Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

It's a baffling plot but the notions of predestination and scientists going too far with their knowledge, are interesting. The burden of having to cater to the demands of Marvel Universe fans - featuring so many characters - is a testament to the writers and the director. It's a noisy actioner but compact and Downey Jr's mousetrap fast witty repartee is entertaining and there is good support from the likes of Paul Bettany this time round. Those unacquainted with the film series will not get its full effect from the limited backstory given. It runs a bit too fast in parts too, in particular the disposing of people seems a bit like tossing garbage in the bin which is seems tiresome even after the first 5 mins. World saving is also a well trodden storyline, but most of the film's budget (the second highest in film history) is there to marvel at.

A clear step-down from the first, 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' is for the most part a mess. The characters aren't as well-written as the first, the pacing is poor, the story is pretty generic, and the film's action isn't even all that entertaining. On the flip side, the villain is unique, there are some good character moments and the inclusion of Scarlett Witch makes for some interesting scenes. However, these things can't elevate this film to more than 'good enough'. It's definitely not terrible and it's adequately made, but it just feels as if something is lacking to make us care more about the plot and characters. The film is certainly watchable, but it does nothing special to set it apart and therefore ends up being only a little more than average. There are worse superhero films out there, but considering that this is an 'Avengers' film, it can't help but feel like a let-down. 6/10

I thought it was kind of disappointing. Some of the action scenes were fun, but it had too many additional superheroes and the story was typical for a Sci fi movie: Robots invading and destroying Earth. I wanted to like it, but the first had more action and laughs and was paced better. Some of this dragged. It had some cool stuff, but the original had a more interesting story because the superheroes hadn't met before, so those interactions were unpredictable and fun. This seemed too familiar. No, it was similar to other Sci fi movies like Matrix and Terminator where robots are destroying mankind. It continues the first, but Nick Fury is given nothing to do, Thor acts more "normal" I guess, it had a few big action scenes, but not as many as the first. It had more superheroes though.

Honestly i wanted ultron to be more than just a tony stark robot and act like an actual robot instead of the realistic animation ultron has, and the love relationship with banner and black widow just came out of nowhere with no development. So this one is the worst avenger movie out of the three. I love Marvel but this movie isn't good, not as bad as dark world though.