Review of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) by Nathonas — 30 Apr 2015

Age of Ultron is a solid sequel, but it is not as good as the first Avenger film.

The action is the biggest strength of the film, just like all recent Marvel movies. It's incredibly fun and exciting to watch.

The humor was pretty good too, although I found that it was a bit over the top and not always used at the best moment, similar to Thor: Dark World.

Marvel also did a relatively good job of developing the characters, considering that this film had even more superheroes than the first Avengers, as well as incorporating lesser superheroes from previous films, like War Machine and The Falcon.

The biggest weakness of the film is the plot. It was far too similar to the first film. For example, it had the "Avenger versus Avenger" fight sequences early in the film, the "Avengers get their ass kicked" segment in the middle, the "trickster" villain who seeks to beat the Avengers by turning them against each other, and the final sequence where the Avengers fight against disposable henchmen, save random people, and defeat the villain. It was all too predictable and got a bit tedious near the end.

The dialogue was also too cheesy at times. Overall, it felt like the events of this film didn't really matter that much, except to set up the story for the third film.

In the end though, we don't watch Marvel superhero movies for deep storytelling or meaning, but for the fun action and witty one-liners. The film was certainly fun to watch so I give it a solid 7/10.