These are comic book characters people!

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2016)

I have to say, I watched this movie several times but not for the reasons you might think. I got an absolute kick out of the cynical, snarky, hilarious, egotistical, fun that James Spader had with Ultron. When I found out that he was the voice behind it, I kept watching and listening to the way that he totally immersed himself and embodied the role. It was genius. I got no strings to hold me down.
The only comic books I ever read growing up were Archie. Gasp, choke, gasp. No Superman, Spiderman, Iron Man, etc. So for me, the characters are larger than life. And since I have no point of reference to compare them to or to critique them against, their personalities are formed and introduced to me on the screen. I learn their backgrounds and history from watching the movie.
Realizing that all of the characters in these movies are comic book characters, should make you also realize that you can't take these movies too seriously. While I learned a lot about our heroes in this movie and there is much more to any of them than meets the eye, they are still 2 dimensional for me.There is not enough information to flesh them out so to speak, but I'm sure that will come in future movies.However, Stan Lee and his cameos are always nice to see.
The next thing is to just enjoy the fun and the dialog. Plot?? Who cares. Acting?? Meh. For me, it's fun, it's cool, it's entertaining, and frankly worth the money I paid to buy the DVD. I am collecting all in the Marvel Universe and will continue watching until I am old and gray. Well, older and grayer than I am now.
For this movie, I do not believe that I wasted 2 hours of my life.