Year: 2015
Director: Joss Whedon
Country: US
Language: English
By the time Avengers: Age of Ultron hit theatres the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in Phase 3 and had already produced at least three critical hits; Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. With Age of Ultron Joss Whedon was tasked with re-creating the success of the first Avengers and, well, I shall review if he succeeded.
When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron (James Spader) from enacting his terrible plan.
Darker in theme and content than its predecessor, Age of Ultron, though not as highly regarded by fan-boys, is the better picture when compared to the first Avengers venture. Not completely full of fight scenes, Whedon uses the film's physical downtime to establich enriching character arcs that will improve each character's overall cinematic story. From here on there isn't a bad Marvel film and that's due to the foundation Ultron lays.
The destructive finale comes with great purpose and passionate backing, The scope of physical devastation is accompanied by an equal force of emotional devastation. With Age of Ultron Joss Whedon introduces us to characters that prove to equal Captain America & Ironman in importance to the story. While Avengers felt like an Ironman movie w/ guests, this film feels like an ensemble of important characters.
Age of Ultron is all about fleshing out characters and bringing great importance to their wants & needs, Finally Thor (Chris Hemsworth) feels like an actual person rather than a dumb meathead. Now Ultron isn't perfect, the villain's comedy is a bit off-putting and he doesn't feel as scary as Thanos (Josh Brolin) in Infinity War. His goal is also a bit murky, whereas Thanos proudly announced it. Ultron doesn't feel like a real threat to the Avengers. Despite this, I did enjoy Age of Ultron due to its world building.
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