Avengers: Age of Ultron

[mexichrist83]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

Do people actually watch these clips? Why let parts of the film be completely spoiled for you?

I've only watched the trailers and refuse to watch anything else. Normally, I'd be worried about watching trailers since sometimes they can give everything away but with Avengers you know that they are going to keep as much a secret as possible. A huge movie like this is going to have very good marketing and they definitely don't want to ruin anything major from the movie while still giving us a taste of some of the awesomeness to come.

[ZariusTwo]

There's a (potentially fake) "surprise post-credits" video going about

Spoiler:

Spidey telling a window cleaner he's missed a spot

[ZariusTwo]

Right, I've seen it.

Spoiler:

The threat is established before the first thirty minutes are up. Strucker is captured by the Avengers and later killed by Ultron off-screen (though you see his body later), treated entirely as an after thought. Quicksilver and Wanda turn babyface purely for the sake of plot convenience ("you want to kill all of humanity? SCREW YOU") Widow and Hulk's romance isn't nearly as fleshed out as the teasers hinted and you end up not really caring when they're separated at the end of the flick. I actually thought Widow was going to die in that one scene which teases that one of the Avengers would perish, one thing I DID like was the subversion of expectations where that was concerned with Clint coming home to his off-the-record family.

We also learn Widow is sterile. Part of her "graduation" from training.

Spader totally hammed it up as Ultron, he's definitely cut from the same cheese as a lot of Whedon big bads. Sort of understandable why he's like that because he assimilates Tony's characteristics

The biggest burst of laughter from the audience was when Vision lifted Thor's hammer. And yes, the gem in his head is one of the Infinity set. Acquired from Loki's scepter. The mind stone in this particular case

Final battle was ok, there was no earth-shattering final form for Ultron, it's like they ran out of money or something. They just stick him in a Quin-Jet, Hulk tosses him, Scarlet kills him, then Vision tracks down a surviving Ultron 'bot and kills it to end the threat. Nothing big.

I give it a *** based off this cut of the film, though I understand the movie was heavily trimmed down, so I hope a directors cut can kick that rating up a notch. Perfectly serviceable escapism though.

I also wonder if

Spoiler:

Fury's "old friends" who got the carrier up and running are Team Coulson?

[Vicky82]

I saw it today and it was good and I did enjoy it but it didn't wow me though.

I saw it in Milton Keynes new 4DX screen, it was good at first but the moving chairs and some device in the chair hitting my back got annoying after a while. I might try it again, maybe next year if they show TMNT 2 in 4DX.

[TigerClaw]

Joss Whedon says, that there will be a lot of deleted scenes on the DVD/Blu-Ray release, But no director's cut.

[ZariusTwo]

This is a job for Captain Faneditor!

[The Turtle Terminator]

Ive seen it and I LOVED it! Best film for a diehard fanboy!

[ZariusTwo]

Another problem is this suffered the exact same issue Amazing Spider-Man II had. Aside, from my estimation, about three things, all the best stuff has already been shown in tv spots and trailers.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

But no director's cut.

Damn fools. They'd make so much money on extended editions. These films tend have more scenes cut than people realize.

Guess I'll have to make one myself then.

[neatoman]

You know, I just don't like this movie. Have anyone else here seen the Dragon Ball Z movies from before Battle of Gods? I'm not the only one to see how nonsensical this movie was, right?

In case you don't know, the Dragon Ball Z movies make use of villains who are never mentioned in the show itself and just pop up in the movie with some half-assed excuse for where they came from and why they have a grudge with the heroes. The DBZ movies have rather nonsensical plots and character development seems tacked on if it's there at all, basically they're just an excuse to animate fight scenes at a higher budget than the TV-show could.

Age of Ultron had that same awkward structure to it, but whereas the DBZ movies were merciful enough to usually only last 45 minutes (70 at most) and we were never really meant to think of them as anything other than side-stories, this runs at nearly 2.5 hours and is meant to be seen as part 11 of (at least) 22 in an on-going narrative.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Oh cool, an extended edition IS coming.

Yesss.

I've heard very little praise for the film so far, so maybe the extended edition will be better...? I hope?

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

Oh cool, an extended edition IS coming.

Yesss.

I've heard very little praise for the film so far, so maybe the extended edition will be better...? I hope?

Shocked they aren't trying to squeeze more money by releasing it in theaters first after the home release of the original cut.

[ZariusTwo]

This ought to remedy the complaints that the tv spots and trailers effectively spoiled the whole movie (and they pretty much do, having seen the current cut)

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Shocked they aren't trying to squeeze more money by releasing it in theaters first after the home release of the original cut.

When has that ever happened for a film?

There were rumblings that such a plan was in place for the original Avengers, but that turned out to be a rumor.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

When has that ever happened for a film?

There were rumblings that such a plan was in place for the original Avengers, but that turned out to be a rumor.

Days of Future Past is doing it. Atleast I remember plans for that.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Days of Future Past is doing it. Atleast I remember plans for that.

The Rogue Cut, due out this summer. That's not getting a theatrical re-release though. Just a standard home video release.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

The Rogue Cut, due out this summer. That's not getting a theatrical re-release though. Just a standard home video release.

Ooooh guess that wasn't a thing either. I remember hearing a bunch of stuff about a theatrical release of the extended cut.

[JakeSully]

I got my ticket for the midnight showing.

[ZariusTwo]

80% on Rotten Tomatoes so far.

[THGhost]

Saw it last Saturday and thought it was awesome. Loved the Vision

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and the relationship between Black Widow and Bruce Banner was just adorable.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

There's a (potentially fake) "surprise post-credits" video going about

Spoiler:

Spidey telling a window cleaner he's missed a spot

I've seen the movie and can confirm that that did not make the cut.