Sorry my blog posts have slowed. I’m still reading a lot more slowly lately, in fact been on An American Tragedy for a couple weeks and I’m nowhere close to finishing it. Just sort of doing other things right now. But I did get to the theaters over the weekend to see the new Avengers.
In this newest one, the Avengers team comes together to yet again stop a plot to destroy the world. Stark (Iron Man) creates Ultron, a robot that is supposed to protect humanity, but is instead fueled by anger and sets out to do the opposite. That’s pretty much the plot in a nutshell, it isn’t all that deep, and most of the film showcases the amazing battles that makes these films great. The one knock against it is by the end, it seems super heroes are coming out of the woodwork, in a X-Men Last Stand sort of way, which personally feels a little out of character for the series so far.
I have mixed feelings for this movie. The production is huge and well done, but it is starting to wear on me a little. It seems the team just keeps facing more and more dire circumstances, and honestly this film seemed to stray off what the Avengers movies do best. Some plot elements felt a little forced, and boy did they try hard to squeeze a tear out of you (to no avail)! Overall it is good, don’t get me wrong, but I liked the first Avengers better, and as the Marvel team is ramping up these films and releasing more and more, with closer dates to each other, they may have to do something to keep this series feeling fresh.
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