The opening shot is a wonderful adaptation of a classic comic book splash page and battle issue combined with war movie battle sequences. It's a great way to reintroduce us to the Avengers and throw us right into a new adventure.
Age of Ultron introduces Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch properly, before taking the aforementioned from us too soon. Despite their mutant origins, their involvement has been fit within the (as of 2020) mutant-less MCU seamlessly. Their powers have been brought to life realistically and look very good in action.
The best new addition to the cast is Paul Bettany as the Vision, who has been translated from the comic pages fairly well.
The Bad:
I'm sad to say, nut Ultron doesn't do it for me. In the comics, he's a killer robot with megalomania, but in the film, he seems much more content, even going as far as to throw in jokes every so often. The film Ultron is a shallow shell of his comic counterpart, a classic Avengers supervillain.
The movie puts a major focus on the Avengers fighting among each other or bickering about small things, which takes focus away from the main threat at hand. Time is also spent developing mostly superficial relationships, in particular between Bruce and Natasha and Clint and the rest of the team and his family.
Natasha's mind games are meant to spread disarray among the Avengers, but it also spreads disarray within the script, as these sequences randomly pop up here and there and take the audience out of the narrative rather bluntly.
Somehow, the Maximoff siblings seem to have been shoehorned into the film, as their arc is shallow and they don't bear much impact on the plot. Pietro's sacrifice and subsequent death don't hit as hard as it could had he been introduced earlier. Vision doesn’t do much throughout the film.
The action sequences are fine, but disappointingly soulless and uninventive, considering that the same man who made the masterpiece that is The Avengers helms them. The 40-minute climactic battle sequence doesn't feel as exciting as the battle in New York in the first film.
Review by Theo KallströmVIP 6BlockedParentSpoilers2020-10-26T07:15:32Z
THE CAWPINE OF ‘AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON’
WRITING: 5
ATMOSPHERE: 7
CHARACTERS: 6
PRODUCTION: 8
INTRIGUE: 6
NOVELTY: 5
ENJOYMENT: 6
The Good:
The opening shot is a wonderful adaptation of a classic comic book splash page and battle issue combined with war movie battle sequences. It's a great way to reintroduce us to the Avengers and throw us right into a new adventure.
Age of Ultron introduces Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch properly, before taking the aforementioned from us too soon. Despite their mutant origins, their involvement has been fit within the (as of 2020) mutant-less MCU seamlessly. Their powers have been brought to life realistically and look very good in action.
The best new addition to the cast is Paul Bettany as the Vision, who has been translated from the comic pages fairly well.
The Bad:
I'm sad to say, nut Ultron doesn't do it for me. In the comics, he's a killer robot with megalomania, but in the film, he seems much more content, even going as far as to throw in jokes every so often. The film Ultron is a shallow shell of his comic counterpart, a classic Avengers supervillain.
The movie puts a major focus on the Avengers fighting among each other or bickering about small things, which takes focus away from the main threat at hand. Time is also spent developing mostly superficial relationships, in particular between Bruce and Natasha and Clint and the rest of the team and his family.
Natasha's mind games are meant to spread disarray among the Avengers, but it also spreads disarray within the script, as these sequences randomly pop up here and there and take the audience out of the narrative rather bluntly.
Somehow, the Maximoff siblings seem to have been shoehorned into the film, as their arc is shallow and they don't bear much impact on the plot. Pietro's sacrifice and subsequent death don't hit as hard as it could had he been introduced earlier. Vision doesn’t do much throughout the film.
The action sequences are fine, but disappointingly soulless and uninventive, considering that the same man who made the masterpiece that is The Avengers helms them. The 40-minute climactic battle sequence doesn't feel as exciting as the battle in New York in the first film.
The Ugly:
Worst superhero death ever.
CAWPINE RATING: 6.14 / 10 = 3 stars