MCU REVIEW: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Episode 31 - Avengers: Age of Ultron Movie Review

After spending last week reading Brian Bendis’s version of the Age of Ultron, we now get to compare it with Joss Whedon’s take on the same topic two years later.  Suffice it to say, there are some differences. 

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Film Facts

Tagline: A new age begins
Released: May 1, 2015
Runtime: 141 minutes
Box Office: worldwide:  $1,402,805,868 / domestic: $459,005,868
Budget: $250,000,000
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 
Stars: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader and Samuel L Jackson
Directed:  Joss Whedon
Screenplay:  Joss Whedon

2ish Minute Recap

Discussion Topics

Ultron Origin different, but similar

James Spader as Ultron

The Twins

The Vision

CGI is questionable at some points

Suit of armor around the world / peace in our time

Avengers are discordant.  Ultron has harmony.

The Hulk and Black Widow thing

Tidbits 

From the comics 

Face Off!

• Which Did it better? The Comics or the Movie

What's Next

• Marvel Premiere #47 and #48 (1979) 
• The Astonishing Ant-Man #1-13 (2015) 

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