What a boring
movie. I had high expectations after seeing Winter Soldier, but it seems
Disney and Joss Whedon are struggling to find the perfect blend for The
Avengers. This movie introduced more characters, and they all seemed to be
fighting for screen time.
It was done much
better in The Avengers (2012), where Whedon blended the characters
seamlessly and made it fun to watch them assemble. Here, with the addition of
new characters like Vision, Scarlet Witch, Falcon, and Quicksilver, the movie
felt overcrowded. At one point, I even forgot Thor was in the movie until he
showed up to help complete Vision.
The movie felt
messy, with too many loose ends, and the introduction of Ultron was
anticlimactic. Ultron, who’s supposed to be one of the smartest A.I. in the
world, came off as more of an overgrown toy—and not a very smart one at that.
The way the
Avengers foiled his plans didn’t seem to have much to do with Vision. Instead,
it felt like they just pulled themselves together and took Ultron down head-on.
I guess this
movie is meant to be a setup for Civil War and Infinity War and
nothing more, because I didn’t enjoy any part of it. I can’t even think of a
single memorable scene. The fantastic cinematography of the first movie is
buried under lame dialogue and dull scenes.
The movie starts
with the Avengers retrieving Loki’s scepter from the first film, which has
fallen into the wrong hands and is being used to experiment on humans. After
recovering the scepter (which houses one of the six Infinity Stones), Stark and
Banner discover an artificial intelligence within the stone and use it to
create a global defense program named Ultron.
Ultron’s
creation backfires when the A.I. decides humanity is the problem and that
wiping out humans is the only way to save Earth. Ultron begins his plan by
shutting down Stark’s other A.I., J.A.R.V.I.S., and attacking the Avengers to
steal the scepter, which he needs to create a synthetic body for himself.
The Avengers
manage to steal the body, and Stark and Banner secretly upload J.A.R.V.I.S.
into it. This causes a rift among the Avengers, who want to stop Stark—until
Thor arrives and activates the body, now named Vision, with the Infinity Stone
from the scepter embedded in his forehead.
As for the rest,
you’ll have to watch the movie—though I don’t recommend it.
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