Movies

Yeah Avengers AOU was okay. A 7 out of 10 for sure. Captain Winter Soldier was way better and is still the second best Marvel film for me under the first Avengers film. Damn Marvel needs to learn from some of there mistakes here. Hawkeye was great and we got to finally see why he is a great character. As far as Ultron is concerned in how he was used. Very disappointing. Still a okay and fun film. I loved the Hawkeye focused parts of the film and final battle.

I really, really liked Age of Ultron. I think it lived up to the hype. While the plot wasn't anything to write home about, it was still an amazing action flick. It continued the trend of MCU films being as funny as hell, as there were just so many hilarious moments, yet they never felt out of place. It's an understatement to say that the MCU is not the same as it was when it started. There are the obvious moments like when Iron Man relentlessly pounds the Hulk's face in the ground and the more subtle moments like the picture of a lorry trailer flying through the air.

Ultron was a great villain, though he is little more than a generic doomsday villain who just hates Stark and wants to blow up humanity. However, his surprisingly humanlike and emotional personality can make you forget that. Vision was a great addition to the team, and I like how he doesn't look very different from his comic version at all, keeping the gaudy colours. Scarlet Witch was kind of... Meh. Even though she had more screen time than Vision, she turned out to be not as likeable or cool as you would expect. What exactly made her think she could trust a giant sarcastic artificial intelligence in the first place?

As for Falcon and War Machine, why the hell didn't they do anything productive in the entire movie? Falcon I don't think really did anything, and War Machine just got overshadowed by Vision in the final battle and wasn't seen again until the final scene of the movie. It was kind of funny that they turned War Machine into the 'Luigi' of the MCU as he lives in the other heroes' shadows, at least. Would it really have been so hard to put War Machine and Falcon in the middle of the battle against the onslaught of Ultron clones with the other heroes instead of just flying around outside?

All in all, great film. Some character flaws, but when you have a film with such a big cast, that is pretty much unavoidable. The action and the comedy were top notch.

It probably won't happen, but I think a Marvel Netflix series like the one they just gave Daredevil featuring Barton would work really well. It'd be an excellent way to shine more light on the character if they don't want to invest in a full theatrical release. He also wouldn't be nearly as out-of-place as, say, Iron Man or Thor in a work geared more towards a mature demographic.

Maybe they could even tie it into Daredevil/Iron Fist/Defenders etc by adapting his time as Ronin with the Secret Avengers? Deep-cover assignment in Japan, anyone? That way he could mix with Stick, the Hand, heck, maybe even Elektra, Bullseye or Murdoch himself after Daredevil season 2 hits.

My two favorite parts of the entire movie are Iron Man and Hulk's fight and when Cap went to try and lift Thor's Hammer and Thor looked worried for a second.

A Hawkeye movie would indeed be a gamble. Making whole films based on relatively minor characters without superpowers has always lead to failures. Does anyone actually remember/care about the Elektra movie? Exactly my point. However, Hawkeye definitely became more of a character in Avengers 2 instead of just a plot device/last minute hero in the first Avengers film. I still think at least some people would go and watch it if it did exist, and Marvel haven't failed us yet.

As for Ultron's personality, I think it really worked well. He served as a breath of fresh air amongst all of the other super serious villains in the Marvel films, and the creators had the rights to take liberties with his character. We've had Red Skull, Abomination, Arnim Zola, Malekith, Ronan, and more. All were good villains, but they all had the same, basic 'angry, humourless psycho' personality. Loki is, of course, the most popular villain due to his likeable personality, but bringing him back for a fourth film would just be monotonous. 

Rob's right. Marvel could remake Howard the Duck at this point and people are gonna flock to see it because of the red-and-white brand logo next to its title. Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men and especially the MCU stuff have all been so successful in recent years that Marvel can basically get away with making a movie about whatever they want. Sorta like Pixar. Absolutely nobody wanted Cars 2, but it was a smash hit financially because Pixar movie.

And it sucked balls.