While it's skipping a potentially interesting part of "how do they all come back together?" in favor of going all in medias res instead, the first few action scenes are so over the top you end up being a little confused. Thankfully, the film soon after finds its footing in the scenes of the aftermath. Again, it is juggling its ever-increasing amount of personnel so perfectly, this time focusing on some who got the short end of the stick the first time around.
They still haven't made an effective case for a skinny girl and an archer with no powers between them, being on the team with a god and a hulk, IMO, but they serviced the characters well. Normally, I'd be all "Really?" about the farm interlude, but it worked well in setting up a lot of Hawkeye's arc, especially his stuff in the end, where he really didn't WANT to go after the kid, or his talk with the goth chick who's a hero now. Also with Natasha. In the bar scene, I was like, wait, are they going there with them? But it was okay, even if it seemed like the resolution of that arc was a bit forced for the purposes of melodrama or poignancy. They can, on the spur of the moment, re-purpose an enemy half-alive robot, but they can't scrub the green shit out of their buddy's chromosome sample so he and Natasha can have a test-tube baby? You'd think reversing sterility would be child's play for that coffin thing they were raving about. Especially since Hawkeye's arc would suggest the degree to which Natasha's trainers were wrong about their motivation for the sterilization.
Again there is hilarious banter and the Tony snark. Similar to what I said three years ago, it is a great sign when you don't mind slow character-driven scenes because the characters just work and it's fun to see them interact. Thankfully that goes for the new additions too. Just like the first film finally got the Hulk right, it immediately nails Vision, also thanks to the amazing Paul Bettany.
One also had to fear.that a robot villain would not cause the same emotional response Loki did, but Ultron has some of the film's best lines, James Spader's voice acting is excellent.
Yes.
One also had to fear.that a robot villain would not cause the same emotional response Loki did, but Ultron has some of the film's best lines, James Spader's voice acting is excellent.
Again there are a handful of really great laughs leading to spontaneous applause, the best of which is preceded by a scene that made the whole theater gasp in surprise.
Which scene was that? I saw it in a mostly empty theater.
One thing I thought was funny was the composition of the new team at the end - they replaced the originals with a bunch of foreigners and minorities, but the white man is still in charge. You could not have a more perfect analogy of American industry.
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“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
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“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
Avengers: Age of Ultron
- 24/04/2015 08:37:12 AM
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Re: Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Re: Avengers: Age of Ultron
- 26/04/2015 12:50:28 PM
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Some thoughts of mine
- 02/05/2015 05:15:30 AM
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My main complaint were the hordes of identical robot minions
- 11/05/2015 03:30:55 PM
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Yes, yes! A million times (or robots) yes!
- 12/05/2015 03:17:19 PM
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Hmm
- 13/05/2015 10:25:07 AM
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