Superhero Awesomeness!!

Rating: 8/10 (15 October 2015)

Okay, so i guess it wasn't exactly what i expected. but how could it be? sure, we all had a perfect movie envisioned in out heads of a perfect Avengers thrill-ride that gave equal screen time to the everyone to flesh out their characters, have Joss Whedon work his magic and make us think "Wow, that Quicksilver is SO much better than Fox!", and maybe, just maybe, make us love Hawkeye. Weeellllhe did his best. now, don't think I'm saying this is a bad movie, its great! it just wasn't Winter Soldier, or Guardians.
Now, lets get to the basics. I'm gonna tell you just what you need to know to answer the question; should i see this instead of the latest Pixar tear-jerker?
1: the ACTION. Action scenes are one of the things that set Marvel movies away from the regular shmucks in Hollywood. Opening battle is great. its exciting, and introduces to us our ever-lovin' super humans, one by one. it even showcases the power of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. next one is also enjoyable, as it takes place during an after-party, and the heroes have to fight the Ultron-bots with their suits or weapons(aside from Thor and Cap). it shows us that the guys can handle themselves without the need of weaponry, and gives Agent Hill a good moment or two. after that is the TOTALLY AWESOME HULKBUSTER BATTLE that is just great. just freakin' great! And of course there is the final battle on a floating city. all heroes (bar Hulk and Quicksilver) are given a pretty equal amount of screen-time to show off just how powerful they are.
2: the PLOT & PACING. the over-all plot was pretty good, y'know? well, there were some things i gotta point out. the storyline moves at a good pace at the beginning, and with the intro of new characters, cameos, battles and talking, it goes really well, and you're sitting there in your seat going "Wow! this is shaping up real good!" until they reach Hawkeye's home (Yeah. he has a family.). Then, you've got about three or four things happening at once. there's Banner and Romanoff, Cap and Stark, Hawkeye and his wife and then Thor's quest, where he gets nude and climbs into a cave-hot tub. that went by far too quickly, and Erik Selvig was underused by far. The last forty-five minutes is well-paced and really fun. althoughthe one thing that makes the plot so good; you feel like the heroes aren't going to win. the whole time i sat in that cinema i just knew that there was no way Ultron could win. there was no set up for the Avengers to fall apart, come together and win. and that was kinda disappointing.
3: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Lemme keep this one quick. Downy Jr is fantastic and actually manages to flesh out Stark's rarely seen ideals for being a superhero, that end up clashing with Cap's. Evans delivers a grade-A performance as the soldier-out-of-time, and makes some great fist fights. he also tells us just where Cap draws the line with Stark, and how he copes with his morals. Thor feels a little underused, and we finally know just how hard it is for Banner to cope with knowing just what lies within him. hehe. and how he manages to fend off the BLACK WIDOW, who comes on to him three times. damn, son. Quicksilverlets just say Fox did it better.his SPOILER death was pretty sad, but annoying that he wasn't given more time to let us love him like FOX did. and holy Mother they did it well! Scarlet Witch is really enjoyable to watch, and her powers are much different from that of what we've seen so far. Vision is surprisingly great, having been in the film only about thirty minutes. and then we haveHOLY- CRAP-HES-GOOD-NOW HAWKEYE. he has much more screen-time, a backstory, a family, some badass moments and is actually quite funny. there is a part in the movie where we see some of the gangs worst fears, or have dire visions. Turns out Tony is in constant fear of a raging alien army attacking Earth, and that he wound be able to save his friends. Thor has a vision to that of Asgard, and then a bunch of stuff about the Infinity Stones that just sets up Thor:Ragnarok. Black Widow gets a great piece, as we see her origin story, and we also know that Cap really wishes he was back in the 40s. Poor Cap. he never gets a break. And finally, Ultron is a very fun Villain, with a pretty cool plan for destroying mankind. Spader's voice is super sweet, and you really feel like he's more a person than a bunch o wires.
4. THE FUTURE. So, of course, we do want to know what this movie holds for the rest of the MCU. some parts kinda feel like they're teasing Civil War, and there's even a brief fight between Cap and Iron Man. Thor departs at the end of the movie to find out more of the Infinity Stones. Hulk leaves for parts unknown(although is confirmed to appear in Thor 3), Tony retires from Avengers, Hawkeye goes on annual leave to see his family, and Cap introduces the new Avengers; Falcon, War Machine, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Black Widow and himself.
So, Finally, i bring us to an end! overall, it was a great movie that has persuaded me to watch it illegally online five times. great battles, Marvel humour, Tony Stark is not the only star of the show anymore, but characters and pacing could have been better, just saying. In answer to my question ? it was better than Inside Out, but i thing Finding Dory is gonna trump it by a bit.