Possibly better than the first.
(Possible minor spoilers, ahoy)
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Avengers: Age of Ultron is, to put quite simply, a marvelous (geddit?) and tightly constructed piece of cinema. It's funny, action-packed, full of heart and surprisingly deep for a comic book movie. Everyone brings their A-game as usual but high commendations have to go to James Spader as Ultron (who manages to be sympathetic, scary and funny at different times) and Paul Bettany as The Vision, who does a wonderful job with leaving an impression in such little time. Hawkeye fans will appreciate his greater focus and more developed personality as compared to the first film and does anything really need to be said about the action in the movie; it's excellent.
Of course, the film was made by humans and humans are not perfect so it goes with logic that their creation shouldn't be either. The final action scene goes on for just a bit too long, the magic of seeing all of these heroes on screen has been lost a little bit and there were things done with Black Widow's character that, although not character assassinatingly bad, did feel unnecessary and contained a few unfortunate implications.
These grievances however, are not enough to bring down the film's overall enjoyment, wit or soul.
9/10
P.S.: You don't need to stay after the credits for this one.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Possibly better than the first. (Possible minor spoilers, ahoy) —- Avengers: Age of Ultron is, to put quite simply, a marvelous (geddit?) and tightly constructed piece of cinema. It's funny, action-packed, full of heart and surprisingly deep for a comic book movie. Everyone brings their A-game as usual but high commendations have to go to James Spader as Ultron (who manages to be sympathetic, scary and funny at different times) and Paul Bettany as The Vision, who does a wonderful job with leaving an impression in such little time. Hawkeye fans will appreciate his greater focus and more developed personality as compared to the first film and does anything really need to be said about the action in the movie; it's excellent.
Of course, the film was made by humans and humans are not perfect so it goes with logic that their creation shouldn't be either. The final action scene goes on for just a bit too long, the magic of seeing all of these heroes on screen has been lost a little bit and there were things done with Black Widow's character that, although not character assassinatingly bad, did feel unnecessary and contained a few unfortunate implications.
These grievances however, are not enough to bring down the film's overall enjoyment, wit or soul. 9/10
P.S.: You don't need to stay after the credits for this one.