Title: Marvel Cinematic Universe | We robbed you. Do you remember? That's us
Red Text: Avengers: Age of Ultron
I rewatched , and I really think there’s a bunch of beautiful shots in here. The cinematography is pretty good for what we got in the MCU. Even Thor’s action looks good, and there’s a lot of times when our heroes work together, like when Thor punches his hammer into Cap’s shield to create an energy blast, or when Natasha rides Hulk up the cliffs. I love the scenes at the farm, and when they are evacuating the Sokovian civilians. I think the bad things are that Whedon’s used too much humors, and it’s not really the quips I got a problem with, just that he could have out scenes that was there for levity and sometimes I didn’t work - like when Quicksilver gets shot in the arm, and the police force gives him a stare like “it wasn’t me,” but other times it works, like when he runs into a station and tells everyone to evacuate, when nobody listens, he runs back and fires off a machine gun. That worked. He could have cut out scenes like Thor little side trip to the holy water. But on this rewatch I noticed many of the plots really do work. The whole intro in the forest when they invade Baron von Strucker’s base is probably one of the best scenes in the entire MCU. The twins plot interwove perfectly into the main plot. The plot with Klaue in Africa works. Hell, the entire first hour is perfect. I love how Ultron was in the network, and not so much one physical presence, but instead saw himself like a God, that wanted to tear down humanity in order to create something better. Ultron was a good villain, had it not been for the quips he uses in specific places. Had he been more menacing in presenting himself like at the party scene - which was another perfectly shot scene - he could have been one of the greatest. I didn’t mind the whole Jarvis vs Ultron thing, I admit it is a bit out there, but I can forgive it as we are already dealing with an infinity stone giving him life. The whole way Infinity power was a big deal of the plot was fantastic too, and I loved how Vision was created with vibranium, and how Ultron’s final body was created with vibranium I assume, or was it just ordinary metal? I know his final legion must have been made of standard metal seeing how easily the Avengers tears them apart. Age of Ultron was much better on this rewatch. Can I say how great the scene is where Tony is brainwashed with one of Wanda’s visions and we see the dead Avengers and Chitauri fly into a portal. That’s probably a top 5 beautiful shot in the MCU right there. Oh yeah, more Doctor Helen Cho please. We better see her in Infinity War working on some groundbreaking science stuff, maybe bring Shuri into her lab at the Avengers headquarters for a movie or two. I kind of wish Quicksilver wasn’t killed off. I mean, it’s great to see our heroes can also die, but could have had a great brother-sister relationship here. I can forgive it now though, since we got T’Challa-Shuri, so he was a nice one-movie hero at least. One last thing. I found myself confused as to where in the world I were during the transfer of Vision in the truck in South Korea. And I think that stems from it having a yellow tint to it, like we had during the Hulkbuster vs Hulk fight in Africa, and the yellow tint in Sokovia.
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