one form or another. I'd include Nolan's Batman series (Holly and Maggie as Rachel and then Anne Hathaway). X-Men (Scott, Wolverine, and Jean). I'm not saying it isn't stronger in some movies than others, but people tend to like a touch of romantic relationships and tend to, therefore, get them; even if they end up in betrayal.

Yes, there's definitely romance in those movies.

I'd also disagree with that poster that it's the reason TASM failed. I'd kind of say the opposite in that the chemistry between Peter and Gwen was absolutely fantastic and the best in any superhero movie. The problem with TASM2 was that they focused so much on building for the future that the movie itself suffered, that they were all over the place in tone and that they made some highly questionable choices.

The death of Gwen Stacy was done very well and it wouldn't have been remotely as good if the previous relationship scenes hadn't been there.

 

[TheVision]

Id put IM 2 above TDKR in terms of entertaining qualities. Id also say Daredevil is better than the entire Dark Knight Trilogy. Because it really is.

 

[Naite22]

The reactions on this movie are some of the most oddball I've seen in a while. They're all like a laundry list of negative criticisms, followed up by "but it was still GREAT! 4/5!"

I Completely 110% agree. And I think most feel that way deep down. Those, trying to downplay what you said above are only doing so, so they can sleep better at night. They don't like it either, but it's not fun to admit, of course. Fact of the matter is that the word out, thus far, hasn't been all that convincing. To tell the truth, I couldn't see/spot any heartfelt energetic excitement from the AMC-crew either, when they did that 12-second video saying they'd just seen the film and would put up their review next week. No one in the studio seemed too up and energetic about it. Personally, I am far_from always in agreement with Mr. John Campea!! Half of the time I think his likes a very weird, and I can't understand how he thinks about many things. Some stuff doesn't add up for me about him. The fact that he says he LOVES Ultron really doesn't fill me with a whole lot of confidence. No, I wanna hear that stuff from people like Jeremy Jahns & Chris Stuckmann. Those guys I understand and agree with like 90% of the time.

First review on Rotten tomatoes is positive.

http://www.mattsmoviereviews.net/movie-critic-reviews/avengers-age-of-ultron.html



4/5

Quite honestly, this is the very first review that makes me truly happy. All others before have been so F'ing bland, and almost every last one of them could as easily have been disregarded as being fake/made up. They all seemed so mediocre, playing it safe, as if someone had just made them up or trying to mess with fans' minds. Never the less, they didn't get me excited, they only made me worry, cause NON of the reviews seemed at all energetic. More like them trying to mellow the fact that they weren't impressed with what they saw, "but hey, I still had fun with it!". Newsflash; That stuff isn't reassuring, it's sad. That might have been ok for the first Avengers, but if the second can't go beyond "just fun" then why bother? It needs to delve deeper, go more personal & emotional. That freaken "still had fun with it" line just doesn't cut it for a 2'nd Avengers film.

This here review gives me re-newed hope though.

 

[Pond]

This here review gives me re-newed hope though.

If its any consolation, while there are some blands too and very, very few negative ones, there are plenty of raving ones in the french press and the two germans i have read are as much or more positive as that one.