a surprising disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (2 June 2015)

I overall extremely disappointed with the quality of this movie. When I heard that Whedon was working harder to make this a better movie then the first Avengers movie, I became intrigued. When I saw the original trailer, I felt a piercing chill creep down my spine. I will say that I am a huge fan of Marvel and read the comics. It would be simple to pick on nearly any movie produced in the MCU simply due to the fact they veer so far off the comics (in relation to how character origins are portrayed).
Character development was lacking. It is unreasonable to expect them to create a movie full of main protagonists and delve into each of their perspectives individually. A background story can provide a solid plot and create a further understanding of the characters they are seeing on screen. Adding new characters can be beneficial, but focusing on their back story subtracts from the main plot too much. The primary focus should have been on Ultron. While Spader did a brilliant job voicing him, he had no depth. To put it simply, he was boring. I wanted his character to evoke some kind of emotion (happiness,anger, or both), yet I felt nothing.
The one part of the movie I truly found enjoyable was the scene where Iron Man faced Hulk. It had the appropriate amount and type of humor inserted into the script and the action was exciting to watch as well. Then again, This review might be a completely useless rant and waste of time considering I have yet to movie with the footage they cut out.