Good entertainment ...

Rating: 8/10 (25 April 2015)

I like the MCU and what they have achieved on the big and small screen and the latest installment is no exception. The movie is really entertaining, the special effects are top notch, the whole cast is great and besides good dialog and a bit of character development they also find plenty of time to throw out funny one-liners and slap stick in a non-contrived way. However, I was a bit disappointed with the polishing. It's still well rounded, but I left the theater feeling that it wasn't Whedon's best work and that he either kept too many reserves or ran out of them all together. The sub-plots are usually way better embedded in the main story and even if it's an action flick his emotional scenes carry a bit of a bunch. He still tried to do it, but in this area the movie falls short and some of the scenes even feel unnecessary. The characters where still great though, Ultron and the Avengers aren't just black and white but feature a few shades of gray. Still, as I said, good entertainment and a fun movie.