Review of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) by Diyar G — 17 May 2016

Avengers: Age of Ultron was quite a bit of fun but is it better than the first movie?

Positives:

1. The characters; all of the Avengers are back including some new faces. Their banter is there and in my opinion it is stronger in this film than the first. I especially love the scene where they all are trying to pull Thor's hammer and they just chill and talk, very fun scene. The introduction of Vision was awesome, Paul Bettany did a great job as the character and I cannot wait that they do with him in future installments. Other than that the characters are just as awesome as the first film and without them this film would be nothing to be honest.

2. The visuals and action; stylistically I think this film is better than the first Avengers. The first movie had this full screen TV type look to it, but here this actually looks like a movie. The action is spectacular, the Hulkbuster scene was by far my favourite one! Also the Sakovia sequence was intense and fun too.

3. The tone; I found this film to be darker than the first movie, some scenes they don't hold back and they have some thought-provoking themes at some parts.

Negatives:

1. I wasn't honestly a fan of Quicksilver in this film. The Fox version of Quicksilver was a lot more entertaining and better, but Quicksilver in this film was bland and his fake Russian accent didn't help....

2. The build up/set up of Ultron was rushed and Ultron himself wasn't a very compelling villain in my opinion, he was pretty disposable which is ironic cause he literally was... However James Spader did a good job voicing him.

3. The set up of Bruce Banner and Black Widow's romance I felt was poorly handled. I don't have a problem with those two being together per say its just I felt it was sloppy how it was set up/built up, other than that I'm cool with them being together.

Overall:

Avengers: Age of Ultron is not as good as the first movie and it does have some problems. However, I did enjoy the film and the high points were more than the low points. The characters are still awesome and it was a lot of fun.