Avengers: Age of Ultron

— I like all of the Marvel films and this one was fun too, but flawed. It’s got plenty of great effects and enough action to wear out an old viewer like me. Even so, there were times when I wasn’t sure about the pacing. Maybe it was just difficult to keep track of so many heroes, much less know what to do with several new heroes. Seriously, to have all these characters with different powers battling nothing more than a large group of robots for an extended and important scene seems like a major under-utilization of powers. I like that these movies don’t put superheroes on a very high pedestal, but with so many in one film, they’re downright commonplace. This film suffers in comparison to the original Avengers film and pales next to the wonderful “Guardians of the Galaxy”. If you’re already invested in the franchise, see it. Otherwise, there’s probably something available in DVD or on Netflix that you should see first.

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[2015. 141 min. Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and James Spader.]
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/04/fighting-on