Another Perfect Marvel Movie

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2015)

Just got back from seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron, and if I could have seen it again immediately, I would have. From start to finish, this was a truly amazing movie. I was hesitant going into it because of the reviews I've seen and people on other sites rating it badly, but I after watching this movie, I realized that the people who rated it badly just don't understand what a comic book superhero movie is.
Most critics watch crap that win Oscars. Most Oscar winning movies don't have explosions and action. They have deep, emotional elements that would put most comic book readers to sleep. Avengers: Age of Ultron is not an Oscar movie, and thank God for that.
I have a grading system that I use for movies, and I will lay out my argument for AoU based on that. I hope there are no spoilers, but read at your own risk.
Story: 10 Joss Whedon has given us the perfect follow up to The Avengers. This movie is more impressive than Avengers in every way--not saying that Avengers was bad. It was a great movie. AoU is just better. After seven years, we get to see the Avengers as a team. We get to see them fight together to take down the bad guys in their path. We also get to see how their hubris can come back to bite them on the behind because of Tony Stark. From start to finish, this movie's story was rock solid, and Whedon has written the team as they should always be written--flawed but able to get past that.
Script: 10 No line of dialog in this movie didn't have merit. Was it humorous? Yes. Did that humor take away from the movie as some people claim? Not in the least. There were times I was literally gripping my chair's arms wondering what was going to happen, how the Avengers were going to get out of this, but always knowing they would because they're the heroes. The movie was actually not over-packed as I was expecting it to be, and everything in the script just worked. Whedon truly outdid himself with this one.
Directing: 10 How Joss Whedon managed to pack so much into one two and a half hour movie is beyond me. There was not a single wasted minute, and every minute was important to the overall movie. There were fun moments in the movie, of course, but nothing was wasted. There was nothing in the movie that didn't need to be there for one reason or another. Joss Whedon kept the movie light yet dark and gave comic book fans exactly what they wanted in a comic book movie. Anyone who says differently is fooling themselves.
Casting: 10 You know a perfectly cast movie when you see it. If there is every a doubt about why an actor or actress is in the movie, it's not perfectly cast. Even Oscar winning movies can have casting problems. AoU was perfectly cast and no one was out of place. Everyone worked well together, and you could tell by their interactions that they all wanted to be there. It was beautiful to see.
Acting: 10 Was this Shakespeare? No, but for AoU, the acting was perfect. You believed all of the characters and you believed in all of the characters. From Robert Downey, Jr. to James Spader, everyone did their job perfectly and brought all of their characters to vivid and complete life.
Cinematography: 10 The cinematography in AoU was beautiful. The colors were seen in their full glory as is Joss Whedon's trademark. The cameras were steady enough that you could see what was going on at all points and you never had to question if you saw something right or not. What the cameras caught was nothing but pure magic.
Music: 10 Danny Elfman's score for AoU was truly beautiful--some of his best work, IMO. He's never been one of my favorite scorers, but I will give him props for this one. Made the movie exciting! Great job!
Pacing: 10 For a two and a half plus hour movie, this one went by quick. When the movie was over, I was looking around going, "That could not have been over two hours! It went by so fast!" I've never been in a movie this long that moved as quickly as this one did. The pacing was perfect. I'm honestly thinking about giving it above a ten because it was just that excellent.
Costumes and Sets: 10 Beautiful work as always by the costume and set designers. They truly knew what they were doing. Everyone looked awesome, especially Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. The locations were beautiful.
Re-Watchability: 10 Re-Watchability is something I discovered was very important in a movie. A movie can be great, but if you don't want to watch it over and over, it really does hurt the movie. I cannot wait to see Age of Ultron again, and I plan to go see it tomorrow if I can. I'll probably see it as many times as I can possibly afford. I really don't think I'll get tired of it.
That's my review. Watching AoU, the only thing I could think was that I pray Batman v Superman gives us half of what Age of Ultron did. It was exciting, it was fun, it was joyous, and I really cannot wait to see what comes next.