You didn't see that coming?

Rating: 8/10 (7 May 2015)

***** this review contains lots of spoilers read at your own risk***
I've seen avengers twice now and waited awhile to write this so I've really soaked it in. While I did enjoy it,and maybe the hype is to blame but I was a bit disappointed. It's a great movie,just not quite what I was expecting. I will say I enjoyed it much more on the 2nd viewing.
I was really disappointed with killing Quicksilver off and while I don't think he will stay dead,I feel that there were characters that would have had more of an emotional impact,plus I really enjoyed the twins and wanted to see both of them becoming avengers.
Clint being married felt out of a left field.
The Bruce/Natasha thing felt really forced and awkward. If they had some buildup it would have been different but the way it was handled was badly written.
There was next to no Steve/Natasha friendship,I loved how they became friends in TWS and yet we barley see it here.
Some things felt really rushed,Thor going and discovering about the gems,it was blink and you miss it. If you know nothing about the infinity stones I would not blame you if you were totally confused.
I really wish there had been more Rodeny and Falcon.
There were lots of things I enjoyed too.
I loved the setup for Civil War. Scarlet Witch was awesome. When Vision actually lifted Mjölnir. My theater clapped. Really getting to know Clint. The tech guy from TWS who almost got shot was in it,which was a neat little nod.
Vision was awesome,I thought he looked great too. I very much enjoyed him.
James Spader did a great job as Ultron,I loved how he was a bit funny and sarcastic.
I did find Ultron going from confused "what am I?" to "need to destroy the world" a bit quick. That being said I read that the original cut was over 3 hours so maybe some things got cut between that. Can't wait to see the deleted scenes. I hope there are more stuff with the twins.
My favourite part was the party especially with trying to lift Mjölnir. Gotta give huge props to Chris Hemsworth on his face when Steve moves it a little. He looks so worried and tries to look like he was not worried lol.
It's nowhere as good as the first avengers,guardians of the galaxy or the winter solider but it's a pretty solid film and worth the price to go see it.