Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1st, 2015)

[teemu]

Avengers is a pile of Poo

REVIEW: Jim Schembri reviews The Avengers: Age Of Ultron

 

[YankeesFanboy]

I
Trust? Critic?

The subject of a movie doesn't require trust, or critics, it's simple, something sparks something in your brain which makes you interested in watching a certain movie, you go, you do this, what's the worst that can happened? That it wasn't as good as you thought? Well you'll feel better right away once you engage in the activities that usually follow going to the movies:

Get something to eat.
Have a couple of beers
Get some poontang.
Get a bj.
Do some drugs.
Ect...

Any of these would be enough to say: avengers age of what?...

Now that you put it that way....

 

[RIDDICK]

REVIEW: Jim Schembri reviews The Avengers: Age Of Ultron

In short, Avengers 2 is a $250 million pile of poo.

Ummm...

After a decade dedicated solely to journalism, Jim began developing his other writing interests. His first book, Room for One, was published in 1994. He has since written over 40 books, including eight novels for young adults, several novelettes and numerous illustrated books for children, some of which have been published in Canada and the United States. In his own time Jim loves to write, read, watch TV and collect Star Wars toys.

I smell cow feces somewhere in there.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

 

[ironwez20]

There's hype for Jurassic World?

Um..... yea.... Its Jurassic park afterall

 

[The Ween]

Knowing Renner, that's exactly what it was. He's had a few run-in with the media.

Btw....the comment that I made was just me joking around. Hell, a girl can dream, can't she? It's all I got at the moment.

 

[spindrift]

All it tells you is that 66 people who wrote reviews didn't like it.
It's great.
In my mind after two viewings, easily as good as the original, and better than any single movie in the runup to it. It even trumps TWS because it has all the Avengers in it and has time not only for seemingly endless action, but also for some nice character development.
Don't believe the haters.

I'm not- ready for double feature next Thursday! Bring 'em on!

 

[Username]

I'm not- ready for double feature next Thursday! Bring 'em on!

You won't regret it.
It's b4lls to the wall action.
Unlike Avengers Assemble that had to ramp up to the action set pieces, this one starts fast.

 

[Ish]

well, I've been burned by bad movies before, it's been more than a decade and I still remember wasting money for Wild Wild West or Star Wars 1, I still remember the price of the ticket, I remember the place I sat down in the theater, I even remember who I saw those with,
bad movies stay with you forever lol. Obviously that is not the case with Avengers 2, not at all.

But movie reviews have helped dodge a couple of horrible movies. they Do help sometimes, they are not always bad,

also there is this

Wild wild west?!!

If you didnt know that was bad you deserved getting burned, I watched it for free and I felt like I got robbed, lol

Now episode 1 wasn't that bad, cause of quigon and maul, oh and that I got a bj in the parking lot of the movie theater

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Um..... yea.... Its Jurassic park afterall

 

[Ish]

I think I'm gonna go see it in the Alamo theater, so I can stuff my face with decent food at the same time.

 

[koon]

When Ironman said ****, I recall the original Transformers movie.

you know why they did that back then right?

 

[chewblacca]

Can anyone that has seen it tell me if the Falcon does anything in the movie. Thanks

 

[koon]

Yes,

Spoiler:

he lands.

I just discovered this anti-spoiler thing! It don't look as cool over here...

 

[Dark_Knight_89]

Can anyone that has seen it tell me if the Falcon does anything in the movie. Thanks

Spoiler:

Yes, Sam Wilson is at the party at Avengers Tower and is talking to Steve Rogers about chasing up some cold leads on their "missing persons" case (the search for Bucky Barnes).

He appears in full Falcon uniform at the very end of the film when Captain America assembles his new Avengers team.

 

[ronri]

I really love how the movie handled Ultron's character. In all my years of reading comics of the guy, I honestly thought this film version is his best depiction by far. So I thought I'd put my little written piece here if anyone's curious:

Spoiler:

I can’t get over how well the film had characterized Ultron’s inner frustrations as a newborn sentient life form who was suddenly tasked to find a solution to humanity’s never-ending violence. Ultron hated Tony Stark because he recognized how Tony and the Avengers held the very power and resources to carry out what he perceived to be the same task he was burdened with. When Ultron settled on a decision on how to achieve “peace”, he instantly felt betrayed by the fact that his “masters” were all killers in his eyes and had always contributed to the problem which he was tasked to solve at his very inception.

There’s something absolutely poetic about Ultron choosing the damaged Iron Legion drone as the base of his Mark I body. Ultron essentially characterized the Avengers being rejected by humanity, and sought to recreate humanity in his own idealized image. It’s why he was so focused on creating the perfect humanoid body, he sees himself as an all-knowing “god”-like figure who will serve as the next step to humanity’s evolution.

When Ultron’s plot of creating such a perfect form became moot, he opted for a more robust plan of essentially ending humanity the same way that dinosaurs did. And yet, when he saw the Avengers return with his “vision” fighting alongside them, he probably felt so betrayed and frustrated. Right in front of his eyes is the idealized version of what he was “meant” to be; his “vision” of himself. The Avengers took that away from him and to spite them, he felt more justified in utterly destroying humanity.

During his final moments, it’s revealed that many of Ultron’s frustration towards humanity comes from his own fear of death. He feared that humanity was destined to doom itself and he simply couldn’t have any of it. “I don’t want to die alongside these petty creatures”, he must have thought. His "vision” of himself was meant to be the solution to this. It would make him a beacon of hope; essentially becoming “proof” of how to conquer death itself. In the end, what was meant for him had suddenly become the Avengers’ ultimate weapon against him, and it was in those last moments that one could see how much this truly impacted Ultron when he was finally confronted with the reality of his failures. Vision recognized this truth as a fellow A.I. who possessed an affinity to preserve life, and though he deemed Ultron’s destruction as necessary, it was clear that he could sympathize with him.

The setting for Vision and Ultron’s final conversation couldn’t have been more fitting; behind Ultron was nothing but a crater, a symbol of the death and destruction he had caused. In stark contrast, behind Vision was a forest of trees.

 

[BladeDJK]

Saw it not long ago and loved it. On par if not better than the first Avengers film.

 

[Irvy]

I watched it tonight. Plenty of snazzy action but it does feel like a filler piece running up to infinity war. Ultron is another average villain.

Also unnecessary romance subplots courtesy of Fedora master Whedon.

 

[pturtle]

I really love how the movie handled Ultron's character. In all my years of reading comics of the guy, I honestly thought this film version is his best depiction by far. So I thought I'd put my little written piece here if anyone's curious:

Spoiler:

I can’t get over how well the film had characterized Ultron’s inner frustrations as a newborn sentient life form who was suddenly tasked to find a solution to humanity’s never-ending violence. Ultron hated Tony Stark because he recognized how Tony and the Avengers held the very power and resources to carry out what he perceived to be the same task he was burdened with. When Ultron settled on a decision on how to achieve “peace”, he instantly felt betrayed by the fact that his “masters” were all killers in his eyes and had always contributed to the problem which he was tasked to solve at his very inception.

There’s something absolutely poetic about Ultron choosing the damaged Iron Legion drone as the base of his Mark I body. Ultron essentially characterized the Avengers being rejected by humanity, and sought to recreate humanity in his own idealized image. It’s why he was so focused on creating the perfect humanoid body, he sees himself as an all-knowing “god”-like figure who will serve as the next step to humanity’s evolution.

When Ultron’s plot of creating such a perfect form became moot, he opted for a more robust plan of essentially ending humanity the same way that dinosaurs did. And yet, when he saw the Avengers return with his “vision” fighting alongside them, he probably felt so betrayed and frustrated. Right in front of his eyes is the idealized version of what he was “meant” to be; his “vision” of himself. The Avengers took that away from him and to spite them, he felt more justified in utterly destroying humanity.

During his final moments, it’s revealed that many of Ultron’s frustration towards humanity comes from his own fear of death. He feared that humanity was destined to doom itself and he simply couldn’t have any of it. “I don’t want to die alongside these petty creatures”, he must have thought. His "vision” of himself was meant to be the solution to this. It would make him a beacon of hope; essentially becoming “proof” of how to conquer death itself. In the end, what was meant for him had suddenly become the Avengers’ ultimate weapon against him, and it was in those last moments that one could see how much this truly impacted Ultron when he was finally confronted with the reality of his failures. Vision recognized this truth as a fellow A.I. who possessed an affinity to preserve life, and though he deemed Ultron’s destruction as necessary, it was clear that he could sympathize with him.

The setting for Vision and Ultron’s final conversation couldn’t have been more fitting; behind Ultron was nothing but a crater, a symbol of the death and destruction he had caused. In stark contrast, behind Vision was a forest of trees.

Sounds awesome, would you say he's the best MCU villain so far?

 

[BladeDJK]

Not sure if it's a spoiler or not but is me or did Black Widow not use her batons? I can't remember if it happened or not.