Good but not excelsior

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2015)

After 2 viewings of this film I found it to overall be a good movie but as a fan of the MCU found it didn't quite hit the mark as did GOTG & CA:TWS. The film delivered on cast and action but what let me down was the overall story. Unfortunately Ultron is just a cliché AI who believes humanity must die. James Spader played him brilliantly as a mirror to Tony Stark but was not as calculative or as sinister i thought he might of been. One of the strongest moments for me throughout the film was the Hulk/Widow relationship that worked well with the characters inner struggles to define and accept themselves. This chapter was a stepping stone towards broadening the MCU in terms of BP, A:IW 1&2 and TR. The dynamics of the core Avenger team worked well along side the humour, which Joss nails but his focus should have been more on the conflict between Tony and Ultron. I'd of liked more of an Empire Strikes Back approach to the film which is what i expected, but instead the film was on equal par with Avengers Assemble.