The Avengers: Age of
Ultron
Let’s get this out of the way
first, I really liked this movie!!!
Growing up I was a DC comic
fan. The only Marvel titles I read on a regular
basis were Spiderman and Iron Man and that was mostly when I was done reading
my DC titles for the month and I needed something until the next month’s issues
came out. This was the 70’s and early 80’s
before there were so many titles available.
So most of what I have learned about the Marvel characters has been from
the movies. And all in all, Marvel does
an excellent job of transferring their characters to movies. DC, on the other hand, seems to have trouble
with the comic to movie translations but does a great job with translating to
TV. Go figure.
What drew me to the first
Avengers movie were the characters developed in the films (especially Iron Man
and Captain America) and honestly, the fact that it was a comic book movie (I’m
a sucker for that kind of thing). What
drew me to this was how much I enjoyed the team developed in the first
film. I liked the way they came
together, the way they worked as a team (and didn’t early on) and the
spirit. Oh and the fact that it was a
comic book movie, that was another big draw for me. And it didn’t disappoint.
The opening sequence is quite
the comic book. We jump right into a
battle, everyone is there doing what they do best, the rather obvious CG gives
it the comic book feel and the camaraderie is apparent. One reason I like the Iron Man movies was the
sarcasm of Tony Stark. Well they capitalize
on that with this movie but they allow the rest of the characters to kick in
with their own clever banter as well. It
really shows the growth of the group and the comfort of the team as a unit.
As always, I won’t go into
too many details. Suffice to say, I sat
through the first 45 minutes thinking this is really good but I think I liked
the first one better. Then suddenly, I
just didn’t care about the first one, or how much I was enjoying myself because
the movie took off and didn’t stop until almost the end. Lots of action, some might even say t is over
the top. I just enjoyed riding the
roller coaster. I was happy to be
invited into that world again and in the end didn’t want to leave.
Couple things of note, there
is a party scene in this movie that is just wonderful. Great dialogue, great interaction. And, to be honest, Ultron has quite the nice
butt. See the movie, tell me I’m wrong.
Definitely a film to see IF
you like the super hero, comic book genre.
And if you do, a must see on the big screen with an audience.
Sadly, I must report, there
was no shwarma.
