I have to start by saying this is the most fun I've had in a movie all year. Joss Whedon nailed it once again, and I actually find the fact that he managed to pull this movie off even more impressive than when he did the first one and here is why. The first one was a movie that had every single character set up from previous films including the villain and his plan. All Joss Whedon had to do was put them all together and balance them all while being true to how he wrote every single character. This time however he has to setup a new villain, Ultron, played by James Spader. Ultron was awesome, and he was something the MCU needed since most of the villains apart from Loki and the Winter Soldier really haven't been very memorable. Ultron is a fantastic villain since he is the type of villain that you can understand where he is coming from. He sees that the only way for peace is for him to eliminate the human race, since we are the cause of every problem that happens on earth. Frankly he isn't wrong, and that's what makes him so cool to watch. Plus James Spader just kills it as Ultron. I also like the fact that Ultron is a pretty sarcastic villain. He isn't the regular "mean" villain, he actually cracks some jokes from time to time. Villain aside, Whedon also brought in some other new characters. You have Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, who are twins with special abilities. Quicksilver can run extremely fast, and Scarlet Witch can get into peoples mind and do other telekinetic stuff. I thought they would feel unnecessary but they really bring a lot to the film. Specially since they are the ones that cause the Avengers to break in a psychological way. The other new character is Vision. I won't spoil anything about him, but the way they bring him in and how they handle him is perfect if you ask me.
The other heroes are handled even better than last time in my opinion. Their interactions are funnier, and they all get developed really well. The most surprising though was Hawkeye. I never expected him to have such a big part in the story. It was really cool seeing and knowing more of him since he kind of got the short end of the stick on the last movie. The action is done extremely well. You can tell what's going on at all times, and the CGI is seamless. It is tons of fun and I was never really bored. Even when there is no action on screen just seeing all these heroes interacting with each other is a blast, which really is a testament to Joss Whedons' writing skills.
My only minor complaint with the movie though is a small part of the film involving Thor. When you see the movie you'll know what I mean. It didn't feel like part of the film, and it really only was there to set up Thor: Ragnarok. But it really doesn't take up a lot of screen time from the rest of the movie so it really didn't bother me too much.
I loved Avengers: Age of Ultron. It was so much fun from start to finish, and really went in depth with all the characters this time around, which was something I wasn't expecting because of the huge amount of characters that are in this film. I still might say I like the first one a tiny bit better just for the fact that the first one was all set up from the start, so you get into it right from the start, but I'm still not sure. Definitely watch this on a movie theater, it really is a big screen experience. 5/5
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