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Avengers: Age of Ultron |Spoiler Thread| Thanos Dies in This
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Caps gonna finish that sentence he started.
BronsonLee
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'AVENGERS, ASS-' *Tony runs in and punches Cap in the face*
peanutbutterlatte
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I filled in that much thank you... but why that one in particular?! Reminded me of Margaret Schroder from Boardwalk.
Miles Quaritch
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I'm personally hoping it ends with some animosity between Cap and Tony. Something to show that while they were willing to put aside their differences to defeat Ultron, they still aren't anywhere near close to being on the same page and actually further apart than ever ideologically.
Something, anything, to help set up what's coming in Civil War.
This works too.
Broken Joystick
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3 hour Quicksilver edition here we come. I wonder what the alternative ending could be though? Stuff with Loki and Thor that didn't make the cut? Danvers on the team? Though they would have to cast pretty soon.
peanutbutterlatte
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It was really frustrating. It's weird too, because I like the ending as it stands. It's just bizarre they didn't take the opportunity, because now for at least some of Civil War you have to build that tension.
SuperEpicMan
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I saw the movie on Friday, and have only just thought about something today.
Thanos deliberately leaves the sceptre on Earth as a means of eliminating The Avengers. When you think about it, The Other gave Loki the sceptre from Thanos during the first movie and it contains an Infinity Stone, why would he leave it there when he is collecting them. Then the sceptre becomes a sort of seed for what would become Ultron, which tries to eliminate the Avengers and fails. Then at the end he even says, I guess "I will have to it myself" which seems to suggest he wants the avengers dead.
Thanos deliberately leaves the sceptre on Earth as a means of eliminating The Avengers. When you think about it, The Other gave Loki the sceptre from Thanos during the first movie and it contains an Infinity Stone, why would he leave it there when he is collecting them. Then the sceptre becomes a sort of seed for what would become Ultron, which tries to eliminate the Avengers and fails. Then at the end he even says, I guess "I will have to it myself" which seems to suggest he wants the avengers dead.
WadiumArcadium
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I was surprised at the lack of tension between them at the end as well. Civil War's going to be a busy film, hopefully it's not too busy.
As for AOU, I really enjoyed it. I loved the first Avengers film but I think AOU has probably surpassed it. The action scenes were a massive improvement - Cap's powerset was more in line with what we saw in Winter Soldier and I really liked how they introduced Vision and Scarlet Witch. I only warmed to ScarJo as Black Widow in the Winter Soldier and she was really good again in this.
I was hoping Ultron would be a bit more of a threat but he was an improvement on the past few MCU film villains. Loved how they delved into Hawkeye's background - it made me care about him a hell of a lot more and I was convinced he was a goner at one point. Aaron Johnson-Taylor was decent as Quicksilver and I would have liked him to hang around a little longer but I'd have been more upset to lose Wanda.
As for AOU, I really enjoyed it. I loved the first Avengers film but I think AOU has probably surpassed it. The action scenes were a massive improvement - Cap's powerset was more in line with what we saw in Winter Soldier and I really liked how they introduced Vision and Scarlet Witch. I only warmed to ScarJo as Black Widow in the Winter Soldier and she was really good again in this.
I was hoping Ultron would be a bit more of a threat but he was an improvement on the past few MCU film villains. Loved how they delved into Hawkeye's background - it made me care about him a hell of a lot more and I was convinced he was a goner at one point. Aaron Johnson-Taylor was decent as Quicksilver and I would have liked him to hang around a little longer but I'd have been more upset to lose Wanda.
peanutbutterlatte
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Not going to lie but Black Widow's scene with Bruce where she talks about being a monster, along with that flashback, made me pretty tearful. I really love her character.
I guess Tony just has a particular taste for Great Britain-based voice modules haha
WadiumArcadium
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Their relationship was a lot more convincing than I was expecting. I really want a Black Widow solo film now.
Broken Joystick
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I thought it was going to be forced, but it was actually kinda nice. That bit where she pushes him off and the Hulk comes back up was great.
Me too. There's so much they could explore with her past, as we saw it in Agent Carter. And Scarlet have long proved that she can carry her own action movie.
Miles Quaritch
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Yeah, if we weren't getting Civil War, the ending would be perfectly acceptable. 'End' of the old squad, new blood coming in but we know the old will merge with the new to face the mad titan in IW.
Civil War just makes the end of AoU feel awkward. They even have a moment where they fight but it's not built upon. I just hope that's not the strand they decide to use to build up Civil War, there needs to be a lot more than a quick scrap...
Napoleonthechimp
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The Vision holding Mjolnir got a few quiet gasps from the audience when I went to see it.
Our entire audience laughed out loud at that part and actually went into applause.
I literally went, and actually heard someone else loudly go "OH SHIT!"
WadiumArcadium
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There was a lot of laughter at that in my screening. Unusual for a UK audience as they tend to be pretty quiet usually.
peanutbutterlatte
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Yeah, only part of the film that this happened.
Also, frustratingly few people got the Zuchinni joke. Fuck those guys.
Napoleonthechimp
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I'm in the UK too so I didn't expect much in the way of audible responses. After all is said and done I honestly think the vision was my favourite aspect of the movie.
He also seemed to be the most pure of intention too and a straight up comic book superhero (or maybe I'm just too used to the other Avengers at this point).
razzmahtazz
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This. They are probably building up the friendship before breaking it down.
More_Badass
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Couldn't Vision and Scarlet Witch wreck everyone? Cap's team wins
Blue Ninja
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Just came back from seeing it. Not as impressive as the first film, but damn if it wasn't enjoyable.
Intro was great, really neat to jump straight back into the action.
Ultron was a lot less menacing than expected, sometimes even being funny.
The Vision was kinda weird. Cool, though.
Iron Man hammering Hulk's face reminded me of "puny god".
Vision holding the hammer had the entire cinema roaring with laughter. The deadpan reactions reminded me of the schwarma scene.
Quicksilver dying was unexpected, I constantly expected Hawkeye to bite it.
There's more, but that's all I can think of now.
Intro was great, really neat to jump straight back into the action.
Ultron was a lot less menacing than expected, sometimes even being funny.
The Vision was kinda weird. Cool, though.
Iron Man hammering Hulk's face reminded me of "puny god".
Vision holding the hammer had the entire cinema roaring with laughter. The deadpan reactions reminded me of the schwarma scene.
Quicksilver dying was unexpected, I constantly expected Hawkeye to bite it.
There's more, but that's all I can think of now.
Broken Joystick
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^ Mysterious figure in a hood during Thor's vision. I don't think it was revealed who was beneath the hood in the theatrical cut.
Guessing it was whoever this was supposed to be.
ArtHands
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^ Mysterious figure in a hood during Thor's vision. I don't think it was revealed who was beneath the hood in the theatrical cut.
Thor Ragnarok movie may reveal this
Not surprised. But does anyone seriously think that Stark has "retired" and won't appear on parts 3 and 4? I think he'll at least appear in part 3.
SuperEpicMan
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Guessing it was whoever this was supposed to be.
I said it a while ago, but I reckon this might end up being Death.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Hela?
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Just got back. Watched it in 3D. What a brilliant action movie.
Can't wait to watch it again.
Can't wait to watch it again.
Oooooh interesting theory
IdreamofHIME
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I liked Wakanda being a more modernized African country, rather than the weird blend of stereotype native and over the top Scifi that the comics present the country as.
Panther should be the President instead of King for his movie, or son of the President....with his dad being more of a Nelson Mandela hope type figure fighting against the West/Hydra from exploiting their Vibranium reserves, like South Africa has historically done with their natural resources.
I trust Marvel not to fuck up their representation of the fictional Nation or be patronising to Africans, and Age of Ultron got me very excited about that.
Panther should be the President instead of King for his movie, or son of the President....with his dad being more of a Nelson Mandela hope type figure fighting against the West/Hydra from exploiting their Vibranium reserves, like South Africa has historically done with their natural resources.
I trust Marvel not to fuck up their representation of the fictional Nation or be patronising to Africans, and Age of Ultron got me very excited about that.
Guessing it was whoever this was supposed to be.
She was probably one of the water spirits that Thor and Selvig were talking about. Maybe part of the cut portion of Thors vision was the spirit leading him to the vision waters. Since the waters had more for him to see than just Heimdall getting crazy.
N7Commander95
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Just saw it in 2D. Great film, probs my favourite in the franchise next to guardians. Certainly the most fun.
Only not I didn't like was Thors vision pool, it just smashed the pacing into a wall ha ha.
Vision is awesome, that is all.
Only not I didn't like was Thors vision pool, it just smashed the pacing into a wall ha ha.
Vision is awesome, that is all.
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That wasn't Wakanda though. Just some African country.
SuperEpicMan
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Yeah I figure they need to introduce her pretty soon, also I remember seeing some old trailer which showed some other woman that some people thought could be Enchantress.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the extended cut as there was a lot scenes that were dropped from the theatrical cut.
StalkerUKCG
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Looks like it was heavily edited for the final run time. Extended edition should fix it
Broken Joystick
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brandonh83
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So does this movie have a legit final battle between the Avengers and Ultron? If so is it awesome and is there any fucking tension or stakes at all? The first one, while I liked it, was just... I don't know, despite the team being there I never feel any danger or awesome, climactic standoffs between heroes and villains. I want to see some actual raw shit especially in sequels.
Nobody have seen Wakanda though.
It didn't feel like there were much tension. I certainly feel, that the final battle in The Avengers were better than the one in Age of Ultron.
brandonh83
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That's really sad.
They have to kill endless weak robots and ultron himself doesn't do anything beyond stupid oneliners. There is no payoff or good final battle. The only fun battle is in the middle of the movie between hulk and ironman. Also ultron is the most dumb "superior" AI villain ever on film. He was dumb and dull as bricks.
cyberheater
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Your opinion. You're being needlessly negative about this movie.
It's a great fun action movie. Everyone I know that's seen it has enjoyed it immensely.
N7Commander95
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Great, only flaw of the film for me.
Linkstrikesback
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Eh, film was ok. First avengers was much better. And it doesn't even come close to the best Marvel FILM (GotG).
I can't just can't take the film as a serious action film when they were never in any danger at all. Ultron was never a credible threat and his ability was all over the place. Somehow Captain America was able to fight him for several minutes, and yet he wasn't easily crushed into a fine paste by thor. I guess he was supposed to have vibrainumed his current body at some point (in his very vague upgrading that happened occasionally), but that certainly wasn't clear.
Also, tony stark is apparently capable of making machines that can fight on the level of the hulk now. So that's a thing. The rest of the non-asgardian/non-vision avengers might as well have retired. (And, uh, not the other way around...)
The odds were again stacked heavily in the Avengers favour, but this time, despite the early claims that Ultron wouldn't just be having a vague world destroying plan for the evulz.... that's all it essentially boiled down to.
Quicksilver sacrificing himself was also stupidly forced. I know they dropped obvious foreshadowing when he didn't dodge the bullet from the police officer, but come on. He couldn't put the shield or car or whatever it was in between hawkeye and then move out of the way? Even worse if you compare him to Days of future pasts quicksilver.
Overall, decent film, with nothing really memorable at all. Shame since Avengers 1 was so good, and the rest of phase two has been pretty great all around. Maybe they'll even let the hulk fight the bad guy properly by infinity war.
I can't just can't take the film as a serious action film when they were never in any danger at all. Ultron was never a credible threat and his ability was all over the place. Somehow Captain America was able to fight him for several minutes, and yet he wasn't easily crushed into a fine paste by thor. I guess he was supposed to have vibrainumed his current body at some point (in his very vague upgrading that happened occasionally), but that certainly wasn't clear.
Also, tony stark is apparently capable of making machines that can fight on the level of the hulk now. So that's a thing. The rest of the non-asgardian/non-vision avengers might as well have retired. (And, uh, not the other way around...)
The odds were again stacked heavily in the Avengers favour, but this time, despite the early claims that Ultron wouldn't just be having a vague world destroying plan for the evulz.... that's all it essentially boiled down to.
Quicksilver sacrificing himself was also stupidly forced. I know they dropped obvious foreshadowing when he didn't dodge the bullet from the police officer, but come on. He couldn't put the shield or car or whatever it was in between hawkeye and then move out of the way? Even worse if you compare him to Days of future pasts quicksilver.
Overall, decent film, with nothing really memorable at all. Shame since Avengers 1 was so good, and the rest of phase two has been pretty great all around. Maybe they'll even let the hulk fight the bad guy properly by infinity war.
RadioHammer500
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i wonder if its the comedy of these MCU movies that people are getting kind of tired from....im not saying they have to go a super-dark TDK route...but i think someone mentioned earlier that it was the Russo Brothers that said too much comedy ruins tension in these films
i tend to agree with them
i tend to agree with them
King Gilga
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Man quick silver really cannot catch a break can he?
Only gets like 5 mins of screen time the DotFP, and dies in this.
He's just too OP not the write out I guess.
Really? People laugh all the time in the cinema here in my experience.
And yeah that scene got a lot of extended laughter with the facial reaction shots, the whole movie got quite a bit for laughs from the audience. Ultron himself got the most laughs throughout the whole movie I think.
Only gets like 5 mins of screen time the DotFP, and dies in this.
He's just too OP not the write out I guess.
Really? People laugh all the time in the cinema here in my experience.
And yeah that scene got a lot of extended laughter with the facial reaction shots, the whole movie got quite a bit for laughs from the audience. Ultron himself got the most laughs throughout the whole movie I think.
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