Everything a superhero movie has, but not what it needs

Rating: 1/10 (10 May 2015)

I am a Marvel "fangirl". I loved seeing Avengers (the first one) and have anticipated this movie for quite some time. Unfortunately it was nothing special. It fitted in with the "HOW TO WRITE A SUPERHERO MOVIE" checkbook that one may give out in a creative writing class for 8 year old but (because of that) it was the most mediocre movie I have seen in a long time. Here are a few reasons why, written in list form for easy reading!
1) Bland Villain Tom Hiddleston as Loki was amazing. "Ultron", however, was not. Yes he had the whole I-will-destroy-the-human-race-and- triumph ideology but it was all without substance to back it up. Why did he hate the avengers so much? That was never fully explained. Nor were his motives to wipe out the human race. I love villains as characters. I find them the most interesting characters due to their often- troubled backstories and how they managed to reach the point of 'evil' but Ultron lacked any of that.
2) Character Development??? What happened to Captain America with his struggles in defining his moral compass in The Winter Soldier? All of a sudden he is back to being the clean-cut good guy. That's great, consistent character development guys! I've also always thought him and Natasha have been flirty in previous movies but in this a romance between her and Bruce appeared from nowhere! I wouldn't have minded if it was a slow process of them casting coy looks and flirty remarks in this movie and perhaps in the 3rd movie the romance formation but instead it was all forced on the audience too much too soon. The same for Hawkeyes family - which, in turn, I also didn't care for at all. And if Hawkeye is so secretive about his family why does he carry a picture of them with him all the time? Surely if he is murdered the picture will be found and his private life exposed.
All I can say is - the movie was too focused on action. This set the characters back any decent character development. Im also annoyed that no one was struggling at the cold air/lack of oxygen when the city was floating miles above ground but hey, its sci-fi right?