i thought GOTG, Captain America 2, and IM1 were clearly better. Avengers 1, too, I suppose, although I didn't love that movie. 70%ish seems fair to me.
Saw AOU. 8.5/10 Spoiler Ultron himself is probably the reason for the disparity in reviews. His performance is very human. He's much more of a wise-cracking, mustache-twirling, occasionally self-depricating villain than you would think from his appearance and the way he was teased in the trailers. I think a lot of people went in expecting a killer robot with the Terminator's personality and they got a killer robot with Loki's personality. It was very jarring but I was fine with it. I can see it being a turnoff for a lot of reviewers, though. The tone of the movie was about the same as the first one, despite the commercials hinting that this would be much darker. Again, people will go in expecting one thing and get another. If they can't accept the movie for what it is, they will probably score it harshly. Also there is zero exposition. So know your Marvel Cinematic timeline before jumping in. I shouldn't have to say that in this day and age, but you know there will be some annoyed girlfriends/wives complaining that they don't understand why this or don't know why that. The gang's detour to Hawkeye's farm was weird. It reminded me, of all things, of the break in the action in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, when they took Ralph to April's farmhouse. Also Thor had a mini-detour of his own involving a weird...bath? I'll need to see it again to understand what exactly happened there. I know he saw a vision of the infinity stones being assembled into the gauntlet. The Vision was great. Hulk had a couple great moments, though he didn't steal the show like last time. Cap/Iron Man tension was teased but largely left resolved by the end of the movie. Hulk and Iron Man and Hawkeye seemed to have taken a momentary hiatus from super heroics. Thor left earth to search for who the big bad (Thanos) is that's pulling the strings. Iron Man hinted at retirement. Hulk disappeared. That left Cap, Scarlett Witch, Black Widow, Falcon, and War Machine as "The Avengers." One thing that was interesting was how quickly they raced through Ultron's origin. He was mentioned, conceived, and created all in one sequence. There was no buildup, no tension: Just BOOM: Bad guy's here. The opening sequence seemed to do little more than start the movie with a bang and introduce Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. It really had little to do with the overall plot. It was a prelude. The big Iron Man vs Hulk fight was so detached from the rest of the movie it felt like little more than fan-service. Not complaining though: It was awesome. So was the mini-fight between the Avengers 2/3 of the way through it, as Vision was being finished. I can't remember all the great one-liners, but there were a lot. I did love the little moment between Vision and Thor regarding the balance of Mjölnir. Also Hawkeye had a great line about how everyone is throwing magic hammers and iron suits around everywhere and he's rocking a bow and arrow. Overall, your take on this movie will be dependent on how you receive James Spader's Ultron character and the way he was brought to life by Joss Whedon's screenplay. If you can accept that he's an 8 foot tall robot with the personality of...well, James Spader, then you'll be fine. If you think he's too "casual friday" to carry out a world-destroying plot, you might not like it. Personally, I thought it was great. Avengers 1 felt like a bigger deal, because it was the first one and it was such a unique movie experience. It was also an origin story, and as much as people hate origin stories they tend to be looked at favorably when done correctly. The first movie was a cinematic take on a never-printed Avengers comic #1-4. This one felt like a collection of Avengers issues #12-16. It lacked a true beginning or ending (that comes with Infinity Wars). In that sense, it is like Empire Strikes Back. Not in tone, but in layout. Really great Marvel movie, but not as amazing as Cap 2 and GOTG. Those were simply great movies.
reports are that Avengers 2 has pre-ticket sales equaling all previous Marvel movies…COMBINED this movie is going to make a stupid amount of money also: mid-credits scene (while it's still up) Spoiler
Spoiler - Mention of the twins, who are with Von Strucker - Coulson extracted data at HYDRA base about Loki's scepter and Von Strucker's location. Gives it to Maria Hill and says it's "Time to call in the Avengers" - Inhuman named Raina has visions of the scepter as well as the Ultron army.
Jesus Christ. Came here to talk about AoS and got some AoU spoilers. There is a spoiler function for a reason. Don't respond without putting in spoilers as well. It's not that fucking complicated.
New posters to this thread when a new MCU film is being released are the fucking worst. snowfx2 should post some rules or something in the original post. Something like: 1. When a new MCU film is released, then you must wait until the Monday following release to discuss plot points without spoiler tags. If you haven't seen it by Monday, then you don't belong ITT. Fuck you. 2. If you are a comicfag, all comics discussion that would reveal upcoming plot developments in the films need a spoiler tag. Us nerds can discuss comics and the MCU in the shadows, where we belong. 3. If a MCUfag asks a question a comicfag can only answer with comics knowledge, then the response needs to be spoilered with a warning. Up to the MCUfags if they want to know at that point. Violating either of these three rules results in an immediate threadban.
Some X-Men Apocalypse notes and concept art Spoiler There's been a lot of grumbling about the sheer amount of mutants that X-Men: Apocalypse appears to be cramming in, but fear not, because regardless of how many cameos the movie ends up featuring, the three who matter will be taking on well-deserved leading roles. "They’re as much a part of the movie as our main cast," writer and producer Simon Kinberg says of Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, and Alexandra Shipp. "Scott is not yet the squeaky-clean leader. Storm is a troubled character who is going down the wrong path in life. And Jean is complex, interesting and not fully mature. It’s fun to see someone struggling with their powers when you know one day they’ll become the most powerful person in the world." Director Bryan Singer meanwhile promises an X-Men movie very different to what's come before, and that's mostly down to the addition of Oscar Isaac's Apocalypse. "It’s a big monster of a movie. The stakes are so high and global and the villain is so mythic. It’s definitely an X-Men movie, but it really feels different." As well as returning cast members James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, and Ian McKellen, X-Men: Apocalypse will also introduce Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lana Condor, Oscar Isaac, Ben Hardy, Olivia Munn, and a number of others. That's one hell of a cast, huh? The movie is set to be released on May 27th, 2016.
I love how they are even TRYING to act like Jackman's Wolverine won't be a central character. He is the biggest cash draw of the entire franchise. As I've said before, I really believe he starts the films as a Horseman (probably how he got his adamantium in this timeline), and he is eventually the character who gives the X-Men the intel they need to find and defeat Apocalypse.
Also, Raina was always annoying, but kinda hot to look at each week. Now she's just annoying. Can we kill her off now?
I thought it was probably the best AoS episode of the season. Like others have said, the Skye shootout scene was outstanding. Funny how film releases seem to always take this show to the another level.
I liked the references to the upcoming AoU, the only subjects who have survived the treatment are the twins in Krakovia (or wherever they called it), Loki's scepter, men of metal, etc. But I also liked how they were wrapping up the Theta Protocol story-line and moving onto SHIELD vs. the Inhumans after the movie.
Paul Rudd seemingly hinting (just by his expressions) that Ant-Man will be in Civil War, was asked about it around 00:25 mark http://www.hitfix.com/videos/paul-rudd-is-eager-to-see-the-finished-product-of-ant-man
He's moving up my list of favorite Avengers. (He's now at 3rd or 4th from last, depending on how many Avengers you're counting.)
It takes an enormous amount of douchebaggery to post the mid credits scene in here, even with a spoiler.
The video was safe in the spoilers and poster explained it was the mid-credit scene. Someone just replied to it without spoiling and let us know who was in the scene.