Seen it.

Rating: 2/10 (6 May 2015)

Actually I thought the first avengers was a pretty decent movie. I heard AOU was a little more than "disappointing" from several reviewers. Why is the movie even called AGE of Ultron? Ultron has about as little affect upon the world or these characters as a common cold, and his influence lasts little more than the total runtime. Also, no character development. Strange leaps of logic. Generic characters with the same snarky, quip-laden, one-liner-prone personalities. Black Widow suddenly hitting on a man who is old enough to be her father. All, and there were many, the lazily written biblical references put in their in a slopshod attempt to lend some sense of pretentious importance and weight to an otherwise amusement park ride (Ultron says "on this rock, I will build my church", on vibranium? that's stupid). Another forgettable villain, another megalomaniac, world-destroying less-than-frightening "bad guy" without any gravitas or sensible, relatable motivation. Of all the creepy things on the internet, Ultron latches on to Pinnochio to express his diabolical menace... wat? I can't even... oh yeah, Disney. Also, expendable characters (I could tell *SPOILER* Quickie was gonna die half way through the movie, yet ironically his final line was "bet you didn't see that coming"). Typical Marvel humor-drenched, drama-draining, suffocating presentation (I mean, *SPOILER* Quicksilver saved Hawkeye's life--like anybody cares about ol' beady-eyed Hawkeye--and Hawkeye just leaves him on the floor, doesn't cover him with a jacket or anything and delivers the brisk and incredibly callow line "it's been a long day" while he lies down right next to the guy who gave his life to save him without showing any kind of remorse or thankfulness. Sanctity of life? Out the window).
And worst of all, it's a film without any consequences at all: Tony Stark literally caused the whole movie-event with his (seen it) "we can therefore we should" science experiment, and thereby is ultimately responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people with the Hulk faceoff and the floating city at the end, and yet he just drives off in his sports car. Stark wasn't defending himself. Stark wasn't thinking about retiring. Stark was acting exactly how this movie wanted him to act: a prop moved along by the "plot". So he drives off scott free. What?! Yep. That's it. No turning himself in for crimes against humanity? The man literally lost nothing. If that's not prepubescent, irresponsible, unethical, unrealistic, inconsequential, heartless, predictable, thoughtless storytelling than I don't know what is. This kind of movie is a disturbing trend in popular American culture and I shudder to think that little kids idolize these far from heroic morons who run away from their mistakes. And none of that can simply be solved by appealing to comic-knowledge. These are not even the characters from the comics... NOT TO MENTION, for example: Captain America cussing! Are you joking?! He's Captain America, the ultimate good guy, the Christian nation ideal! What a let down, considering Marvel has a lot going for them in terms of characters, and this is the kind of pandering, spectacular mess they churn out of their sheep-operated studios. I mean, sure, great action and it was pretty to look at, but c'mon. So are video games, and some of those were more moving than anything in this quote "film". 2 out of 10 stars. And that's far from biased, as I know several human beings who feel exactly the same way. Is it too late to get my money back or do I have to live with this inescapable guilt???