Movie Review
Review Avengers : Age of Ultron
This is one of those movies that actually met my expectations. It's probably the best action movie of 2015 so far. And when I say action for this movie, there is LOTS and LOTS of action. I can't say it's the best superheroes movie so far, but it takes the cake when it comes to the most action sequences so far.
When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) jumpstarts a dormant peacekeeping program, things go terribly awry, forcing him, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and the rest of the Avengers to reassemble. As the fate of Earth hangs in the balance, the team is put to the ultimate test as they battle Ultron (James Spader), a technological terror hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they encounter two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Pietro ( Aaron Taylor-Johnson ) and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen).
The cast were as great as ever and so familiar in their respective outfits and persona's but it's the additional superheroes that add flavour to this epic sequel. Robert Downey Jr. is still excellent as Iron Man, while with Chris Evans it's hard to believe that's the same guy who played that tiresome Human Torch in those Fantastic Four cheese sandwiches. Mark Ruffalo is very good as well, as is all of the others. The inclusion of another female superhero, with the brilliant Elizabeth Olsen playing 'Scarlet Witch' seemed to steal the show and bring some much needed darkness to the Marvel world.
This movie is brilliant. It has everything. Comedy, action, suspense and strong characters. The comedic elements in the movie, mainly at the start of the movie, work really well and create chemistry between the superhero's, which was lacking in the first movie. Next, the action sequences are prolonged and a bit mad, but not on a Michael Bay level. The sequences work really well, and the best piece of action is the Iron Man v Hulk scene, which wows and adds more to the characters. They never feel lost to the egos of Captain America and Iron Man, and give the film an angle the first one never had in the end: A feeling of sadness and tragedy at the ending, and it is set up perfectly for more Avengers movies.
The first (known) absurdity was that despite the presence of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, they were not called by their names. And that was because of Marvel's rights issue with 20th Century Fox when they sold the rights of the characters of the mutants to the X-Men franchise. What's more absurd was that they were not even called 'Mutants'. They were 'Enhanced'. The end result is that we don't feel anything when Quicksilver dies because the characters are not given enough depth.
Ultron is never really intimidating as a villain because he is to personalized and to often made fun of.
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