From the article: But the downside of having a movie about an entire team of superheroes is that you have, you know, an entire team of superheroes to deal with any threat that arises. Ultron talks a good game, but compared to a massive team of heroes who have saved the world a bunch of times, he's never all that threatening... I have no idea what the plot will be for Infinity War, but in theory Thanos could bring back all the villains from every marvel movie if he collects all the stones. That would solve the problem stated in the article and would be fun as hell to watch on screen.
I think the key is to have different segments of characters dealing with different problems in real-time. That's how the best comic storylines were put together. A set of characters playing a role in a very specific game. Days of the Future Past kind of played on it - you had the future X-Men working on something while the past X-Men were involved in another. Each mission relating to the other. These Avengers movies need that element working for them to an even further extreme.
Juts my opinion, but with the introduction of new characters (specifically Dr. Strange) there's a real chance something like that plays out. It would be a huge failure to introduce so many new characters and not have them face more than one problem. Slightly off topic but I also think getting the Russo brothers helps a lot.
I have to watch this one again to decide how much I like it. I heard some reviews were calling the movie underwhelming so I came in with that expectation. It was entertaining, but there were some missing gaps like character development for the newbies. The epicness of the avengers fighting together felt diminished because the whole robot minion army thing from Iron Man's reject pile wasn't a great foil to elevate superheroes. Bit nitpicky from expectations of exceeding the first movie, but it's a 7.0 for now
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an entertaining animated series that is available on netflix. In many ways the huge amount of episodes with linked story lines allows it to surpass the movies story lines.
Finally got around to seeing this today. I enjoyed it, but I'm not very picky when it comes to these. Did feel clunky at parts, would've personally rather sat through another hour than have them cut out scenes that could've explained more. That being said, still 8/10 for me and Marvel will continue to get my money.
Disappointing. How many times can we see Cap's shield slice robots? And the CGI was noticeably CGI. So much so that I expected the first scene to end as a virtual reality simulated training teamwork exercise but no, it was part of the story. Love stuff was awkward and forced. Too many robots. Oh, and Loki gets a scepter with one of these special gem things and all Thor gets is a hammer? That was really stupid of you Anthony Hopkins. And too many robots.
I'm not sure I agree with the world destruction getting old. Ultron wouldn't be Ultron if he didn't decide to wipe humanity off the Earth. I'm not 100% sure Loki wanted the destruction of the world, as he was keen on being its ruler - did the Chitauri betray him, here? In assuming Marvel wants to stay true to the source material, the world HAS to be in danger every time. If the stakes aren't raised this way, there might not be that much pressure on the heroes / that much drama for the theater audience. With that said, Ant-Man might not have the whole "the world is gonna end if Ant-Man doesn't step up!" plot. The movie just doesn't seem on that scale. You srs breh? How do you make Ultron's army for a movie, without using CGI? Cap's shield is Vibranium, which should slice through anything. And finally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mjölnir
Try cutting a phone book with the sharpest knife you have. It still requires force to cut through things even if you have an indestructible object, and captain america isn't that strong.
Gotcha. But can physics really be strictly applied to a fictional metal in vibranium, much less comic book worlds? On that note, though, I don't think CA has sliced through a human / Chitauri baddie, even though he's able to slice some of Ultron's army in half. Is this an oversight, or is CA controlling his strength?
Apparently. It's just funny how the shield bounces off of somethings like walls but slices through pretty thick medal. Comic book physics is hilarious.
Physics, biology, psychology and any other relevant subset of science in existence. You've figured it out, congrats.
Seriously you film in Africa and South Africa without introducing this guy? For realz? In Wakanda. The guy I thought of instantly. I guess you have too many heroes but that is a must. Spoiler
General audiences won't know who that is. The fact that they went to Wakanda was most likely to help connect his solo movie to the universe when it comes out. "Oh Yeah, Wakanda. That's the place the Avengers went to in Age of Ultron."
