Avengers: Age of Ultron (CAUTION SOME SPOILERS AHEAD)

Rating: 7/10 (12 May 2015)

What's good: (1) the pace - the movie moves at a fast pace, but not too fast; (2) the characters -there are so many characters that most fans will likely see (at least a cameo of) their favorite Avengers (3) the casting is good; (4) their is diversity in casting; (5) this movie introduces many of the characters who will be Avengers in future films.
What is not so good: (A) The tone: it is too comedic -too much comedy; the overall comedic tone is not appropriate when our superheroes have to do serious things i.e. save the planet; it's OK to have jokes, even a lot of jokes, but the whole movie should not be a joke when our heroes have to put their lives on the line; (B) The story: the story did not make sense entirely; it was a little difficult to follow at times; there was an over- reliance on the MacGuffin theatrical device (our heroes go searching for something with little or no explanation as to why the object being sought is important ); someone needed to go over the script carefully and just make sure that it would make sense to the audience; (C) Serious deviations from source material -i.e. in the comic books the Scarlet Witch has no telepathic ability, no mind control powers, but in this movie she does have these powers; (D) Unnecessary death:- one of the important characters dies. In the comic books which, have been in existence for 60 years this character is still alive (or he lives for several decades after the "Age of Ultron"). The death seems almost pointless. Due to the comedic tone of the movie, it is almost impossible to feel the emotional impact of this death. What a waste of a good character.
And like I said, the tone of the movie is such that no one will feel sad, or shed a tear, when this character dies.