Areas I felt the movie was weak... (SPOILER ALERT)
In the start of the Film Iron Man is all gung-ho about the avengers and being one (in contrast to his opposition prior). Then at the end... he just rolls off like he's retiring. Where's the pivot here? Or conflict?
Suddenly the black widow is all ***** and looking for love... another twist that just seems added without integration
We're all about busting hydra... and then they just disappear.
Ultron having this personality and character right from the start... seemed loopy
The final blow to Ultron... uhh.. why didn't you just do that 45mins ago?? If that's all it took... lame 'kill shot'
The lack of addressing thor's hammer and the vision.. they joke about it but Thor.. come on??
We have all these flashbacks from the witch.. but they seem to play more of a roll of setting up other films than actually driving this one (minus Tony's .. which I still have trouble connecting to it motivating him to make ultron)
Thor is the one most driven about the sceptre... yet banner is the one who decides if we get to keep it longer?
The hulk struggles at the end... the love twist with the widow.. helps the movie how? Oh wait, probably tests the water more for an origin movie for the widow
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A reviewer on the radio I heard today nailed it I think. She said something to the effect of 'the movie felt like it was written from a memo
make sure you have
- one of these
- some of that
- throw in a love twist
- and include these guys
That resonated with me because I think it rang true about the lack of a strong story thread that really kept you locked in and made the different scenes necessary.
The action scenes really made me think about Comic book panels at times.. which was neat.. but the core thread holding the movie up for 150mins... lacking.
The best part of the film was plenty of Scarlet J throughout the film and looking at her so intensely
SPOILER ALERT
Agree with all of this. I was disappointed and I went into it without huge expectations. And what is it with these army of aliens/robots that pose absolutely no threat at all to the heroes? Their only purpose is to serve as fodder and target practice. Black Window throwing around mini Iron Men two at a time like they were scarecrows.
I think I enjoyed the IronMan vs. Hulk part the most, and that had a number of issues. Does everybody in the movie need to make little smart quips? Even the leader of Hydra after being walloped by Cap had to make one before he passed out. Kinda reminded me of the Roger Moore bond movies. The fight scene in the weapons boat was so full of holes - maybe from the 100 sailors with machine guns - thousands of bullets sprayed but nobody got hit except the plot. The Avengers are swinging and punching front, back and each side with amazing precision and anticipation but the Scarlett Witch was able to just walk up behind them and put them in a trace?? Only Hawkeye knew she was coming. It was a weird sequence. Ultron's goal was to terminate the Avengers - why didn't he rip Black Widow to shreds instead of throwing her into a conveniently located jail cell ???
When the Vision showed up I finally started to sit up in my seat thinking "OK, this is going to get good", but he mostly disappeared for the rest of the movie except for brief cameos.
Then the whole rip a big chunk of land out of the ground and use it as a meteor/extinction - how did that work? When did Ultron have the time to create this enormous mile long centrifuge "thing a ma giggy". I don't expect everything in these movies to be based on real world but I do expect at least it pass the test of "ok, that could happen" which allowed you to buy into the first movie. Also - why did Ultron always have his head tilted? Was it a crick in his neck? For me he never fulfilled the promise to be a truly great evil villian. The worst thing he really did was rip off that gun smugglers arm and later kill in the lamest way. I was hoping for a more "mad", sinister, Ultron with a true murderous hatred of mankind. Kill one innocent human with his bare metal hands and the entire way you view him changes.
Also, way too much time in Hawkeye's house. We have villains to develop and plot lines to fill in! In the end for me and again, the biggest let down was Ultron himself. Each time I came close to thinking he was a true bad- he flies around and gets his butt kicked. First by Tony, then Capt America. Now coming into the movie, based on the previews and everything I read about Ultron and even after his initial surfacing I would have never imagined that the good Captain could go one on one with him for a good 15 -30 minutes and lure him away from the thing he coveted the most ( the casket ). Ultron himself was a let down, as was his useless army, as was his stupid plot that had zero basis in reality by any stretch.
So Quick-Silver was killed saving Hawkeye. An Avenger down. I should have been upset by this but really wasn't - a little shocked but not "Oh No!" Just demonstrates how little he and his twin were developed ( as much as their fake accents). I guess this was Ultron's one big kill - and he did it piloting the Avengers ship and with machine guns? He makes this new super duper body and he has to resort to hijacking a plane and pulling the trigger on machine guns to finally kill someone? Who wrote this?
