I had expected very much from this film, and I was really thrilled before watching it. I believed it would be even better than the first installment. But what I thought it would be a darkish, intellectual film about Frankenstein ordeals and traumas like the trailer revealed happened to be just a joke.
And I have some questions for Whedon and his team. Many people said Stark is the only Avenger who knows how to do humor. I frankly doubt of that so-called "humor", but they are right, he is the jokester of the group. Then, why is the comedic aspect of this film done by everybody except Stark? Why is this film so obsessed with destroying its dramatic moments that it comes to the extent to leave no dramatic moments at all? Why is Ultron an unscary buffon without a plan who is impossible to take seriously even if his weirds actions are so destructive? Why won't people die during the battles? And why was the romance between Hulk and Widow needed in this freaking film?
Age of Ultron is a wasted opportunity. The trailer lied callously to us - it has almost no emotionality or conflict whatsoever. It has action, Hulk and Hulkbuster trading clubs and battles in which the number of people killed is inferior to the A-Team's, but just that. I cackled like stoned at the moments I should have felt scared or drawn, and I was excited and expecting at moments after which nothing (or very unoriginal things) happened.
That is, it's a Marvel Film after all. It has material for cheering, pumping the fist and eat popcorn frantically (yet I buy popcorn very rarely whenever I go to the cinema), and why not, interesting events and characters. The Hulkbuster suit and the Vision were especially faves for me. However, I left the theater under the impression that this film could have been a zillion times better. I don't know if I must blame Whedon, the Executive Meddling, or their mother, but reality is that the movie didn't live up my expectations. Perhaps they were too high - but if they didn't have to be so high, they should have.
About the Dueling Movies against X-Men: Days of the Future Past, I have to say, Age of Ultron lost the match by unanimous decision. Just that.
My recommendation this time is to watch it. Even if it is not what I wanted, the movie surely is worth of a look, especially if you are a Marvel fan.
Good, but failed
I had expected very much from this film, and I was really thrilled before watching it. I believed it would be even better than the first installment. But what I thought it would be a darkish, intellectual film about Frankenstein ordeals and traumas like the trailer revealed happened to be just a joke.
And I have some questions for Whedon and his team. Many people said Stark is the only Avenger who knows how to do humor. I frankly doubt of that so-called "humor", but they are right, he is the jokester of the group. Then, why is the comedic aspect of this film done by everybody except Stark? Why is this film so obsessed with destroying its dramatic moments that it comes to the extent to leave no dramatic moments at all? Why is Ultron an unscary buffon without a plan who is impossible to take seriously even if his weirds actions are so destructive? Why won't people die during the battles? And why was the romance between Hulk and Widow needed in this freaking film?
Age of Ultron is a wasted opportunity. The trailer lied callously to us - it has almost no emotionality or conflict whatsoever. It has action, Hulk and Hulkbuster trading clubs and battles in which the number of people killed is inferior to the A-Team's, but just that. I cackled like stoned at the moments I should have felt scared or drawn, and I was excited and expecting at moments after which nothing (or very unoriginal things) happened.
That is, it's a Marvel Film after all. It has material for cheering, pumping the fist and eat popcorn frantically (yet I buy popcorn very rarely whenever I go to the cinema), and why not, interesting events and characters. The Hulkbuster suit and the Vision were especially faves for me. However, I left the theater under the impression that this film could have been a zillion times better. I don't know if I must blame Whedon, the Executive Meddling, or their mother, but reality is that the movie didn't live up my expectations. Perhaps they were too high - but if they didn't have to be so high, they should have.
About the Dueling Movies against X-Men: Days of the Future Past, I have to say, Age of Ultron lost the match by unanimous decision. Just that.
My recommendation this time is to watch it. Even if it is not what I wanted, the movie surely is worth of a look, especially if you are a Marvel fan.