Directed by : Joss Whedon
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/
Good entertainer but doesn’t live upto the expectations the trailers promised.
Spoilers ahead..
Tony Stark/Ironman (Robert Downey Jr) with the help of Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) attempts to create a peacekeeping artificial intelligence program that goes awfully wrong resulting in Ultron. Now, its the task of entire Avengers including new additions like Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and others to stop Ultron and his plans of destroying Earth
.
Director Whedon had done building up the plot and getting all Avengers together in 1st part, and therefore we are taken by a surprise to see a action scene involving all the mighty heroes fighting at a Hydra compound in the very first sequence of the movie. But there’s a drawback to it too, it sets that 'tempo and expectations' very high and Whedon has to live upto it for entire movie. And he doesn’t quite do so!
The plot is so predictable with that typical Avengers fighting among themselves, breaking away and teaming up again. Despite a very good opening scene of Ultron, I missed Loki very much as Ultron didn’t quite have that personality even with excellent voice of James Spader. Also, there aren’t any clear valid reasons for the actions of Ultron.
Having too many characters in a movie did show its effects as there are times when the scenes of every avengers are cut so quickly. Though it does provide us with a terrific large scale action set piece in the climax with plenty of buildings shattered (over-dose to be frank). Its the 2nd act of the movie that has more flaws and slows down the narrative too. A unwanted and very awkward looking love angle between Bruce-Natasha (Scarlett Johansson) should had been avoided or dealt in a better way. Infact ideal scenario would had been develop it in a standalone movie of Black Widow or Hulk.
Without a doubt, the most exciting sequence of the movie is the tussle Stark faces to stop Hulk creating havoc across the city. Also, the one where Scarlet Witch breaks up into the minds of all avengers just to add dark layer to the avengers who all have gone through a lot. Black Widow gets affected the most, and makes you wanna see more of her past life and how she became part of Shield.
The smart humor is there, so are the great one-liners, like the one where Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) refers to a particular action situation with his bow and arrow. Also the hammer lift sequence is hilarious, notice the expression of Thor when he gets worried that Captain America might just do it, or when Vision (Paul Bettany) does it successfully.
Just like last avengers, there is one image to savor for us in the movie when Ultron says ‘This is what I wanted, all of you avengers against all of my army’.
Visuals Effects are fantastic, specially the entire city flying sequence.
Its Robert Downey Jr as expected to be most effective and loving among all avengers with his witty quick liners, having a go with Captain America as always. Mark Ruffalo is less exciting, I missed that sudden turning into monster kinda of scenes after saying a fantastic dialogue like ’Thats my secret captain, I am always angry’, though Hulk provides enough awe-inspiring moments.
In the rest cast, I found Elizabeth Olsen interesting and probably will have lot to contribute in future films. Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Scarlett Johansson were major disappointments, which is quite expected in such a big cast movie. The surprise appearance of Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) was pretty good, actually it would had been more of a surprise if he had no role at all.
Age of Ultron doesn't turn out to be as fantastic as Avengers was despite all the fun moments it is filled with. Its trailer promised a darker superhero movie, sadly thats not the case. Go with low expectations, chances are you would still come out satisfied and entertained. And do wait till mid end-credits, for a 10 second scene.
Verdict : 3/5
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/
Good entertainer but doesn’t live upto the expectations the trailers promised.
Spoilers ahead..
Tony Stark/Ironman (Robert Downey Jr) with the help of Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) attempts to create a peacekeeping artificial intelligence program that goes awfully wrong resulting in Ultron. Now, its the task of entire Avengers including new additions like Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and others to stop Ultron and his plans of destroying Earth
.
Director Whedon had done building up the plot and getting all Avengers together in 1st part, and therefore we are taken by a surprise to see a action scene involving all the mighty heroes fighting at a Hydra compound in the very first sequence of the movie. But there’s a drawback to it too, it sets that 'tempo and expectations' very high and Whedon has to live upto it for entire movie. And he doesn’t quite do so!
The plot is so predictable with that typical Avengers fighting among themselves, breaking away and teaming up again. Despite a very good opening scene of Ultron, I missed Loki very much as Ultron didn’t quite have that personality even with excellent voice of James Spader. Also, there aren’t any clear valid reasons for the actions of Ultron.
Having too many characters in a movie did show its effects as there are times when the scenes of every avengers are cut so quickly. Though it does provide us with a terrific large scale action set piece in the climax with plenty of buildings shattered (over-dose to be frank). Its the 2nd act of the movie that has more flaws and slows down the narrative too. A unwanted and very awkward looking love angle between Bruce-Natasha (Scarlett Johansson) should had been avoided or dealt in a better way. Infact ideal scenario would had been develop it in a standalone movie of Black Widow or Hulk.
Without a doubt, the most exciting sequence of the movie is the tussle Stark faces to stop Hulk creating havoc across the city. Also, the one where Scarlet Witch breaks up into the minds of all avengers just to add dark layer to the avengers who all have gone through a lot. Black Widow gets affected the most, and makes you wanna see more of her past life and how she became part of Shield.
The smart humor is there, so are the great one-liners, like the one where Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) refers to a particular action situation with his bow and arrow. Also the hammer lift sequence is hilarious, notice the expression of Thor when he gets worried that Captain America might just do it, or when Vision (Paul Bettany) does it successfully.
Just like last avengers, there is one image to savor for us in the movie when Ultron says ‘This is what I wanted, all of you avengers against all of my army’.
Visuals Effects are fantastic, specially the entire city flying sequence.
Its Robert Downey Jr as expected to be most effective and loving among all avengers with his witty quick liners, having a go with Captain America as always. Mark Ruffalo is less exciting, I missed that sudden turning into monster kinda of scenes after saying a fantastic dialogue like ’Thats my secret captain, I am always angry’, though Hulk provides enough awe-inspiring moments.
In the rest cast, I found Elizabeth Olsen interesting and probably will have lot to contribute in future films. Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Scarlett Johansson were major disappointments, which is quite expected in such a big cast movie. The surprise appearance of Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) was pretty good, actually it would had been more of a surprise if he had no role at all.
Age of Ultron doesn't turn out to be as fantastic as Avengers was despite all the fun moments it is filled with. Its trailer promised a darker superhero movie, sadly thats not the case. Go with low expectations, chances are you would still come out satisfied and entertained. And do wait till mid end-credits, for a 10 second scene.
Verdict : 3/5
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