The Avengers: Age of Ultron: repetitive, generic, aging recipe

Marvel movies were impressive so far. Not all of them were landmark or memorable, but the studio was definitely on the right track. However, The Avengers: Age of Ultron was a bit of disappointment to me. Not that the movie was not good, but the expectation was too high.
The Age of Ultron continues where the last movie ended; The Avengers initiative was started, they enjoyed a good run. While on a mission to retrieve the scepter of Loki, Stark and Banner meddle with it, and unleashed Ultron into the online world. Ultron took over Jarvis's network, and replicate himself into Iron-Man like robots. So, the rest of the movie was Ultron's army vs Avengers. In the middle was the appearance of Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and of course the creation of Vision. But all these did not save the movie to regress to mediocre.


Do not understand me wrong. The action sequence is top-notch. The humour, is placed smartly over the dialogue to ensure a light moment where it needed one. All the actor and actress are very comfortable in their role. I am even comfortable seeign "Robin" in her uniform. But what went wrong? The way the story was written. I am not a purist, and I do not mind whether Ulton was created by Stark or Ant-man. But even on the name of simplifying the movie, it is not an excuse to make Ultron into a 2 dimensional villain. Ultron appears too superficial. And the reason for him to evolve and create Vision is not even explore delicately. All the rest of the characters were there for the sake of being there. None of them stood out in their own, except Iron Man. It was as if they were there so the director can create a super fight sequence. The conversion of the villainous Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver was hilarious. From someone who were bent on destroying Avengers to becoming one of them just to save the world, is totally unbelievable. Yes, this kind conversion story could of work in the silver and golden age of comic, but it totally lack of depth today.


In the end, I still enjoyed the 2 half hours movie, but this is a step back for Marvel.

ratings: 2 half poink~!
comment: as usual, after the closing credit, it was hinted infinity gauntlet is next on the list. Cross my fingers.