The Avengers are starting to resemble the Expendables

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2015)

So, what I mean by the tagline is this:
The Expendables stars a bunch of action heroes involved in ridiculous action set-pieces based around an increasingly unbelievable plot.
The Avengers stars a bunch of comic book heroes involved in ridiculous action set-pieces based around an increasingly unbelievable plot.
Now, just like in the Expendables, there is almost zero character development. All is gone in favour of endless CGI battles. Whilst I appreciate that we are talking simplistic characters here, I don't think it is unreasonable to expect more. I get it, it is an action movie. It has to have action. But, as the Transformers franchise has shown, all action and no depth makes for uninspired cinema, over-use of CGI and a poor script.
Avengers: Ultron is like trying to pour a quart into a pint pot. There's just too many characters vying for screen time and the result is that none of them get the time they deserve.
But is it any good as an action movie? Well, to start with. However, at some point it all starts to get very samey. How many robots of doom do we need to see destroyed before we should move on to the next part of the "plot"? The answer is "very many" apparently. It becomes tedious and dull after a while.
Only at the very end does the film redeem itself somewhat with some actual emotion to go along with the boring action-fest. But by then, it's too little, too late.
Remember when everyone hated on Peter Jackson for taking The Hobbit and stretching it out into three movies? Well this is the exact opposite of that. Too much crammed into too little.
I don't mind the single hero movies. But when you get so many crowded into one film, it devalues them all.
This decade is going to be known as the one that replaced story and character with CGI. I just wish it would stop.
SUMMARY: Too much of everything. Heroes, action, CGI. Just too much. I wasn't expecting King Lear, but this is more like King Drear.