CIMPLE – A Curious Introvert's Musings & Photos about Life and Enjoyment

I realized after I was walking out of the theater after seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron, that between Major League Baseball and hockey and basketball playoffs, I have not been to the theater to see a movie since seeing Furious 7 last month.  While I was ready to tell everyone you have to go see Furious 7, I did not leave Avengers: Age of Ultron with the same enthusiastic recommendation.  While each movie reunited a fantastic group of characters, Furious 7 reminded me of getting together with friends, wishing the night would never end and everyone talking about it for weeks, while Avengers: Age of Ultron reminded me of a friendly after-work get together of co-workers that is enjoyable, but you sense everyone has someplace else they need to be.  This feeling is only magnified when you compare the grouping of Iron Man, Captain America and Thor in the Avengers movies to their individual Marvel movies.  While I thoroughly enjoyed both Avengers movies and thought the performances and direction by Joss Whedon were very good, the movies did not resonate like the outstanding Iron Man, Thor and Captain America movies.  Avengers: Age of Ultron reunites Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) to save the world from the villain Ultron (James Spader).  The gang from The Avengers, which was released in 2012, is again supported by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Agent Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice of Paul Bethany).  Three new Marvel characters, The Vision (Paul Bethany), Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) are introduced in Avengers: Age of Ultron and while I was skeptical at the beginning of the movie about the introduction of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, by the end of the movie I thought they were fantastic additions, along with The Vision, to the main group of Avengers.  Being a big fan of Tom Hiddleston and his portrayal of Loki in The Avengers, one disappointment in the movie was that he was not included, but the voice of James Spader, as Ultron, more than made up for that disappointment. In addition to enjoying the humor of the Avengers gang and loving every scene with Robert Downey Jr., two of my other favorite moments were listening to James Spader and the performance by Elizabeth Olsen (she also starred in one of my favorite movies, Liberal Arts).  While a couple of the storylines concerning the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye were fine, I did not feel they added as much to the movie as James Spader, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.  I did not see the movie in IMAX 3D and now I am wondering if that would have added a little more excitement to the co-worker atmosphere of Avengers: Age of Ultron.