Good but not great.

Rating: 7/10 (26 April 2015)

I've seen all the Marvel movies leading up to this one, and maybe Guardians of the Galaxy was just too good to follow.
A:Age of Ultron has a solid build up, but there are way too many slow chapters in it that both are uninteresting and poorly paced, but it kicks into gear again and finishes strong.
For me, Ultron was way too much just a robot James Spader, his classic wit and behavior seeped through and well.. I've heard that James Spader before a million times, so I never really connected to Ultron as a villain. And a movie like this with a Villain that doesn't get you either feeling a bit for him or utterly hating him, is lacking.
For me Age of Ultron was too much a stepping stone for the next Marvel movies, The Avengers movies should be the pinnacle of a story arc, not a chapter in the middle.
All in all a decent showing, but not even close to the first Avengers and even coming in behind CA: The Winter Soldier for me.