Good watch, and expected by now

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2015)

We start off the Summer blockbuster fiasco with Marvel's colossal Avengers franchise. The only film franchise of its kind to date where most of its members drop more successful solo projects than the Wu-Tang Clan. I was anticipating this film as was half of the world to see what the super-villain Ultron could bring to the table.
The story is based on Tony and Bruce (Ironman & non-Hulk in case you didn't know) concocting a plan to create highly evolved Artificial Intelligence in order to keep the world protected like TSA 10.0, but plans fall apart when the A.I. that they birthed concocts plans of his own.
First off, the action in this film is great. All the fight scenes are energetic and I only found complications during a fight scene on a freight liner because of the dark shaky cam.
I loved the interaction of the team during the party scene at the Avengers headquarters. It shows how much they jelled as a team since the first film. I also enjoyed that they didn't put a heavy investment of time on only the bigger heroes such as Ironman and Captain America, but they did a neat little back story on Hawkeye, helping to pull him away from just being a filler character, but just as important as the other members.
The introduction of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver was also a decent addition, even though I believe Evan Peters played a much better Quicksilver in X-men: Days of Future Past. Aaron Taylor-Johnson seems to coast through the role, but Elizabeth Olsen nailed it as his much cooler sister putting most of the Avengers through fear hallucinations.
Speaking of hallucinations, she was able to put a spell on the Hulk that absolutely drove him mad as he tore through a city in what seemed like a meth-high. I would've loved to have seen what the Hulk saw since we know so little about what would scare the beast.
This movie was jam-packed with pluses, but it did have a few downers. On the preview for the films they depicted Ultron as being this Sinister cold robot that was hell-bent on world destruction, but I didn't get that after watching the movie. His opening scene when we first see him in physical form, taking on the scraps of many of Tony Starks robots, it was pretty creepy seeing him limping around and philosophizing slavery and being a puppet.
Once Ultron creates a body for himself all that seems like it goes out the window. I was hoping he would come off as more Darth Vader with his ideals, but it felt more like a used car salesman. It felt like he was humanized down to a sleaze ball that lies in your face then winks at you just so you he just lied.
Also, I wasn't too crazy about how vision looked. I get it, he's supposed to be a Cybernetic Organism, but..he looked too much like a human in a human suit.I think if they removed his pupils like they did in the comic book we would see an equal balance with his robot side.
I'm also tired of them rescuing people. No, I'm not some jerk that thinks they should ignore the helpless, but if you read the comic these wars didn't have random bystanders all over the place. It just loses focus on the action when they constantly have to do the "rescue the baby in the carriage" routine. I say lets take the battle to space. From the clip after the credits, hopefully it will lead to that.
Overall Grade: B
Even though this was a good film, I feel like I'm overdosing on Avenger- related movies. They feel like their all stretching and filling at the same time. Maybe I'm just ready for the Infinity Wars to start so I get through the next 20 movies that will preface it.
Also, if Ultron had less of a human personality and was just a cold A.I. sentient that didn't give me the feeling of a mattress salesman trying to get months-end commission, the villainous side of this film would have shot up notch. Follow me at www.danielortizrants.wordpress.com