Good Villain, Good Sequel, Good Movie... but not perfect.

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2015)

Alright coming into this movie after reading the countless user reviews I had doubts, but I'll tell you first hand. All of those doubts were shattered six ways over. We'll start with the directing. Directing: Holy hell, does this movie look good, and better than its predecessor. If it's amazing group shots with awesome camera work, or just the dialogue scenes. After seeing the first two trailers, I thought the color tone looked really dull. It's not. The colors are bright where they need to be, and dark when they need to be. Acting: Standard Acting (which is a high standard coming from Marvel) Everyone is great in their roles. Leaves nothing to be desired. Writing: Near flawless witty dialogue, with only a few jokes that don't stick. VERY FEW. This movie can get very dark at times in terms of writing. Especially when they decide to dive into the origins. More on that later. Score: I nice subtle score, not to crazy, not to quiet. Leaves a bit to be desired. (Since this movie is primarily character driven I'll put a section for the characters) Characters: Origins Explored,and Developments Made. Hawkeyes gets the most development out of the group. Mostly because he had little to none in the first. Black widow has two different interesting story lines in this movie. 1: Her dark origin 2: her growing relationship towards Bruce. The hulk is the same as last time but still decent. Same can be said for cap. Ironman's storyline is quite similar to IronMan 3. Thor is basically his same old good self. The twins (Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver) are really likable and surprisingly HUMAN. Ultron... okay I'll just go ahead and say it. He's the best villain since Heath Ledger's joker. He's Charismatic, funny and at the same time, Uncomfortably menacing. Props to James Spader. There is one character that I haven't mentioned but I'll let you have fun with that Verdict: By all means A Good Sequel, not perfect but good. It improves on the weaknesses,and strengthens the good parts of the original. Not to mention successfully and smoothly introducing 4 different likable characters. Although plot lines are rushed at times, and characters sometimes need more/less development I still give it a 7/10