We get that everybody must have seen until now Avengers: Age of Ultron, who was supposed to be the biggest event of the summer, on par with the December release of The Force Awakens. And we also understand that, even if it didn't break the 3-days box-office record, it will make a ton of money. But is that enough?

As some fans put it, Marvel seems to be heading on a downward spiral, as far as the quality of the story is concerned. Yes, the explosions and the action are still epic "“ however, there is something disappointing about Avengers: Age of Ultron, which was marketed intensely as being the best Marvel film, with the best story, the best villain, the best newcomers, and so on. Was it so?

Age of Ultron without Ultron

We get it that the movie's Ultron was born yesterday (yup, there is a Vision joke in here somewhere, if you have the taste for these kinds of jokes) and that, despite his intelligence, he can still act like someone being born, well, yesterday. As in diminishing his role of Big Baddie of Age of Ultron and becoming a punch line.

I can't physically throw up in my mouth?!? What is he? Yet another evil armored version of Tony Stark? He was supposed to be the villain that pulls Tony Stark back in the game, after the end of Iron Man 3 saw that character looking for a different kind of motivation.

What about the voice? How awesome and metallic (as in robot-ish it sound in the first trailer) and how Woody (as in Toy Story) was in the actual movie?  Was this supposed to be a Disney joke? The biggest villain was supposed to just be there to fill the dead space between the first Avengers and the Infinity War?

If it worked the first time, it will work again

Remember how Loki mind-controlled Hawkeye in the first movie? Remember how the Avengers fought between themselves, only to resolve their issues with a punch line? Remember how the Avengers didn't necessarily trust each other? Or, check this one out, remember how the epic battle in New York was against some mindless, faceless and, pretty much, useless legion of baddies?

Well, Age of Ultron does just about that "“ of course, it is all louder, bigger, more epic and so on. But, story wise, it didn't convince us. It is like what Captain America: The First Avenger was for the, well, first Avengers: one big trailer.

Basically, and for that matter, Age of Ultron is nothing less than a setup "“ for Civil War, for Ragnarok, for Infinity War, and so on. Scarlet Witch makes the Avengers fight themselves, the Avengers don't necessarily trust each other, the Iron Legion is just for show and so on.