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SPOILER FREE REVIEW
The biggest issue I have with the film is... the tone is so different from the first one.
Joss Whedon said he wanted to 'create The Avengers movie he wanted to make from the beginning'.
This is a double edged sword. On one hand, he was more passionate about it. But on the other, it moves
away from the first film... the film we fell in love with. It feels almost like a different director helmed the project.
It feels darker. More desperate. More... real. The original had a Saturday morning cartoon vibe to it. It was a superhero
film through and through. This feels like a disaster movie. The villain isn't lovable. The heroes aren't unbeatable. The ending
is bittersweet. It's less like Avengers 2 and more like a reboot. The shift in tone was quite overwhelming for me personally.
Vision was glorious though. Easily one of the highlights, if not the best part.
All in all... I liked it. Wasn't as good as the first film, but they're still my Avengers.
And, hey, if nothing more... Civil War might possibly be the Avengers 2 we(I) were expecting.
8/10
SPOILER FREE REVIEW
The biggest issue I have with the film is... the tone is so different from the first one.
Joss Whedon said he wanted to 'create The Avengers movie he wanted to make from the beginning'.
This is a double edged sword. On one hand, he was more passionate about it. But on the other, it moves
away from the first film... the film we fell in love with. It feels almost like a different director helmed the project.
It feels darker. More desperate. More... real. The original had a Saturday morning cartoon vibe to it. It was a superhero
film through and through. This feels like a disaster movie. The villain isn't lovable. The heroes aren't unbeatable. The ending
is bittersweet. It's less like Avengers 2 and more like a reboot. The shift in tone was quite overwhelming for me personally.
Vision was glorious though. Easily one of the highlights, if not the best part.
so it kind of sounds like if you hated Avengers 1 you might love the second one...
that's good news lol
Yea, that review actually made me excited to see this
I was seeing some of the fallout yesterday and it was mostly girls with avatars of Evans shirtless. I think I saw like, 2-3 guys and hundreds of women having panic attacks over it.
Someone made a collage of the posts and I didn't see any guys (Unless guys were pretending to be girls)
There was a huge thread on livejournal as well, more avatars of the Avengers guys Shirtless lol. it looked like all of them were women.
I kept hearing how their "Fav Husband" was "problematic" fav, the word fav kept showing up on those posts (Specially on Tumblr) , Fav and husband
And to think he wants to direct a Batman movie now... tumblrinas better keep him the hell away from Batman.
Spoiler:Ultron
He came across really well to me. The type of villain that attempts to secure mankind's future by wiping mankind out all together has been done before, but with Ultron you really got the feeling that he BELIEVED what he was doing was necessary for 'peace in our time'. People really, REALLY need to get over the fact that his personality differs slightly from how he is presented in the comics, it simply isn't that big a deal. He is an AI created by Tony Stark, he is going to inherit some of his attributes. They even allure to this in the movie, when Scarlet Witch mentions that neither Tony Stark or Ultron know the difference between saving the world and destroying it.
Captain America
Well, what can I say? Captain America was my favourite Avenger in this movie. He was definitely the leader in this movie. He had plenty of great scenes with the twins and Tony Stark, and you could really see how he is the man who always wants to do the best and right thing. His action scenes were hugely enjoyable too!
The Twins
The Maximoff Twins were a surprise treat for me in this film. Pietro / Quicksilver and Wanda / Scarlet Witch both had plenty of scenes that developed their characters, which made them all the more enjoyable to watch at the end of the film when their stories come full circle. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the Scarlet Witch in future films. This Quicksilver is definitely different to the one we saw in 'X Men: Days Of Future Past', and I honestly couldn't pick between them. They are two very different, but equally fun interpretations of the same character. Which is exactly what these movies are about; adaptation and interpretation. If something is different to what you had expected, get over it and just enjoy it, because it's not your movie.
The opening 15 minutes
The opening scene was incredible, almost like the opening of a Bond movie. We are thrust into the action in a battle scene for which we initially have no background story, and all the characters are introduced, one by one, fighting the enemy via an impressive swooping shot across the battlefield.
The humour
As previously mentioned, this film has a darker tone than it's predecessor, and the humour in this is a nice contrast. It's not over the top, just the same type of humour we have come to expect from the MCU.
Hulk vs VERONICA
AKA Hulk vs Hulkbuster... This is a fun scene, you'll see for yourself!
Jesus Christ! I think This offends me!!
Spoiler:Renner and Evans can call me a slut and a whore while they make me a sandwich anytime.
saw it last night. brace yourselves marvel fans, you might not like what i have to say... in fact i'm fully expecting some of you to blast me for my opinion but i think when the hype has eventually settled more people will come around. this sequel is a far cry from part 1. it's overstuffed with too many characters and subplots that are used to set up future events rather than to tell one clear story, and features a villain that spends almost the entire movie running away from our heroes. it ends up feeling unfocused and far less effortless and joyful than the first one. that's the bad news.
the good news is, we still get loads of kick-ass action sequences, funny jokes and touching character moments. for the most part i enjoyed the film but the issues were glaring enough to prevent it from being an outright winner. i'll still qualify this as a "good" movie with no doubt, but neither is it marvel at its very best.
While reviews aren't everything... the Rotten Tomatoes score is a little disheartening.
Screw it. Seriously just screw it.
Back in the 70's and 80's when the internet wasn't around, people would see movies and enjoy them based on their own merit. They had no Tomato Meter or IMDB full of ridiculous discussion to cloud their judgement beforehand. Just see the movie and enjoy it for what it is. Or not enjoy it for what it is, if that's genuinely how you feel.
Having re-read this, it looks like I'm attacking you. I'm not haha I'm just very disillusioned with the whole movie review business and the online cinematic community in general.
Screw it. Seriously just screw it.
Back in the 70's and 80's when the internet wasn't around, people would see movies and enjoy them based on their own merit. They had no Tomato Meter or IMDB full of ridiculous discussion to cloud their judgement beforehand. Just see the movie and enjoy it for what it is. Or not enjoy it for what it is, if that's genuinely how you feel.
Let's not forget the other end of that spectrum, so-called movie critics who are nothing but glorified bloggers to whom every movie is 'awesome'.
The list of critics I feel I can actually trust the opinions of at this point is very, very short.
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