Not what I wanted it to be

Rating: 7/10 (4 May 2015)

Well... This movie has been hyped ever since the end of the first one and that is probably why it didn't live up to it. To start off, I want to state that I am a huge fan of the marvel universe and comics themselves. That being said, this movie as a marvel movie, did not deliver even more so. If you don't read the comics and know nothing besides what has been in the other movies, then this is a much better movie. However, as a marvel movie, one that has had amazing movies surpass the last and fantastic sequels thus far, Avengers fell short.
All previous movies in the marvel universe had stories to tell (not to mention loads of easter eggs) this movie not so much. It had SOME easter eggs but only the superfan would really notice. As for the story, the main villain is Ultron, who in my opinion, did NOT seem threatening. The point of the movie is to save the world right? Ultron seemed much more like a comic relief than a villain. He didn't do anything to make me think the world even was in peril! His lackies did most of the 'bad' stuff.
The main thing that worked against the movie however was that it wasn't an Avengers movie! It was all a big 'look what's coming next' movie. This movie spent more time prepping everyone for Thor 3, Captain America 3, the infinity war movies, Black Panther... it took a while for it to really get kicked off as its own movie.
Now that the things I thought were bad are out of the way, it had many good things to it. For one, it's LOADED with awesome action sequences with so many stars! With emphasis on 'so many'... I think they did a great job distributing an equal amount of screen time to all those actors. What else was good? ...that's about it. Action, big names, and the Marvel name. This was a super anticipated movie and so much hype wasn't met. Hopefully, the upcoming movies will be better than this sequel.