Avengers: Age of Ultron

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2015)

This is a movie I've been waiting months to see. I'm a big Marvel Comics and movie fan. The first outing for this ensemble of super characters, The Avengers is one of my all time favourites. So, really looking forward to this movie but filled with trepidation: what If it didn't live up to the hype, how many sequels are as good as the first, what if it was just downright disappointing? So the first question to ask is "where you disappointed"? Heck no, this is one well crafted, superhero, super fun, super sequel. Whew, I'm telling you I was worried going into the cinema but from minute one, this movie takes you on a roller coaster of action, fun, super-amazing CGI, great characters and a well thought out story. Even has a few laughs thrown in for good measure.
The story at its heart is a simple one: good people, modern day Knights in shining armour, okay more latex than armour but go with the flow. With warrior hearts that have to do battle with evil; finding the resolve and character to fight against the odds to claim victory for good. It's good vs evil, that simple. Of course the good guys all have super powers, okay, technically Tony Stark doesn't have super powers out with his Iron Man suit but go with me on the premise, all the good guys are super good and of course the bad guys are super bad. Except that in this movie the bad guy ain't quite "guy" but I'll say no more and let you figure out what I mean for yourselves. The story has many layers of sudo science and the CGI adds to the sci-fi dimension of the tale, but hey it's a Marvel Comics adaptation, of course it's going to have sudo science and sci-fi in it. It may be a sci-fi movie with lots of special effects but it's also got lots of great characters, many of which are not human but they've all got depth and are all very human. It's an old story rebooted for a modern technological age; even plagiarises ever so gently from Beauty and The Beast on a side strand!
The characters all work well together, you get the feeling that the actors had fun working together. Great performances from the whole cast, it would be unfair to pick out any individual actor, no one tries to out act the others they all work well together. They had fun working with each other and they bring fun to the movie. The movie has a lot of humour, okay, some of the humour is geeky, but hey let's be honest, you don't go to see a Marvel superhero movie without having a little bit of geek in you! The end result is that the characters they are acting on the screen all bond well together; it's an ensemble of all, a team of talent. They are The Avengers.