After the first Avengers movie brought the team together, Age of Ultron showed what happened when Tony Stark tried to create something that could protect the world without needing the Avengers. The idea sounded good at first, but Ultron quickly became a serious problem, and the team had to deal with the mess they had created.
The movie started with the Avengers attacking a Hydra base in Sokovia, and I liked that it did not waste much time bringing the whole team together. Everyone already knew each other, so there was a different feeling compared to the first movie, especially with the small jokes between them during the fight.
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The visual side was also much bigger this time. Sokovia gave the movie a darker setting, while the Avengers tower scenes had a more relaxed feeling where we got to see the characters outside of fighting. The movie also gave us more of Hulk and Black Widow, which added another side to the team.
The first big moment for me was the party at Avengers Tower. Everyone tried to lift Thor's hammer, and it was just a fun scene with the whole team joking around. Then Steve almost moved it, and Thor's face changed for a second. That little moment became even better when Vision later picked it up without any trouble.
But the Hulkbuster fight was probably the action scene I remembered most. Hulk had lost control in Johannesburg, and Tony had to bring out the huge Hulkbuster armor to stop him. Watching Iron Man and Hulk smash through buildings while Tony kept trying to calm him down was incredible.
The scene also showed how dangerous Hulk could become when he completely lost control. Tony eventually stopped him, but the damage around them was massive, and the whole thing made it clear that the Avengers could cause just as much destruction as the people they were fighting.
Ultron himself was an interesting villain because he came from Tony and Bruce's own idea. James Spader's voice gave him a strange personality, because Ultron could be threatening one moment and sarcastic the next. I also liked how Vision became the opposite of Ultron, especially because both were connected to the same attempt to create artificial intelligence.
The biggest surprise for me was how much the movie focused on the characters outside the battles. Clint's farm gave the Avengers a quiet place to breathe for a while, and Wanda's powers brought out some of their fears. Tony saw his worst possible future, while the others were forced to think about what could happen if they failed.
In the end, Avengers: Age of Ultron had a lot going on, and I could understand why some people felt it was too packed.
Still, I enjoyed seeing the Avengers as an actual team this time, with their jokes, arguments, mistakes and losses. It also showed that sometimes the biggest problems came from the things they tried to do for the right reasons.
All photos of the post are collected from The Movie Database.
Until next time.
Rating: 90/100
