Not really. His biggest individual moment is
going for a dip in a paddling pool in a cave.
Avengers: Age of Ultron |OT| If you open this thread, you're an Avenger
- Thread starter Quick
- Start date
- Status
Not really. His biggest individual moment is
Maninthemirror
Banned
its the winter soldier affect. reviewers are tired of consistent quips and want substance like TWS which was a great movie more than a comic book movie. I might think this is the reviewers telling the film makers its time for the film quality to grow
I don't think quips are the problem, personally. It was fully to expect more of a genre piece like Winter Soldier with AoU. They were always going to make a movie built more around spectacle than substance to try and entertain the largest audience possible, just like with the first film. I wish they would aim higher with Avengers but I'm not surprised they haven't. I think it's more reasonable to expect that with Infinity War simply due to being 2 parts instead of just one.
damn vision looks hot. robogod yesss
Yes.I haven't seen it yet but does ultron have three forms in this?
What a brilliant idea. Truly, whoever suggested it in the MCU thread is a god among men ;-)
There is an extended cut? Is there a link on this somewhere?
Amazon accidentally leaked it for the Blu-Ray release & Joss Whedon did say the movie was originally over 3 hours long.
I don't care. I just want an extended cut for the home release. Because Age of Ultron is weirdly cut and not even an extended cut would solve all of the problems. It would solve some though.
It was a super funny movie and it hit the right notes when it comes to humor but much of everything else let something to be desired.
Actually, the absolute best thing about the whole movie is Scarlet Witch.
It was a super funny movie and it hit the right notes when it comes to humor but much of everything else let something to be desired.
Actually, the absolute best thing about the whole movie is Scarlet Witch.
Zeyphersan
Banned
I keep almost clicking on the spoiler thread
That doesn't mean an extended version would be that long. A lot of first assembly cuts for movies run at 3+ hours.
We also know that certain theaters were listing the movie at 160 minutes a month before release.
Insane Metal
Member
It's insane seeing Furious 7 ahead of AAU (78% vs 82%) on RT. But what's really ultrageous is that The Babadook sits at 98%, what the flying fuck.
I've seen it twice now. The first time, I was disappointed. Second time, I was able to pick up on a lot more and now I love it. It's not on the same level as Winter Soldier or GotG, but it's closer than any of the other Marvel movies.
It's not as "fun" as the first, but it's not trying to be. My only complaints:
- The finale isn't as good as the original. It's not bad by any means, just not quite as stirring.
- There's some awkward scene transitions that left me a little confused. Second time I watched it, I knew they were coming and just went with it, but an extended version could help. It feels like they really struggled to get the running time down.
- It didn't do a good job of explaining Scarlett Witch's powers.
- Thor's subplot feels completely unnecessary.
What I loved:
-The dialogue (not just the quips) is fantastic.
- It's waaay more consistent than the first movie which I thought was completely mediocre until the helicarrier attack. This one starts strong and stays strong.
- James Spader
- They found a great angle on the Hawkeye character without turning him into "generic badass."
- I thought Vision looked a little goofy at first, but he won me over.
It's not as "fun" as the first, but it's not trying to be. My only complaints:
- The finale isn't as good as the original. It's not bad by any means, just not quite as stirring.
- There's some awkward scene transitions that left me a little confused. Second time I watched it, I knew they were coming and just went with it, but an extended version could help. It feels like they really struggled to get the running time down.
- It didn't do a good job of explaining Scarlett Witch's powers.
- Thor's subplot feels completely unnecessary.
What I loved:
-The dialogue (not just the quips) is fantastic.
- It's waaay more consistent than the first movie which I thought was completely mediocre until the helicarrier attack. This one starts strong and stays strong.
- James Spader
- They found a great angle on the Hawkeye character without turning him into "generic badass."
- I thought Vision looked a little goofy at first, but he won me over.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Glad to see it stays good on repeat viewings. I know I'll probably end up seeing this like four times in theaters when all is said and done
demosthenes
Member
Tickets bought for Thursday @ 7:30. About 12 of us going in total, can't wait
But that does not confirm it.
As has been said, rough cuts are usually much longer, and we don't know the motives and sources of whoever wrote the Amazon UK email. It could have taken Joss Whedon's comment of their being a lot of extra material on the DVD out of proportion.
The only reason a saw it a second time is because my friend wanted to go. I'm glad I did, otherwise I would still feel disappointed. Now I'm actually excited to see it for a third time.
Cloud Strife
Member
Good to know, I'm planning on seeing it multiple times too (family, friends, etc.).
Three more days!?!
Atraveller
Banned
Sure, why not, Avatar did it.
This matches with my feelings too.
One point about the finale in AoU that is notably better than the first film's, is there is no magic reset button like the Chitari all dropping dead the moment the nuke goes off.
Zeyphersan
Banned
I see them doing this only if the movie ends up a couple million shy of making 2 billion worldwide and they do a re-release to get it over. The Dark Knight did something similar when it was only a little bit below grossing a Billion.
I know it's purely rumour now about an extended cut hitting home media but that would be great too if it ever came about, I think it's highly unlikely but I would be all over that, this film would greatly benefit from an extended cut I think. I was disappointed with it in it's current form, some subplots and story threads just don't work for me as they are (Thor's specifically - think a few have mentioned that on here already), you can tell they've trimmed it down as much as they could.
Atraveller
Banned
I hope Disney doesn't split up the home releases and make us wait for the extended version.
me too, biggest disappointment of the MCU movies so far, but sadly I guess we're out of luck
ReplacementPelican
Member
Just to confirm, I received the email as well so that is definitely real and I honestly doubt that Amazon would just make it up, I cannot remember them doing that for any other film.
I know I got it too but until Marvel themselves confirm it I'll take it with a grain of salt, though it would make sense with this film. The film badly needs it though, in my opinion.
Yep. I feel like this is one of the rare cases where a movie needs to be longer. Personally I wouldn't have minded if they trimmed down some of the action scenes to make room in the regular version, but realistically, I know they would never do that.
roflwaffles
Member
Honestly, Scarlet Witch's powers have always been a bit... convoluted in any media.
I've never read the comics so every other scene she'd do something new and I was like, "Okay. I guess she can do that too."
Yeah, I can't remember many other times where I walked out of the cinema thinking "That film needed to be longer". The
Thor subplot just seems like it's been diluted down from something more substantial.
He has a cool part when I actually remembered "Hey, this guy is a god, who knew".
What I liked? Hawkguy. The first thing besides the Captain America scenes with Peggy that have made me feel something in these movies.
Embrace it, Marvel Studios, Hawkguy>>>Hawkeye
Atraveller
Banned
Why is that?
Yeah, and the pisser is, it only needs an extra 10 minutes or so to flesh out all the bits that suffered the most cuts. Didn't need to be a 3½ epic, and pacing wouldn't have been impacted by fleshing out the Ultron origin or building up the
Thor-in-a-pond
I'm exaggerating a bit.
It just ignores what happened in Iron Man 3 and The Winter Soldier, and how those events would have affected both Steve and Tony. And then the whole Fury thing pisses on Agents of Shield. But I won't get into spoiler territory in this thread.
Yeep, totally agreed, I couldn't believe my eyes, they set up such interesting dynamics, it's like this movie is a prequel and goes before Iron man 3 an WS. This is Avengers 1.5 dudes, the real Avengers 2 is Civil War.
On the contrary, I really don't think Civil War is gonna be an Avengers type film. I don't expect Team Cap to go up against Team Tony in an all out battle.
It'll be small cameos with a strong focus on Captain America and his issue with Tony Stark and his standpoint toward the registration.
I think the bigger roles are gonna be Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, Crossbones and Baron Zemo. Everyone else will be small cameos, including Spider-Man.
It'll be small cameos with a strong focus on Captain America and his issue with Tony Stark and his standpoint toward the registration.
I think the bigger roles are gonna be Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, Crossbones and Baron Zemo. Everyone else will be small cameos, including Spider-Man.
The first Avengers kind of does this too. Iron Man 2 ends with Stark being assigned as a consultant for the Avengers than an actual member, and Thor ends with the Bifrost destroyed and him being stick in Asgard, cut off from Earth. Then both of these things are immediately handwaved in the movie to have them on the team.
As for the bolded, I really think people are setting themselves up for disappointment if they think Agents of SHIELD is ever, in any way, going to be felt in the movies. The show has too small of an audience to ever matter to or affect the movie side of things. That's why Whedon said he's treating it as if Coulson is dead -- because as far the people who just see the movies are concerned, he still is.
- Status