Not BAD..Just disappointing.

Rating: 7/10 (19 November 2015)

As the title to my review suggests, Age of Ultron is not a terribe movie, but the consensus I'm hearing the most is that it could not realistically live up to the hype and quality of the first avengers. I agree with this but I do believe it could have been better than it was. First off, there was little to no dramatic tension in my opinion,(I've indicated a spoiler warning) the death of quick silver in my opinion did not do anything to push forward the plot of the movie or help in the least bit in establishing a darker tone. It followed too closely the same formula as the first film and even had a more likable, interesting and entertaining villain. Ultron felt too much like a generic evil robot, and I personally find he had no personality, and was not menacing, instead he reminded me more of a twisted version of tony stark with a lot of the same sarcastic charm and wit, but again with an evil twist. Other than the action scene with ironman facing the hulk, many of the other moments felt a bit sloppy especially the last act with bullets explosions and metal flying all over the place. It simply wasn't engaging and was a bit frustrating to follow, some more emphasis was given to other characters that didn't get their time to shine from the last film, this was not well complimented with side plots that felt needless and unnecessary. Some new character introductions notably vision were quite sweet, as well as other easter eggs like mentioning wakanda, and a Ulysses klaw cameo were also pleasant, the film itself felt a bit too much like a set up for future events and lacked focus. My last comment, turning a small city into, pretty much a meteor...I guess clever but uuhh...no. Overall not a bad movie, the characters were fine and again the easter eggs and references were pleasant and it did have a great stand out fight scene as mentioned earlier, So it gets a 7 in my books.