Review of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) by Desiremercy — 13 May 2015

Age of Ultron is tries to do too much with far too little time. So many characters and plots are introduced in this movie that two movies would have made far more sense—maybe three. Ultron is a great bad guy, but is severely undersold as a result of the aforementioned issue. There just isn't enough time for any of the new characters to be developed. Their development is either rushed or lacking.

Additionally, too much time was spent on mindless action sequences. It's the usual fair we've come to accept from super hero movies: people screaming in the middle of the street as our heroes perform physic-defying feats. Don't get me wrong. These scenes can be fun. However, with so many characters and so many sub plots involved these scenes seemed more tedious and drawn out.

How long can we make groups of extras run around and scream while dumping millions into CGI? With Age of Ultron, we may have just found out.

All of this is a waste of real estate with a canvas full of interesting and exciting characters we wish would grow, but are stunted and shortened.

But hey, Hawkeye finally got some much needed fleshing out. I guess we got that.

Avengers: Age of Ultron isn't a bad movie, but with Marval's movie pedigree, I expected better. It's definitely not a waste of your money, but if you're looking for the best Marval movie to date, you'll be disappointed.