Avengers: Age of Ultron was a movie I had been looking forward to for well over a year, and through all the anticipation I was a little scared that maybe the movie wouldn’t be as good as I hoped it would be. The movie as a whole was entertaining and the plot was rather Terminatoresque, but I was not disappointed. Okay, maybe I was a little disappointed. The movie follows a rather played out plot that includes an Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) that becomes so self-aware that it plots to kill its creators to obtain ultimate peace. Ultron, the A.I. gone mad, has been a staple of the Marvel brand comics for years, but that doesn’t mean that his gimmick is suddenly less cliché. Action-wise I was rather impressed, but as a whole the movie missed its mark. Two and a half hour run time aside, perhaps the most entertaining portions of the movie were instances where the members of the Avengers were shown enjoying their free time. Watching some of my favorite superheroes unwind and relax made sitting through almost two and a half hours of near-constant action totally worth it. All in all, Avengers: Age of Ultron aimed high and may have fallen a little flat, but hardcore Marvel fans will not be disappointed.
– By Sawyer Davis