Avengers: Age of Ultron has been released in theaters in around the world. I've seen the film for myself, and can say it's neither bad nor better than the original.

It seemed clear, as the end credits began to roll, that Marvel has outgrown Joss Whedon. Personally, I'm quite happy he's made the decision to no longer direct Marvel films, because Avengers: Age of Ultron wasn't the movie it could have been.

It was still a fun experience, thanks to the humor and witty one-liners. Furthermore, Ultron is a decent villain — though not of the same caliber as Loki. The heroes, for their part, all do an excellent job... but the same can't be said about Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver — especially Quicksilver.

The X-Men: Days of Future Past version of Quicksilver was more enjoyable, in spite of his minuscule role in the movie. Joss Whedon's take on the character was boring — and we all know that Speedsters usually have fun personas.

Let's get to the heart of the problems in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

There are no memorable moments, and the overall storyline is quite bland. No doubt when moviegoers watch Age of Ultron in theaters, they'll still come away excited. Looking past the surface humor and one-liners, though, anyone should begin to see why Age of Ultron is not very well done.

For the entire duration of the movie, I found that I didn't care much about who would be killed by Ultron, or what his endgame was. I was more looking out for the next laugh, and paying more attention to the heroes fighting each other than other aspects of the story.

The whole movie is about being bigger than the prequel, but it doesn't have much substance of its own. Though the first Avengers film wasn't the best either, it compensated by delivering a worthy villain and a story that made sense. With Age of Ultron, there were several things that had me saying, "What on Earth...?"

*Spoiler Alert*

One instance was Scarlet Witch playing around with the minds of the Avengers. For some reason, Thor was the only one who came away from the whole ordeal with a vision. How could Scarlet Witch cause him to have a vision of the Infinity Stones and the Infinity Gauntlet? That was a weak way of bringing the threat of Thanos into play.

At the end of the day, Age of Ultron is going to break box office records, but not because it's a splendid movie. It's like a pop song — watered down and designed to be overly mainstream. That's probably why it has a 72 rating on Rotten Tomatoes.


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