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Avengers: Age of Ultron
Boy, how muddled Avengers: Age of Ultron was! Ultron had a typical James Bond villain plan, there were way too many characters to juggle, the action was all over the place (and without any focus), and so on.
But the biggest mistake was that it tried too hard to set up ALMOST THE ENTIRE PHASE 3 on its own – Civil War, Black Panther, and Infinity War are all connected to this one. And this is a shame, since it could have been great – sooo great!
But, unlike many others, I don’t blame Joss Whedon, who did his best and who also had to listen to all the advice the powers that be gave him. I wonder what the point of the romantic subplot for Hulk and Black Widow was, just as I wonder about the purpose behind the introduction of Hawkeye’s family. I also wonder what the hell happened with that Thor vision. And I wonder plenty of other things, too!
But now I have Vision and Scarlet Witch, as well as a fight between Hulk and Hulkbuster (yes, it ended disappointingly, but it was still off the charts).
Maybe the Avengers should have faced a fully upgraded Ultron, completely uploaded in what would become Vision’s body. Maybe we should have seen how the Earth’s mightiest heroes can battle a being powered by an Infinity Stone.
Just saying.
