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8. Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Man I wish this movie was good.

I mean, maybe it is, maybe it holds up well.  I'm due to watch it soon for Every Comic Book Movie Ever, Reviewed and I'm hoping to be surprised by it. But one thing I know I won't be surprised by is Ultron kinda sucking.

Ultron in the comics is a great villain. He's menacing and scary and inhuman. The movie purposely undoes all of that. MCU Ultron is jokey and unassuming and incredibly human. Which is the wrong way to play this idea. When adapting, you want to lean in to the strengths of a character, not completely subvert them. Ultron's cold machine-like nature is his entire appeal as a bad guy and tossing that all out the window is just buffoonery.

Also, and this is key, he looks terrible. His face, like his personality is too human and easy to identify. His drones have those beautiful jack o'lantern faces that make them scary and that is why the two best Ultron scenes in the film are the first and last ones where he is in bodies other than his final form. But the movie ignores everything that's good about the character and that's the key problem with it.