Very Enjoyable

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2015)

This was in my top 3 most anticipated movies of 2015, I was so excited to see this film! And I'd say it more or less delivered.
I'll start with the positives. Firstly, it's great to see the team back together. By this point each of the Avengers are beloved characters in their own right and to see Earth's mightiest heroes back together is of course fantastic, especially for big Marvel fans like myself. The entertaining chemistry among the group that we saw in the first film is even stronger in Age of Ultron which allows for plenty of comic relief which is always refreshing. I've seen some negative comments about the humour in this film which I think is ridiculous. The Avengers are a team, they're friends, of course they're going to crack jokes they're not zombies. Plus DC already supplies us with the bleak side of comic book movies so I think it's nice that Marvel want to make their films a bit more colourful. Also I think that the new additions to the team, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, will please audiences, although I do think that Quicksilver was better portrayed in X:men: Days of Future Past.
I like Ultron as the villain as well. James Spader voices him perfectly, giving the character an intriguing charm but making him the sinister supervillain that we deserved. Ultron was quite an intelligent adversary for the Avengers so he wasn't simply physically menacing.
I was happy with the pacing of the film as well, the action started immediately and continued throughout, although there were of course pauses in the action to give room for the narrative. However I do think certain aspects of Ultron's character were rushed but overall the pacing was fast which works well in a film like the Avengers.
The action sequences are of course great. The visual effects are stunning and as I've already outlined seeing all of the Avengers together battling an army is glorious. I do accept however that seeing this for the first time in the first movie was probably more incredible.
As a big fan of Marvel I went into this film with some hopes, a sought of checklist for things I wanted to see and questions that I wanted to be answered. For the most part my desires were met but there was one question in particular concerning how Captain America's shield is broken. The broken shield was shown at the end of the first trailer and although it was addressed in the film, I wasn't satisfied with it's reveal when I finally saw the film because me and my friends had come up with so many cool theories as to how it could have been broken and who could have broken it.
As a whole though I had a lot of fun with Avengers: Age of Ultron. Fans on Marvel should enjoy this movie a lot and for those who are not seasoned Marvel fans this film is very accessible.