Avengers: Age of Ultron Review
What’s going on fellow readers? This is Mr. Birdwell here. It’s hard to believe that the summer movie season in underway. Let’s look at one that has a lot of people talking about. That’s right. Today’s review will be on the mega hit, “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
Directed by Joss Whedon, the film stars Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and the voice of James Spader. In the film, the team is together once again to battle Ultron, a mechanical artificial intelligence that is bent on destroying the world.
Phase two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe got off to a bit of a rocky start. “Iron Man 3” was a huge letdown and was a terrible way to end that trilogy. “Thor: The Dark World” was an average sequel to an average movie. Then 2014 came along and everything changed. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” was not only a huge improvement over the first one, it was a comic book movie and a political thriller rolled into one. “Guardians of the Galaxy” was a welcome addition to the MCU. It was a fun action movie that didn’t take itself seriously and just a fun time overall.
As an action movie, “Age of Ultron” does not disappoint. The movie begins with an action scene, and it is great to see the team fighting together as one unit. Best action scene in my opinion belongs to Hulk vs the Hulk Buster however. You as a viewer really care for these characters, because they have been developed for so long, and all of their personalities just seem to mesh well together.
One of the funniest scenes in the movie is the party scene. Usually, I find these kind of scenes to slow down an action movie, but it is nice to see them talking and joking with each other. It is like visiting old friends from school you haven’t seen in a long time. While y’all may have different paths in life, you can still come together and act like nothing has ever changed.
There are some additions to this movie series. The first is Ultron, voiced by James Spader. His creation felt rushed, but when he finally becomes Ultron, he was more of a sarcastic villain and a little funny at times. Here’s a random thought. Every time I saw Ultron, I was thinking of Alex Trebek from Jeopardy. Both are condescending, so it does make some sense.
The second additions to the franchise were Quick Silver, and Scarlet Witch. They are known as the Miracle Children, not Mutants as in the X-Men franchise. Aaron Taylor Johnson does a fine job as Quick Silver, I just thought the version used in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” was more interesting. Elizabeth Olsen did an excellent job as Scarlet Witch. To me, she was more memorable as a character because the performance was captivating. Mary Kate and Ashley, take accurate notes on how to act from your sister. She can teach you a few things.
There were times in the movie when things felt a little rushed. Joss Whedon has admitted that the original cut of this movie was over three hours long. I guess the studio wanted to trim it down so that theaters could have more showings in a certain day. Haven’t the editors forgotten that this is a Marvel movie? Regardless of the length of the movie, it is still going to make money. I guess some things will never change.
Overall, I would still recommend seeing “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Sure, there may be some pacing issues, but the characters and the action scenes certainly make up for it. For my final rating, I am going to give “Avengers: Age of Ultron” a 4/5. Let me know what you thought of the movie in the comments. This is Mr. Birdwell saying, “Keep Reading and Watching.”
P.S., you’re probably thinking that all I am doing with these reviews are just superhero movies. Don’t worry. The difference in genres will be more diverse as this blog goes on trust me.
What’s going on fellow readers? This is Mr. Birdwell here. It’s hard to believe that the summer movie season in underway. Let’s look at one that has a lot of people talking about. That’s right. Today’s review will be on the mega hit, “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
Directed by Joss Whedon, the film stars Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and the voice of James Spader. In the film, the team is together once again to battle Ultron, a mechanical artificial intelligence that is bent on destroying the world.
Phase two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe got off to a bit of a rocky start. “Iron Man 3” was a huge letdown and was a terrible way to end that trilogy. “Thor: The Dark World” was an average sequel to an average movie. Then 2014 came along and everything changed. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” was not only a huge improvement over the first one, it was a comic book movie and a political thriller rolled into one. “Guardians of the Galaxy” was a welcome addition to the MCU. It was a fun action movie that didn’t take itself seriously and just a fun time overall.
As an action movie, “Age of Ultron” does not disappoint. The movie begins with an action scene, and it is great to see the team fighting together as one unit. Best action scene in my opinion belongs to Hulk vs the Hulk Buster however. You as a viewer really care for these characters, because they have been developed for so long, and all of their personalities just seem to mesh well together.
One of the funniest scenes in the movie is the party scene. Usually, I find these kind of scenes to slow down an action movie, but it is nice to see them talking and joking with each other. It is like visiting old friends from school you haven’t seen in a long time. While y’all may have different paths in life, you can still come together and act like nothing has ever changed.
There are some additions to this movie series. The first is Ultron, voiced by James Spader. His creation felt rushed, but when he finally becomes Ultron, he was more of a sarcastic villain and a little funny at times. Here’s a random thought. Every time I saw Ultron, I was thinking of Alex Trebek from Jeopardy. Both are condescending, so it does make some sense.
The second additions to the franchise were Quick Silver, and Scarlet Witch. They are known as the Miracle Children, not Mutants as in the X-Men franchise. Aaron Taylor Johnson does a fine job as Quick Silver, I just thought the version used in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” was more interesting. Elizabeth Olsen did an excellent job as Scarlet Witch. To me, she was more memorable as a character because the performance was captivating. Mary Kate and Ashley, take accurate notes on how to act from your sister. She can teach you a few things.
There were times in the movie when things felt a little rushed. Joss Whedon has admitted that the original cut of this movie was over three hours long. I guess the studio wanted to trim it down so that theaters could have more showings in a certain day. Haven’t the editors forgotten that this is a Marvel movie? Regardless of the length of the movie, it is still going to make money. I guess some things will never change.
Overall, I would still recommend seeing “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Sure, there may be some pacing issues, but the characters and the action scenes certainly make up for it. For my final rating, I am going to give “Avengers: Age of Ultron” a 4/5. Let me know what you thought of the movie in the comments. This is Mr. Birdwell saying, “Keep Reading and Watching.”
P.S., you’re probably thinking that all I am doing with these reviews are just superhero movies. Don’t worry. The difference in genres will be more diverse as this blog goes on trust me.
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