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[Veteran]

Any reason why America gets this a week later? Because woo superheroes!

It's very good but not as tightly knitted together as the first one. Enjoyed every minute though.

Non spoiler comments:

This was Hawkeye's movie.
The Hulk sponsored by Beats.
Quicksilver sponsored by Adidas.

Spoiler

There were a couple of parts where the movie lost me: Thor's dream pond. Where and what? And Stark's backup AI voice (Friday I think her name was?) comes out of nowhere.

Quicksilver's fate made sense since they can't have mutants. He also stole the show in a similar fashion to Days of Future Past.

I thought the Hulk was a tad underpowered compared with previous versions. I also felt they could've developed his ability to talk while Hulked.

No one important died. Was this a first for Whedon?

[Crimson Lego]

For some reason the smaller franchise of theatres in town has their first showing 5 hours earlier than Cineplex, but no complaints here - I'll get to see it 5 hours earlier, for $2 cheaper and free popcorn refills.

[Twinrova]

I spent the whole movie wondering why Scarlet Witch looked SO friggin familiar (I know she was in a previous post credits scene, but it felt like I'd seen her in something else) and then I looked it up to find she was played by the younger sister of the Olsen twins. I didn't even know they HAD any siblings, and goddamn she looks a lot like them, lol.

This movie... I dunno. I liked it, don't get me wrong, but it felt really off. It did not have good pacing, some parts felt really really rushed or even pointless.

Like the romance subplot between Natasha and Bruce? Was I just not paying attention during the last one or did they completely pull that out of their ass for this one? And it didn't even go anywhere, so what was the point? I don't have a problem with them getting together but it just wasn't done properly, it felt too forced.

Why does Vision look like a weird dorkier version of Superman??

The lips on Ultron were weird. He looked a little too human I think. I also wish he would have interacted with Tony and Bruce more? They created him, I kinda wanted there to be a scene when he first comes to 'life' and they get to meet him and feel excited and proud and then they leave Ultron there for the night and then he goes crazy. I dunno. I thought it was weird he showed up and almost immediately went rogue.

Hawkeye and his little secret farm family were adorable and I love them.

I want a Black Widow movie.

Edited by Twinrova, 03 May 2015 - 10:28 AM.

[Crimson Lego]

Rova said pretty much everything I found odd with the movie, except the Vision part cause I knew nothing about him and didn't really know what to expect; from the trailers I expected Ultron to be 100% serious, and having gone rogue not right after he was brought to life. He was also making too many jokes for my liking.

 

 

Other than that it was great, and Elizabeth Olsen is really hot.

[DarkJuno]

It wasn't as amazing as the first one, but it was still a damn fine and entertaining good time. It's kinda unfair to compare the two since the first was just this big crazy pay off for something that had been building, and this is "just" a sequel that brings everyone together again. No one really gets short changed in the character department, even the people who don't get a ton of screen time like Fury are there for exactly long enough to be worthwhile without feeling contrived or convenient. With the way that Phase 3 is shaping up I was worried about how it'd happen, but everyone left on good terms here for the most part, and it all made sense. Steve and Tony are clearly on opposing ends of what'll end up becoming the Civil War, Thor is off to get involved with events that'll lead to Ragnarok, Banner is hiding away until he cameos or they need a heavy hitter for Infinity War, and so on.

Ultron was a little too quip-y for me, but he's acceptable to the core of the character from the source, which is what these movies do really well. Though really, with James Spader as the voice it's what I should've figured. Still, it does give a good reason for the snarkiness, what with Stark being his creator and the attitudes of both JARVIS and FRIDAY. Vision was an interesting take, since it did still end up with him being at core the same character, though I figured he'd pop up earlier as someone Ultron "frees" from servitude and has to reconcile his prior life as just a program with what he was now, ultimately choosing the Avengers' side. It worked though, so no complaints. I liked what they did with Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, and how they completely avoided the, being saddled with the "they used to be and sometimes still are bad guys" label they inevitably got stuck with in the comics.

It still weirds me out a little that the two actors played husband and wife in Godzilla and they're twins here though.

Spoiler

it really sucked how Pietro died, though I kinda figured it would occur given his use in X-Men, especially since he ended up being used really well. Days of the Future Past still has the better use of his "quick time" but it terms of what others see this one did it better.

I love that they used Hawkeye's family from the Ultimate universe, and I reaaaaaaallllly hope that the laying it on thick with "Aunt Nat" means that they won't go the route that that version of Black Widow went with the Barton family. -cough-

Really glad that the seemingly random but nice cameos for Rhodey and Sam ended up paying off, though I wish Falcon was with War Machine when Fury came to the rescue with the helicarrier near the end. Setting up the new team of Avengers will definitely play very well into the next Cap movie.

Final random thought, I really appreciated the fact they they made a point of trying to save civilians in the movie. They did it in the first as well, and I'm glad they kept doing it. There was a metric assload of collateral damage, and people certainly died, but unlike certain other heroes they at least tried to keep everyone safe. I really wonder if it was a giant intentional jab at Man of Steel because they made it SUCH a repeated point when showing them evacuating people would've been enough. I appreciated it though.

I'm really looking forward to the next few movies. I have to give it to this one, it tells a complete story while properly setting up what's to come without coming across cheap or like bait.

[Oberon Storm]

I couldn't tell if Ultron is Ray Reddington or if Ray Reddington is Ultron.

 

Not a complaint. I liked it.

 

For more Elizabeth Olsen watch Oldboy remake with Josh Brolin.