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Critics' first reactions to Avengers: Age of Ultron
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SCULLIBUNDO
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Interesting.
Discotheque
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hard to top something that fun.
it's great to hear hawkeye stepped up to the plate for this film tho. dude put me to sleep in avengers, but so did black widow and captain america and they were really fun in winter soldier.
if he got an improvement anywhere near on that level then that will be fun to see, renner always has potential if given something decent to work with.
thor's hopeless though lol.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Yeah good to hear about Hawkeye. I'm hoping Whedon kept Cap as awesome as he was in TWS as opposed to the comically lame doofus he was in the first Avengers.
matrix-cat
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People keep saying this, but his characterisation was awful in the first Avengers. Stern Cap, stern Thor, jokey Tony, robot Black Widow doesn't understand your hu-man concept of 'jokes'. They were all just playing the single-line blurbs from the Marvel handbook, barely resembling their incarnations in their own solo movies, except for when they'd throw out a pithy, "laughs go here" one liner. Whedon was good at juggling a huge cast on his TV shows, but I didn't see it in Avengers.
Same with the way people say he writes such great female characters, and then the two female characters in the movie are just the same no-nonsense, lips-pursed humourless automaton in different outfits. Sure he can do it, but that doesn't mean he does it every time.
ZackieChan
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Once you walk in that door, you're a GAFfer.
Entirely expected, more like.
I actually don't mind when Marvel movies start acting like they're the middle episode of a slice-of-life drama. But I dream of an ideal world where everything is episodic because characterisation tends to work out better in long form.
tringworldso
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Wonder if Whedon took some cues from Matt Fraction's run on Hawkeye and actually gave him a personality and stuff to do (him being brainwashed is not an excuse, just a poor use of the character). But with Jeremy Renner, I can't expect much.
Will be watching for Chris and Robert yet again.
Will be watching for Chris and Robert yet again.
SirJackDaniels
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11 more days 
Hawkeye had a personality long before Fraction... I don't know that they're going to dive into that angle of the character unless he gets a more central spotlight. Right now, I think they're going with extremely skilled wise-ass, and will save the "oh his life is actually kinda in the gutter" angle for when he gets a solo movie or shows up on AoS or something.
He is in Civil War.
Okay I previously swore I was going to stay out of these threads but:
Noooooooooo. I thought Tom Hiddleston was filming a scene with Idris Elba? I'll be bummed if that was cut - I'm still holding out hope for the after credit sequence.
Other than that, good to see that critic reactions are positive! The impression I'm getting is basically what I expected, to be honest (good, but darker/more emotional than the first).
Noooooooooo. I thought Tom Hiddleston was filming a scene with Idris Elba? I'll be bummed if that was cut - I'm still holding out hope for the after credit sequence.
Other than that, good to see that critic reactions are positive! The impression I'm getting is basically what I expected, to be honest (good, but darker/more emotional than the first).
Wait what really? Why is he not in there.
I remember reading someone's prediction in a gaf thread ages ago that
. I always liked that idea, doesn't sound too implausible given that quote.
Hawkeye would be the only Avenger left standing, Ultron would be mocking him, and then he shoots him with an arrow made of a shard from cap's shattered shield
Because they don't need to lean on what, in Thor 2, kind of became a crutch for Marvel when they don't really have much else for a draw.Wait what really? Why is he not in there.
Wait what really? Why is he not in there.
Because Thor needs to be his own character without being saddled to Loki. They've been three-for-three thus far. To rely on him a fourth time before Ragnarok would feel lazy.
Hawkeye Netflix show based on Fraction's run would be fucking awesome. Maybe tie/introduce Kate in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Give Widow a movie where she goes back to Russia to face off against Red Guardian, Hawkeye knows where she's headed and tails her as back up.
Plinko
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This is what was worrying me from the trailers. The movie looks like it's going to be 2 straight hours of bleak, "they can't beat Ultron" and inner conflict and then 5 minutes of "welp, beat him." I hate those unbalanced movies.
peanutbutterlatte
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There's clearly going to be some wisecracking throughout, based on the trailers.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Movie is already tracking for $200m+ opening.
I'm actually fine with it. I'm just confused, because the leak said he would be in it.
This is a Whedon joint, breh. There will be jokes.
Probably a decision they had to make in editing.
SillyEskimo
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My local IMAX theathers are sold out up until Sunday which still have some seats. It's crazy. I ordered my tickets almost a month in advance and the best I could get is fair seating on Saturday afternoon.
All superhero movies ,most of them bad or average, start out with like 100, 90% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Early reviewers, most of them enthusiasts, will gush whether the movie deserves it or not. Certainly The Avengers ended up with positive review average in total (even if the movie was bad and didn't deserve it), but that one like all of them falls in fresh or meta rating as more critics join in.
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>Bask in it boys, it's going to get even better soon.
But seriously these early Hawkeye impressions are delusional obvs.
BobTheFork
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If Hawkeye gets that much screen time, I suddenly don't feel so bad that I'll have to wait and see this a few weeks after release.
shira
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My prediction of Hawkeye haters looking to eat crow on this film looking better and better...
I think (hope?) this is a safe bet. Whedon said that he was inspired by Winter Soldier, and even Evans has said he's pushed for more consistency in Cap's power -- i.e. if he's chucking guys like rag dolls left and right in Winter Soldier, he can't go back to getting beaten on by random henchmen here too.
I think (hope?) this is a safe bet. Whedon said that he was inspired by Winter Soldier, and even Evans has said he's pushed for more consistency in Cap's power -- i.e. if he's chucking guys like rag dolls left and right in Winter Soldier, he can't go back to getting beaten on by random henchmen here too.
Schweinehund
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Pretty much.
Bring on flash
I'm sure the movie is going to be good but these impression are hard to take seriously.
Do we know if the screenings yesterday had the credits scene? If Loki isn't in the main movie I can see him being in the mid credits scene (possibly talking with Thanos). Or something Thor related (for Ragnarok).
NerdEyeBlind
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Hawkeye REDEEMED!
Glass Rebel
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Played-by-uncharismatic-actor Quicksilver being worse than one-mighty-impressive-setpiece-and-nothing-else Quicksilver is disappointing.
Oh well!
Oh well!
It did.
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