I had the joy of seeing The Avengers: Age of Ultron on the weekend. General consensus seems to be that it’s somewhere between Not Good and Not As Good As The First. I don’t know about that. I thought it was pretty darn great.
Maybe it’s just because it’s been so long since I’ve been to a theatre.
Let’s be honest here though, The Avengers is a tough act to follow. Captain America: The Winter Soldier was even better, though less of a magnificent spectacle and more just a darn good movie. Guardians of the Galaxy was wonderful in every way. I can see how maybe the bar had been pushed up a little too high.
There’s nothing wrong with Age of Ultron though! It had plenty of action, plenty of great one-liners, and a boatload of character development. I keep hearing that people (nerd people) think it’s very obvious that a ton of the movie was cut for time, but it didn’t seem that obvious to me. I think maybe the only thing that left me wondering was the whole plot behind Ultron. His motivation didn’t make a whole lot of sense and I’m not sure what his endgame was. Also, what the heck was Thanos trying to accomplish?
Anyway, it is really just setting the scene for the next slew of movies, whatever those are. I don’t really keep up with what’s going to be happening in the future, but I’ve known for a while that the Infinity Gems are a thing. That’s only because I had a minor fascination with Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems as a kid. It’s like, oh hey I’ll finally understand what that was all about. Except without Spider-Man or Wolverine. Or Iron Man or Hulk, possibly. Oh, right. Spoilers.
If for some reason you have any doubts about Age of Ultron, let me tease you with this tender morsel: at one point, Hulk bites the head off od a robot.
So yeah, you should totes check it out.