Funny and action packed

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2015)

Many people are disliking the movie for the wrong reasons. If you are not a movie elitist who likes to say things such as "Hollywood is ruining movies" or "there are too many superhero movies today", you will most likely walk away entertained by this movie.
The central cast is yet again great here. Whedon is clearly the man, when it comes to writing and directing an Avengers movie (although I do have high hopes for the Russo brothers). The dialogue and interactions between the main cast is excellent and the actors have great chemistry with each other.
Ultron might be an understandable let down for some, but for me he was an excellent villain. The trailer painted him as a totally menacing and scary robot, but that is not the case here. The best way to describe him is that Ultron, is essentially an evil and robotic version of Tony Stark. He has many one-liners which makes him a very funny villain to watch, but he still does evil things. James Spader was the perfect actor to give voice to this iconic comic book foe.
A common and strange critique against this movie is the romance angle. It takes at most 5 minutes of the total movie length and it raises the question if The Avengers can have normal lives. This did not bother me at all.
The movie did have ACTUAL problems though. One of which was the abundance of action scenes. Don't get me wrong, they were all very well done, but there were too many of them, which left little room for more character interactions like the ones from the previous Avengers movie. Also, Nick Fury should have died in Captain America: Winter Soldier. His presence here was too long and he contributed to a very annoying deus ex-machina moment. There are also many plot holes in the movie, which will lead a lot of people questioning what is going on. Age of Ultron also had too many story lines too jumble, which could bother a lot of people (especially if they are not up to speed with the comics).
Overall Age of Ultron is a solid superhero movie. It is not as good as the first one, but it is not bad either. I watched the movie twice and I did not regret a single euro spent.