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

[Talion]

I'll just repost what I've said on the Rotten Tomatoes thread here and patiently wait to watch the movie tomorrow:

It's 85% and the exact same thing has happened in the past before, with The Dark Knight Rises. That film fell to the low 80s and was able to bounce back to 88% just fine. I don't always see eye to eye with Devin Faraci, but I think he has hit the nail in the head with this one:

@devincf If you're worried about a film's Rotten Tomatoes rating my best advice is to stop being that way.

Also, this:

Let’s just get this out of the way: is Avengers: Age of Ultron as good as The Avengers? The answer, very simply, is ‘sort of.’

Age of Ultron is a better movie than The Avengers. From beginning to end Age of Ultron works, is tightly plotted (despite being long and incredibly packed with incident) and has wonderful character moments. The first film took almost a half hour to begin pulling its shambling pieces together, and it was at almost an hour that the movie truly hits its stride. But once it does, The Avengers, shaggy as it is, has something Age of Ultron doesn’t: a bunch of absolute fist pump stratospheric high moments. Age of Ultron quite simply doesn’t have a “Hulk… smash” moment.

But a movie isn’t made of high moments, and if The Avengers has some spikes that exceed Age of Ultron’s highs, Age of Ultron operates at a steady level that is much, much better than most of The Avengers.

Does all that make sense? If so, let’s get into actually reviewing this piece.

Source: http://badassdigest.com/2015/04/21/avengers-age-of-ultron-movie-review/

Caution with possible spoilers, I haven't read it after the paragraphs above but you never know.

Anyway, less than 22 hours for The Avengers: Age of Ultron and I couldn't be more excited. t:

 

[Vartha]

There usually are but they really push 3D for pre-orders to get the most amount of money. Wait until a day or two before the premiere (unless you're in country where it opens this week) and they non-3D showings start showing up.

That was the only way we could watch the First one when I guarded the screening 3 days before hand

 

[Vartha]

I'll just repost what I've said on the Rotten Tomatoes thread here and patiently wait to watch the movie tomorrow:

It's 85% and the exact same thing has happened in the past before, with The Dark Knight Rises. That film fell to the low 80s and was able to bounce back to 88% just fine. I don't always see eye to eye with Devin Faraci, but I think he has hit the nail in the head with this one:

@devincf If you're worried about a film's Rotten Tomatoes rating my best advice is to stop being that way.

Also, this:



Source: http://badassdigest.com/2015/04/21/avengers-age-of-ultron-movie-review/

Caution with possible spoilers, I haven't read it after the paragraphs above but you never know.

Anyway, less than 22 hours for The Avengers: Age of Ultron and I couldn't be more excited. t:

I'm jealous lol at least I'll have the Movie poster in the morning lol

 

[Talion]

I'm jealous lol at least I'll have the Movie poster in the morning lol

I'll be back with a spoiler free review and hopefully seeing stars in 25-26 hours.

I'll be probably getting a poster out of this one too.

 

[PyroChamber]

What I'm getting from the reviews I've seen so far is that it's not as great as the first movie, but it's still a great movie.

 

[Hurm...]

^ thanks for the update, m8.t:

Kidding, but yeah, I'm actually excited to see that it's not overwhelmingly positive. That means that this film took some big risks - something that I felt was lacking from the first one.

 

[Knightstalker]

Just got my tickets for tomorrow's session, can't wait!

 

[Hurm...]

It's 85% and the exact same thing has happened in the past before, with The Dark Knight Rises. That film fell to the low 80s and was able to bounce back to 88% just fine.

Ehhh, if I remember correctly, TDKR had a much higher average rating, even when it was in the low-mid 80s. This means that there was much less of a disparity between positive and negative reviews. For that reason, it was easier for us to predict that the rating could go up.

Right now, AOU's average rating is 7.4 (which is good), but it represents a decent gap between positive and negative reviews.

 

[LizardMan07]

Seeing film in 24 hours!!

How exciting

 

[Talion]

Ehhh, if I remember correctly, TDKR had a much higher average rating, even when it was in the low-mid 80s. This means that there was much less of a disparity between positive and negative reviews. For that reason, it was easier for us to predict that the rating could go up.

Right now, AOU's average rating is 7.4 (which is good), but it represents a decent gap between positive and negative reviews.

The average rating for Avengers (2012) is 8.0. It's predictable that the average rating and score for big movies like The Avengers and The Dark Knight would go down with their sequels, and my guess i that Age of Ultron and TDKR will end up getting similar scores for different reasons.

 

[Hurm...]

True, I forgot that Avengers has an 8/10 rating.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Hot damn I'm still excited to see this film. I haven't been absorbing all the spoilers like I did last go around but I did catch a few here and there. Tonight's SHIELD was freaking dope and the lead up episode next week looks like it is really going to be awesome. If you havent been watching season 2 of AoS you are really missing out on some fantastic tv and MCU world building. It is totally worth catching up before the season ends.

And man is the MCU just exploding right now or what? We have AoU coming, DD's 1st season (which was incredible), Ant-Man following up in the same summer, 2 possible MCU spinoff shows in the works at ABC, DD season 2 just announced, the Defenders and all their separate shows on Netflix.

I'm seriously in Mavel fanboy heaven as of late. I really hope DC/WB are able to take care of their fans this well once they launch their universe because every kid that grew up on comics like me deserves to revel in all this awesomeness!

 

[MaatMattos]

Seeing the movie tomorrow.
Not checking this thread anymore.
It has been a pleasure to lurk/have a few posts with you guys.
Hope we all enjoy it!

 

[Raiden]

Ehhh, if I remember correctly, TDKR had a much higher average rating, even when it was in the low-mid 80s. This means that there was much less of a disparity between positive and negative reviews. For that reason, it was easier for us to predict that the rating could go up.

Right now, AOU's average rating is 7.4 (which is good), but it represents a decent gap between positive and negative reviews.

I'm not sure why TDKR was rated so high; it was easily the worst of the Dark Knight trilogy and it was a let down to me. But because it was directed by Chris Nolan, people seemed to find no fault in his movies.

 

[Johnny-Oh]

I'm not sure why TDKR was rated so high; it was easily the worst of the Dark Knight trilogy and it was a let down to me. But because it was directed by Chris Nolan, people seemed to find no fault in his movies.

Batman Begins was way worse tbh

I think its impossible to predict whether the RT score will go up or down, TASM 2 started really high and then dropped 20% when the film was finally released in the US. Hopefully its the opposite for AoU but its extremely unpredictable. Judging by what the actual reviews are saying I think that at least the film won't be under 70% although I hope its 88% or above.

 

[Talion]

Batman Begins is great and probably Nolan's best Batman film. TDKR is a plothole mess.

 

[Talion]

@Variety 24s25 seconds ago
Review: The super-sized @Avengers: Age of Ultron has surprising amounts of soul. http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/avengers-age-of-ultron-review-1201474856/

Variety review is up and seems very positive.

 

[Thegeekfreax]

@Variety 24s25 seconds ago
Review: The super-sized @Avengers: Age of Ultron has surprising amounts of soul. http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/avengers-age-of-ultron-review-1201474856/

Variety review is up and seems very positive.

Nice

 

[TheVileOne]

I'll just repost what I've said on the Rotten Tomatoes thread here and patiently wait to watch the movie tomorrow:

It's 85% and the exact same thing has happened in the past before, with The Dark Knight Rises. That film fell to the low 80s and was able to bounce back to 88% just fine. I don't always see eye to eye with Devin Faraci, but I think he has hit the nail in the head with this one:

@devincf If you're worried about a film's Rotten Tomatoes rating my best advice is to stop being that way.

Also, this:



Source: http://badassdigest.com/2015/04/21/avengers-age-of-ultron-movie-review/

Caution with possible spoilers, I haven't read it after the paragraphs above but you never know.

Anyway, less than 22 hours for The Avengers: Age of Ultron and I couldn't be more excited. t:

FYI, same guy that trashed Daredevil for months and proclaimed it was getting bad buzz for its awful early episodes.

 

[Talion]

FYI, same guy that trashed Daredevil for months and proclaimed it was getting bad buzz for its awful early episodes.

I know, that's why I've said that I usually don't see eye to eye with him. He is a prick, but sometimes he has a point. He blocked me on twitter for simply asking where was the bad buzz for Daredevil, by the way.

 

[Talion]

Interestingly enough, the "website that shall not be named" went from "First Wave Of Reviews For AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Surface And They're Definitely Mixed" to "First Wave Of Reviews For AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Surface And They're Mostly Positive".

And get this, they changed the title of the news, but the article itself - and all their usual typos - stayed the same, while the Avengers positive reviews keep showing up and they keep updating the reviews as they come. I think it's very fair to assume that a big part of the overreaction that is happening with the reception of The Avengers: Age of Ultron comes from their end, and it's hilarious to see how they shamelessly backtrack their articles. I used to not understand why SHH didn't like them, but they are truly clickbaits of the worst type. And they got worse with the time, it's like they aren't even trying anymore.

 

[Raiden]

I'm beginning to think that perhaps Marvel should've release AOU on 4/24, a week earlier than 5/1, due to the stiffer competition in May. By the time AOU comes out, Furious 7 would have 4 whole weeks all for itself, which explains why it sped to 1 billion WW so quickly. If AOU premieres on 4/24, it can have another week of weak movies as opponent, and it will also avoid the weekend where Mayweather and Pacman have their long-awaited bout in the ring. Alas, it's too late to reschedule, but I think this is something for Marvel to consider next time.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The release date is just fine.

 

[Flint Marko]

The first of May belongs to Marvel.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

I'm beginning to think that perhaps Marvel should've release AOU on 4/24, a week earlier than 5/1, due to the stiffer competition in May. By the time AOU comes out, Furious 7 would have 4 whole weeks all for itself, which explains why it sped to 1 billion WW so quickly. If AOU premieres on 4/24, it can have another week of weak movies as opponent, and it will also avoid the weekend where Mayweather and Pacman have their long-awaited bout in the ring. Alas, it's too late to reschedule, but I think this is something for Marvel to consider next time.

The Mayweather/Pacquiao fight is going to have minimal impact on AoU. It's like an hour or two fight on a late Saturday evening, which is not that big a time sink or distraction.