Good, but....

Rating: 7/10 (7 September 2015)

I had huge expectations from avengers AOU, and the good things first, unlike my fellow reviewers, whose reactions have been pretty negative, I would like to state clearly, it is a thoroughly enjoyable movie, if you are willing to have some fun, but nothing beyond that... Now the problem is it is nothing beyond a good old formulaic superhero movie. It began with a bang, and it is not a understatement when I say it is one of the most electrifying starts to a movie I have ever seen. The story after that however is not so great. The film is basically about ultron trying to destroy the world and our heroes trying to stop them...nothing more. Numerous characters appear from the marvel universe...new characters quicksilver played by Aaron Taylor Johnson and scarlet witch played by Elizabeth Olsen are introduced. Vision comes to life in the film....there is so much happening in the movie, that the movie might feel a bit rushed at times. Don't expect character development in case of Thor, iron man and captain, but hawk eye, scarlet and quicksilver are given quite some screen time this time....also there is romance between banner and romanoff. In the performances there is little to choose from but Jeremy runner as hawk eye is a surprise package, James spader does well as ultron he did sound menacing. The movie is technically topnotch...it has a lot of action and it is a good thing because they look great. Now coming to the movie's biggest problem, humour. I did not like iron man 3 for the same reason and here too, there is excessive humour, which robs the film of some much needed intensity. The climactic fight was so great in avengers, because it had that dramatic tension. But here however even there, everyone is cracking jokes...why rob a scene of its dramatic merit. The film would have been so much more impactive without humour in some otherwise intense scenes. It is true, it is a superhero movie, should be fun but still some of the jokes in the movie are very ill placed. Overall, avengers AOU is a very entertaining watch but it is just another superhero movie with a bigger budget and better action sequences. The pity is it could have been so much more without its comical tone..the movie ends with thanos announcing his arrival. The infinity wars begin in the new film...hopefully new directors Antony and Joe Russo and reestablish the drama the first one had....and they certainly have it in them, we all saw captain America 2. So here's hoping for a better future!