Avengers: Age of Ultron

This is what going to the movies is all about!  I hate to see Joss Whedon leave the Marvel Universe, but dang!  What a way to go out!  Avengers Age of Ultron outdid itself in the world of comic books!  There was an actual, fantastic story in this, along with more in-depth looks at some of the characters we only knew a very little about from the movies up to this point (i.e. Hawkeye and Black Widow).  We had two new characters in the forms of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver and FINALLY we had Vision - one of my absolute favorite characters!  I laughed until I thought I would cry, I was surprised, I was angry, I was excited and I was left clamoring for more!  This is a movie that is worth every penny to see!  This is a movie I would take the whole family to (provided they are old enough for action movies and the PG-13 rating).

No movie is without fault, but lets get the few of these out of the way: Baron Strucker felt like a pointless character.  He was only there for a few minutes and while I love Thomas Kretchman as an actor, I would have loved to have seen more of him rather than just as a quick way to justify the beginning actions of the Twins.  The friends with whom I went to see the movie brought up a good point that at the end of Iron Man 3 we see Tony Stark blowing up his suits.  Now he's back and fighting with not only more awesome suits, like the Hulk Crusher, but also with robots.  What caused the change?  I try to avoid spoilers in these reviews because I want people to read them and then see the movie, so I will save my last one for later, but those are the big ones.

Ultimately, the movie is one of the best in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  The writing alone could have made the movie stand on it's own.  Personally, and I know that I will get flack for this statement from some of my friends, but I feel that the movie should at least be nominated for best original screenplay.  I came away considering how we deal with heroes in our perception today.  The characters felt more humanized and the beginning of the rift between the characters that will set up for Captain America: Civil War has begun.  Not to mention the fact that Whedon has the ability to take what appeared to be a meaningless conversation at the beginning of the film and turn it into one that is of utmost importance in calling the whole group to unite later.

I was worried about their portrayal of Vision, but not only was Paul Bettany the perfect voice of JARVIS, he did an outstanding job with the role.  He really was the Vision of the comics!  With such an outstanding cast, no one got lost among performances.  You could really see how well everyone had taken  to their roles now that they were used to acting in an ensemble cast.  The chemistry was really there!

When I left the theater, I could have turned right back around and watched it again.  It was that good!  Travel however far you need to in order to see this movie!  It's epic!