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Post by ReyKahuka on May 5, 2017 13:03:41 GMT
Why did AoU get all that hate in the first place? It was a fun summer blockbuster. I can only list my initial disappointment: Ultron's characterization. The original trailer made him out to be such a chilling threat. His lines about strings and puppets were creepy. It was a very somber tense mood throughout the trailer. Unfortunately, when the movie came out, Ultron was less that and more goofy Tony Stark. I was disappointed with that as every character seemed to be quipping like Tony already. I really didn't want it from the villain too. As Joss mentioned, Ultron was more like an unsure teenager. Unfortunately, he took that a little too literally: "Leave me alone!" It clashed with his more poignant moments: "My vision. They're really taken everything from me." Agreed, Ultron has to be the most disappointing villain in the MCU to date. (I also thought GOTG could have done more with Ronan, but it wouldn't have fit the tone of that film.) He was killing it as a sinister threat in the trailers. That one shot of him turning back and looking toward the camera was better than any line of dialog. He just had a look of contempt that told you everything you needed to know. How can a robot show contempt?! Then the movie hits and he's apologizing for ripping off limbs, forgetting what children are called, etc. It just didn't work. He has his moments to be sure, but the character is too uneven to be taken seriously, which really takes away from the overall experience. He even makes jokes as he's getting his ass kicked at the end. Ultimately I think they wanted to breathe some life into him with a personality that separated him from Agent Smith from The Matrix or countless other 'killer AI' types throughout cinema history. They just took it too far in the comic relief direction when there was already an overabundance of it with the central characters. |
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