Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Cobie Smulders, Linda Cardellini, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson
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Avengers: Age of Ultron is the movie that you'll all likely see. It's poised to become the biggest movie of the year (if
Furious 7 doesn't keep it from the top) and is going to open with massive numbers this weekend. Here we see our six major Avengers: Iron Man (Tony Stark), Captain America (Steve Rogers),Thor, The Hulk (Bruce Banner), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), and Hawkeye (Clint Barton) take on Ultron, played very well by James Spader. Ultron is an artificial intelligence that turns against his creators and becomes hell bent on eradicating the Avengers and their kind. Ultron is aided by The Twins Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch (Pietro and Wanda Maximoff) who turn against him and become Avengers. We also have Paul Bettany playing
. One thing that
The Avengers movies really succeed with is character development. The characters are so well developed that it makes the movie so enjoyable. I think this is a great movie. It's not perfect, and I'll dissect it below.
Out of the characters, the ones who make the most impact are definitely Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. The latter was my favorite part of the movie. I think her superpowers of mind and matter manipulation are unmatched by anyone in the series, and I really like her character struggle. When she's a villain she's the one that brings the team down, and when she's a hero, she struggles with her past. Quicksilver was like a little boy running all over the place. His humor and accent were perfect. I also really liked
. I also loved Hawkeye. Hawkeye is always the butt of the jokes, but he finally gets to shine. His backstory with his wife and kids makes him seem like the only sane Avenger, with all the rest considering themselves as monsters. Even Black Widow, who is also very well-realized. She's not at her best, but she has a meaty backstory where she's
. I have problems with The Hulk. He has a romance with Black Widow and I hated it. The scenes were boring, and their relationship was not believeable. While the first film capitalized on The Hulk's struggle, this one got caught up with the romance and the movie suffered from it.
Maria Hill and Nick Fury are great as always. I disliked Ultron (I KNOW RIGHT?) only because they cheated with the ending. He did not get a good fight scene, and I never felt he was dangerous to the team. Overall I loved the ending and when they fought in the circle and "became" the statue and when
The seeds are definitely being sowed for Civil War. If you don't know what I'm talking about, that's the storyline for Marvel going forward. In it, Iron Man and Captain America are divided and must fight each other. The next movie is
Captain America: Civil War. Obviously Iron Man is being painted as the villain after this movie. He is incredibly unlikeable here, and he leads all of the Avengers to even fight Cap and the Twins. I really liked the team at the end. If you've seen it, you know some of them quit and new Avengers join Captain America's team. I love the direction Marvel is going in, I just am getting a little bit of Marvek fatigue. I still believe that Marvel's greatest villain is Loki, and to cut Tom Hiddleston's scenes was a mistake. I think James Spader did a fine job as Ultron, but the character just didn't deliver in the ending. It's a little overblown, and it's not as good as the first one in quality, but they definitely insert new characters with ease and really give us some great action sequences!
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