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...not as good Captain America: Winter Soldier which remains top of the ever growing Marvel cinematic heap IMHO

Overall I enjoyed it - the film is an effective sequel to the Avengers in that it fulfills my "good sequel" rule of doing something different with the characters.

With the addition of Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and The Vision, we are probably approaching hero overload and it's notable that most of the scenes focus on the Avengers themselves. I missed the backdrop of Shield grunts from the first movie.

My only real grumble is that the action scenes start becoming a bit Michael Bay. It's not quite that bad, but it does get difficult in places to work out who's hitting whom.

Standout newbie is Scarlet Witch and I look forward to seeing her in future installments. The beating heart of the franchise though remains Scarlet Johansson. She continues to impress and for me, is the most rewarding character to follow.

Verdict - Entertaining but not a tough act to follow for the other BIG movie of the year.

Verdict - Entertaining but not a tough act to follow for the other BIG movie of the year.

Couldn't agree more. This felt like a visual effects movie first and foremost. Which were good but.. meh.

Also nothing bugs me more than inconsistent depictions or poorly used abilities.

To be fair, with so many characters on screen, there's not much chance to do more than a huge action spectacle, unless you end up in the 3+ hour running time (which they did, Whedon said his initial cut was 3.5 hours, but Feige made him cut it to 2.5).

Here's hoping the directors cut is available on the dvd then

Joss make a fun movie but not good ones. Same is true with first avenger movie he did.

One of my mates went to a midnight showing. He didn't tell me much aside from "it's awesome" but he did add this.

There is NOT an End Credits Scene. There IS however, a mid Credits scene.

- Can anyone confirm that? It's 2 hours until I see it myself.

 Compel wrote:
One of my mates went to a midnight showing. He didn't tell me much aside from "it's awesome" but he did add this.

There is NOT an End Credits Scene. There IS however, a mid Credits scene.

- Can anyone confirm that? It's 2 hours until I see it myself.

Correct, the mid credits scene is...

Nope, not gonna click, nuh uh!

 Compel wrote:
One of my mates went to a midnight showing. He didn't tell me much aside from "it's awesome" but he did add this.

There is NOT an End Credits Scene. There IS however, a mid Credits scene.

- Can anyone confirm that? It's 2 hours until I see it myself.

What cinema were you in?


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I also wonder what happened to Ulysses Klaw? We saw him have that 'Incident' with the big U and then dissapeared for the rest of the movie
However Serkis did do an Excellent portrayal of Ulysses Klaw
(Not spoilers as everyone knew he was in it)

That's cos Andy Serkis is excellent in anything he appears (or doesn't appear) in.

I loved it (but then again, I'm biased towards anything MCU), and Scarlet Witch gets top-marks for making me the most scaroused (well, not exactly scared so much as feeling 'she knows she's powerful, and she owns it when she's mad') I've been this year. I wouldn't want to piss her off, but my God I could sit back and watch her all day if someone else did it.

Agree with most of what's been said here (especially the part about winter soldier being the best mcu film so far )

Thought they did a good job giving everyone something to do, especially considering how many characters are in it now. Having said that, I really just want more Hulk. We really need a standalone film for him (Or maybe a duo film with him and black widow....?)

I mentioned to some one that it seemed a bit darker than the first one, and wasn't sure if it would be as a big a success with kids this time, but he pointed out we all watched empire strikes back as kids (which is way darker), and loved it, so maybe I'm wrong there!

Was quite pissed off there was no end credits scene tho - waited around for nothing!

slight spoilery stuff:

So yeah, Avengers 2 was awesome. Not to the levels of 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 'Cap 2' or 'Avengers 1', but still, awesome.

And Scarlet Witch... Well, to be crass for a bit, the whole characters style during the film wasn't really my type (described as goth/punk), but, well, wow, she was hot. I don't use the word Breathtaking often, but... yeah, breathtaking.

So, AoS will "spoil" this next week, then as they did with Winter Soldier?

Watched it with my wife yesterday, we were both dissapointed.

For me, the movie failed to deliver what was promised in the trailers, which had a very dark and desperate vibe. I could feel none of that in the movies.
Also, Ultron was acting like a mastermind half of the time, the other half like a child. Is he like that in the comics?
The Avengers had an awful lot of bad written dialogues like

And finally:


Maybe after Winter Soldier and Guardians we had our expectations up too high, but I found AoU very mediocre.

Isn't the release date may 1st?

Like other MCU movies, it doesn't have a single worldwide release date.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/releaseinfo

 hyozanman wrote:
Isn't the release date may 1st?

Yeah, for you
*puts on evil face as i can spoiler the plot to americans*

It's okay: the other countries are inferior, so they needed this little nugget of joy earlier than us to feel worthwhile/equal to America.

Also, you'd probably enjoy it better if you weren't watching it on a torn, stained sheet with a crappy old projector. Dumb England and its backwards ways.




*its 5 in the damn morning, and I was up for work at 3:45. If you hate my post, attribute it to you being butthurt, aka I'm tired.

Just saw it. Great fun. Looking forward to seeing it again tomorrow.

First one was better.

was surprised we didn't get a coulson appearance

Really? That surprised you? Agents of SHIELD is the most vestigial and superfluous aspect of the MCU. It might as well be in a different universe for all the impact and importance it has.

To the collective consciousness of most people, Coulson was that quirky Agent from Iron Man 1, 2 and Thor who died when Loki stuck he's staff through his chest, and that's as far as it goes.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Just saw it. Great fun. Looking forward to seeing it again tomorrow.

First one was better.

was surprised we didn't get a coulson appearance

Really? That surprised you? Agents of SHIELD is the most vestigial and superfluous aspect of the MCU. It might as well be in a different universe for all the impact and importance it has.

To the collective consciousness of most people, Coulson was that quirky Agent from Iron Man 1, 2 and Thor who died when Loki stuck he's staff through his chest, and that's as far as it goes.

Well, it was more the fact that every other side charachter turned up - falcon, agent hill, stellan starsgard's scientist, the geeky shield operative bloke who refuses to launch the helicarrier at the end of winter soldier.... But no coulson!

Thought they could have used it as an excuse to actually tie agents of shield back into the mcu a bit more, but no, as you say it seems like that series is just gonna exist as its own little thing now. Shame.

 Nicky J wrote:
Thought they could have used it as an excuse to actually tie agents of shield back into the mcu a bit more, but no, as you say it seems like that series is just gonna exist as its own little thing now. Shame.

Oh it is a shame. A damned shame. AoS has such potential, a grand spectacle that ties the universe together just sitting there waiting to be utilised... but they don't, and probably never will. Hell, the biggest Hydra bogeymen in Agents of SHIELD hardly get a look in during Age of Ultron. One of them even dies off screen FFS!

I expect it'll tie in a bit more before Cap 3: Civil War. Because that seems something that a propped back up SHIELD would be involved in. But technically they are still rebuildiing and Fury is still dead to everyone in AoS (cept Coulson?) so I'm not surprised it's still fairly seperate.

I also think the show is going to transition from a Shield v. Hydra v. Other Shield show to a more dealing with the beginning inhumans (which is already happening) and or lesser powered ones once SHIELD is back up. But expect that not to really swing heavy that way till somewhere probably in season 3.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
It's okay: the other countries are inferior, so they needed this little nugget of joy earlier than us to feel worthwhile/equal to America.

Also, you'd probably enjoy it better if you weren't watching it on a torn, stained sheet with a crappy old projector. Dumb England and its backwards ways.




*its 5 in the damn morning, and I was up for work at 3:45. If you hate my post, attribute it to you being butthurt, aka I'm tired.

Im not butthurt, i am offended
Reported for offensive material
This forum doesnt need your kind

commander dante wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
It's okay: the other countries are inferior, so they needed this little nugget of joy earlier than us to feel worthwhile/equal to America.

Also, you'd probably enjoy it better if you weren't watching it on a torn, stained sheet with a crappy old projector. Dumb England and its backwards ways.




*its 5 in the damn morning, and I was up for work at 3:45. If you hate my post, attribute it to you being butthurt, aka I'm tired.

Im not butthurt, i am offended
Reported for offensive material
This forum doesnt need your kind

Not sure if serious. TTW was clearly joking (as if the emoticons weren't enough of a giveaway), but I'm not sure if you are or not.

He's just jealous of our world domination of dinner theaters with full tilt Barco loungers and custom service.

My movie theater serves Jim Beam or Grey Goose if I so desired, and popcorn with real butter.

About Quicksilver

Yeah, I mean, that makes sense really, didn't think people were too unsure about that. But, on Quicksilver again...

It's better the second time around...

 Avatar 720 wrote:

commander dante wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
It's okay: the other countries are inferior, so they needed this little nugget of joy earlier than us to feel worthwhile/equal to America.

Also, you'd probably enjoy it better if you weren't watching it on a torn, stained sheet with a crappy old projector. Dumb England and its backwards ways.




*its 5 in the damn morning, and I was up for work at 3:45. If you hate my post, attribute it to you being butthurt, aka I'm tired.

Im not butthurt, i am offended
Reported for offensive material
This forum doesnt need your kind

Not sure if serious. TTW was clearly joking (as if the emoticons weren't enough of a giveaway), but I'm not sure if you are or not.

Yeah, if you thought I was actually serious, I have a really small, crappy island in the Atlantic to sell you.


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And Fraz, I have an Alamo Brewhouse nearby too! In Yonkers. Real popcorn with real butter for the win!!