Quickie Review: Age of Ultron

[jeriendhal]

Summary: Tony proceeds to f*ck up world peace. Again.

Review: As a second installment, it's not as GoshWow as the first Avengers film, but it's a reasonable use of two hours.



1. Ultron was much funnier and more vulnerable than I expected. Then again, he was a Stark design.

2. On a related note, I call bullshit on the idea that baseline JARVIS wasn't anything more than a more clever than average computer program. CAD/CAM/Autopilot systems do not snark!

3. Cap should have picked up the hammer. Period.

4. Yay on Clint's family not being fridged! "Aunt Nat!" :)

5. "I need the other guy." Briefly funny, but really a dick move that I'd expect more from Tony. Banner had every right to get the hell out as soon as he could manage it.

6. Poor Paul Bettany. It's good that he can finally have an onscreen role, but that makeup must be horrible to wear.

7. And this movie is yet another example on the Groupmind's list of Things I Need to Avoid Doing.

Comments

[m-danson.livejournal.com]

In the comics it was Natasha who picked up the hammer.

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

2. Also, by the first Avengers movie, JARVIS was no longer simply responding to orders but anticipating what Tony needed. “JARVIS, redirect all power to thrusters!” “I already did.”

3. I’ve seen a few different comments on this. Some theorize that Cap could have picked up Mjolnir, and knew that he could (when it budged a bit), but chose not to (out of modesty or some other motive). Others said out that Cap couldn’t pick up Mjolnir at that time because he didn’t need to; but had they been in the midst of combat and Cap needed the hammer, it would have come up easily. Apparently that’s happened in the comics, when someone grabbed and used Mjolnir in the heat of battle, but was unable to lift it again afterward. (They might be setting up a surprise wherein Cap is able to lift Mjolnir during the Civil and/or Infinity War.)