Too much destruction and not enough story!

Rating: 6/10 (17 September 2016)

Long story short--way too much destruction that was often difficult to follow at times. And who ends up paying for all that destruction? Stark? The government? Or both? Without question, the cast was awesome as usual, including the voice of Ultron, James Spader. The slow-mo scenes of everyone fighting was very cool for sure. But the scene where the Hulk goes berserk was way too long. I would have cut the time in half on that part. I was getting somewhat bored after a while.
The characters were great; the story was good and I loved the state-of-the-art technology. Enjoyed seeing Paul Bettany (Jarvis), and now that he's an Avenger, hopefully, we'll see more of him. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen were wonderful additions to the cast. Too bad Pietro gets killed but at least Wanda was spared.
The trance scene with Thor, that is, the background scene, was too vague, too quick. The camera shots on the whole, in my opinion, were spotty. It was hard trying to make out some of the scenes--on the whole it was a bit too busy! Sorry! Special effects were great, though.
I have ambivalent feelings about this movie. The whole movie seemed a bit choppy to me. I'm rating it 6 stars.