The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Joss WhedonDrehbuch:
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Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, James Spader (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Es ist einige Zeit vergangen, seit die Avengers New York gegen den Angriff einer außerirdischen Armee verteidigt haben. Jeder ist seitdem seinen eigenen Weg gegangen und manch einer hatte sein ganz persönliches Abenteuer zu bestehen. Als Milliardär Tony Stark ein stillgelegtes Friedensprogramm reaktiviert, gerät die Situation plötzlich außer Kontrolle und das Schicksal der Erde steht auf dem Spiel. Gemeinsam müssen sich die Avengers Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow und Hawkeye gegen den scheinbar übermächtigen Ultron stellen, der wild entschlossen ist, die gesamte Menschheit auszulöschen. Um seine Pläne zu vereiteln, müssen die Avengers unberechenbare Allianzen eingehen und in eine Schlacht von globalen Ausmaßen ziehen. (Walt Disney Deutschland)
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“I’ve had a long day. Eugene O'Neill long.” Unsurprisingly, Whedon is wagering on the tried and true. Also, the second Avengers is a sharp ensemble action movie that entertains more with clever dialogue than with massive, stylistically intoxicating action sequences, which this time are at least a tiny bit clearer thanks to the long “relay” shots (whereas the first film culminated with this technique as an illustration of the team’s cohesion, it serves as a visual leitmotif in the second one). ___ The interaction between the characters is no longer only about the necessity of finding their way to each other, maintaining their individuality and learning to cooperate. They begin to get to know both each other and their own dark sides better, which leads us to see them also as people (or rather characters with human problems) and not just as superhuman and essentially courageous saviours of civilisation (not for nothing do the heroes address each other mostly by their civilian names). Despite that, the film doesn’t cross the line into mutual teasing at the relationship level and it lacks serious conflict that would pose a threat to the team’s unity. Whedon remains too obliging toward his heroes and their somewhat pubescent thought processes, and despite being slightly more serious, Age of Ultron is still far from the bleakness and seriousness of Guardians of the Galaxy or at least The Dark Knight. From the beginning, the tone of the film makes it clear that it’s not going to get heavy, no adult problems will be resolved (“corny” is the best description of the relationship between Natasha and Bruce, as well as Clint’s family life), no serious crisis will occur and the allusions to American foreign policy will remain at a general level (Ultron as the result of the advancing mechanisation of warfare, violence perpetrated in the interest of protecting democratic values, the tension between the transparent and the concealed war on terror, with the former approach represented by the idealistic Captain America and the latter by Stark). ___ Unlike the elitist first film, the primary interest in the human element is not limited to the superheroes – the final action sequence is based on trying to save as many civilians as possible. The absorption in their own tragic story, the mutual flirtation and the amusing measuring of egos against one another are thus balanced by concern for ordinary human lives, though that concern serves mainly to underscore the mythological dimension of the narrative. It would not have been necessary to depict the heroes in the form of classical statuary in the closing credits in order for us to realise that they have the same role in the modern (fictional) world as the Greek gods did in antiquity. ___ The second Avengers is a more masterful, albeit somewhat mechanical, manifestation of what made the first Avengers movie surprising – the combination of a loud blockbuster with an informal and imaginative conversational relationship flick. If it represents the final development phase of Marvel adaptations, that won’t make me angry. In relation to genre conventions, however, the subversive Iron Man 3 and the narratively sophisticated Captain America: The Winter Soldier showed us that it can be done more imaginatively. ___ In the end, Age of Ultron is the most audacious in terms of the demands that it places on viewers who want to flawlessly find their way around in the story and among the large number of characters throughout the film’s entire 140-minute runtime. It begins without any in media res exposition and it doesn’t linger on explaining who is who and what they are after during the next two hours. The many hints, signs and allusions assume that you are as familiar with the fictional encyclopaedia as the characters are. Though I have mostly kept up to speed so far, I cannot imagine how I will manage to sort through the tremendous amount of facts ten movies and a hundred series episodes later. 80%
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The sequel to the first film, stripped of the element of surprise and enriched with a more capable villain. The action is less bloated, fits into the plot better, and expands the universe with new characters. Anyway, the predictability is even more tiring than the rest of the Marvel movies. Unless there's a major shift in Civil War, there's no point in looking at it any other way than in standby mode.
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So after watching this movie, I wondered if I were crazy, thinking that all these comic book adaptations are all very much the same in the last few years, so I decided to give The Guardians of the Galaxy another try after the second Avengers. And it really had it. It had what I really missed in this instalment of the Avengers. And this essential thing is nothing but the humor that the first instalment still somehow kept going. And that’s too bad, because Age of Ultron would have had the characters for it. Iron Man and Thor are clearly a pair of top catchphrase makers and here it’s as if someone deflated their ego. I have a feeling that it is humor and catchphrases that make comic books into movies that will create an extraordinary experience for the viewer, to which they will be happily returning. And now I know that I will definitely not return to this film. It is not just about humor, but also about the villain, who not only does not have the charisma (which is difficult to have by default in robots) but mainly one is not afraid of him, let alone respect him. Technically, it’s handled well, including action scenes that are exquisite. But everything else just doesn’t work here. In fact, this film accurately describes the type of comic book adaptations that I would prefer not to be repeated, but of which there are more than enough in recent years. As far as content repetition goes, I hope that the next episode will be called Avengers vs. X-Men to experience a complete Marvel recycling.
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Ich bin ein alter und konservativer Mensch, der es nicht mehr fertig bringt, schnell genug mit dem Tempo von Michael Bays hypnagogischer Sitzungen mitzukommen, und der unbeholfenen Figuren immer mehr genießt, die stets ihr eigenes Ego verwöhnen müssen. Ich kann darüber lachen und selbst über das absolut tragische Liebesknurren des Greenhorns sowie eines Russenmädchens hinwegsehen, das ich ohne zu zögern als einen der größten Regiefails in der gesamten Marvelgeschichte bezeichnen würde. Abermals bewegen sich die Avengers nirgendwohin, wiederum arbeiten sie mit demselben (und nicht ganz frisch anmutendem) Aktionsmodell und abermals sehe ich keine schwindelerregende Gradierung in ihnen. Das ganze macht unter anderem deshalb Spaß, weil ich zum ersten Mal in der Marvelgeschichte um das Leben einer der Figuren Angst hatte und weil es sich um die erste Soloaktion Hawkeyes handelt, der mich ohne Vorwarnung aus dem Hinterhalt erwischt hat. Ich habe eben das erhalten, wofür ich ins Kino gekommen bin. Ein langsames, leicht gekünstelt wirkendes und konservatives Kostümevent, das in seiner Größe eigentlich wieder merkwürdigerweise intim wirkt, zumal es sich im Grunde genommen, um eine Gruppe an Freunden handelt, die sich nach Ruhe sehnen.
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"Marvel is playing games with the audience "Find ten differences". Leaving aside the obligatory "bigger, longer, more expensive, more computer effects", it is indistinguishable from the first movie. What you would miss terribly is a charismatic villain (again), it is noticeably lacking the human element (again), what is completely absent is any fear of the characters (again), everyone is just playing with each other in a harmless way (again) and the final hour turns into one big not escalating, confusing and an interchangeable CGI action mess (again), in which just a bunch of bad guys from space replace countless robots. It is almost impossible to tell the first and the second movie apart, because each of them has the same pros and cons, so you know exactly in advance what and in what form you will get. Which, of course, applies to some extent to all (cinema) Marvel movies. The question is whether to take this established "corporate unified approach" as a good thing or bad.
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Grandiose, with clear resonance, characters filled to the brim – and yet I want more. Especially since this director's oversight was likely the last. Those who followed Joss Whedon's most complex work, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, under circumstances other than coming home from school at the age of thirteen, know that some of the narrative archetypes were already being tossed out by the king of geeks almost two decades ago. And even though this time the story about how Beauty had to save the Beast (Black Widow and Hulk) and the one about the man who has no supernatural or technologically driven abilities and yet must be enough for the local gods (Hawkeye) is limited in this way, it does not yield any worse storytelling. Just tell it faster. That's also the only downside to the peak of the entire Phase Two. It has to hint at events from all the solo films and lay the groundwork for Avengers: Infinity War, so it's no wonder that there's not enough time for everyone involved. It doesn't matter for Iron Man, Thor, or Cap, because even though we adore them, we'll soon see them in separate adventures and their roles, cut down to a flawed genius, a courageous warrior, and an honorable leader, which will be more than enough. The bigger problem is with the twins, who have a lot of potential, which Ultron – functioning as their origin – has no chance of fulfilling. So there's no point in kidding ourselves, those two and a half hours are desperately short for a bunch of plotlines and two bunches of characters. If it's true that the original Whedon's cut was over three hours, I'm not surprised at all, and secondly, I request a private screening because the world would not have seen a better comic book shop.
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Successful continuation develops on some loose ends and also manages to warn against AI. Unfortunately it suffers from being a sequel and the movie would benefit from half an hour of character background building, because there simply isn’t enough time for that, what with all the action. Even Ultron’s motivation to attempt to annihilate the Avengers seems to me unconvincingly explained, but he certainly doesn’t lack charisma. Spader enjoys himself. Sidetracking to the infinity stones take your attention the wrong way, even though Whedon tried to squeeze Age of Ultron into the story legitimately, this way it just acts as a bridgehead for the two-part Infinity War which won’t come along for another three years. The powerhouse of the movie it Jerry Renner’s quite (pleasantly) surprising Hawkeye in together with the anti-heroes Stark and Banner who spoil everything they touch. The digital orgies are occasionally a little exhausting, because the action tries to focus on all characters at once. The chemistry in the chit-chat scenes works splendidly, however. I’m quite curious how the changed team lineup affects the next Marvel movies. I’m pleased that they decided to go ahead with something like this. The vision deserves more space.
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In Anbetracht der Anzahl der Figuren und der Art der Handlung gibt es zwei Stunden Action, zehn Minuten Handlung und zehn Minuten Abspann, plus die Schlussszenen. Es gab keinen Platz für einen Film, obwohl Widow und Hulk kein schlechtes Paar sind, und bei Hawkeye zu Hause war es sehr vielversprechend. Die einzigen positiven Aspekte sind für mich Wanda, Vision und Peggys Cameo-Auftritt.
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The same thing over and over again. Unfortunately, there is a lack of coherence and it lacks the dynamism of the first film. Among all the comic-book clichés, the only things that remain are the well-developed characters and the sharp emphasis on the supporting, not so powerful, yet very interesting figures (Hawkeye, Black Widow). The could have spared the nonsense with the Hulk, as well as the cheap action just for the sake of it, but those smooth digital sequences are cool, right? (even though they look lilke Zack Snyder’s stuff.) Joss Whedon doesn’t deliver anything revolutionary, he just pockets a lot of money because he does what works the most: a little bit of everything, so no one gets offended and everyone gets their fill. I wonder how many dozens of comics with the same plot narrative and framework Hollywood will have to make before audiences realise that it's all the same? Then a creator like Nolan will have to come in and rewrite history again.
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So wie bei dem ersten Teil gebe ich verlegene drei Sterne und hebe mir den Rest für eine DVD-Wiederholung auf. Avengers 2: Age of Ultron hat mir schon gefallen. Nur dass es in dem Film so viele Dinge gibt, die ich kritisieren kann, dass er von mir momentan keine höhere Bewertung verdient hat. Ich war von der unzureichenden Nutzung von Baron von Strucker (gespielt von Thomas Kretschmann!), von Joss Whedons lästigem Bedürfnis, dass ständig irgendetwas Lustiges gesagt oder getan wird, von dem faden Ultron, das keine Angst eingejagt hat (und das natürlich auch Dinge sagen musste, die lustig sein sollten), und von der fast fehlenden Spannung enttäuscht. Szenen wie z. B. das Hammerheben (wirklich witzig) oder das Gespräch von Black Widow und Dr. Banner (dramatisch, rührend, es hatte alles) haben mir aber gefallen. Vom Duell zwischen Hulk und Hulkbuster war ich begeistert. Die Tricks von ILM waren schön (eine Ausnahme war die erste Szene mit dem Schlaf von Hulk und Black Widow, die eigentlich von jedem King Kong – selbst von dem ältesten – übertroffen wird). Vision ist am besten gelungen.
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Do you think we're completely stupid? Of course, in many cases we really are, and it takes very little to satisfy us cinematically (in my case, for example, a green Jim Carrey, something I'm a little ashamed of), but to serve a mass audience with a budget of over a hundred million dollars and a group of perhaps the most popular actors of our time a film that works purely on the basis of stimulus (i.e. a whirlwind of visual effects, annoying themes about a threat to the whole world, and some situational humour here and there) – receptor (jerk, usually with his girlfriend, who is innocent of this, as she is just constantly drooling over the looks and musculature of Mr. Thor and Mr. Iron Man) – effector (the process of emptying the jerk's wallet at the expense of the film) – reaction (the huge profits and the making of a sequel), it's simply unforgivable. Plus, with the dumbest villain and the most boring final act in Marvel history. The thing the second Avengers deserves praise for is the likeable cast, many of whom don't get much screen time due to their numbers, a still-good level of humour, and a certainly unique incorporation of the entire story into that running Marvel train. Once it reaches the final station, perhaps this work as bit in the mill will be fully appreciated, but until then, this will be a very forgettable film.
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Ideálnischer Popcorn-Spaß, der das Beste bietet, was man von einem Hollywood-Mega-Blockbuster für 250 Millionen Dollar erwarten kann. Die Action ist übersichtlich und großartig inszeniert, der Humor intelligent und an einigen Stellen angenehm raffiniert, der Bösewicht charismatisch und zwischen den Charakteren herrscht eine meisterhafte Chemie. Es ist zwar nicht ganz perfekt, aber der Spaß ist erstklassig. Ich habe lauter und öfter gelacht als bei den meisten Komödien und habe die schlagkräftige Action und die Hunderte von erstaunlichen Details genossen. Kurz und knapp: ein Hammer und ein Knaller. Längere Rezension HIER.
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Up until about halfway through, pretty much the absolute (not counting the absolutely idiotic shot of the whole gang during the opening ass-kicking of the HYDRA henchmen) mainly due to their grasp of the whole blockbuster concept, meaning long shots flipping between characters, all the action taking place in broad daylight, moronic main characters connecting with the viewer with terrible jokes, and of course loads of flames, debris, projectiles, collateral damage, and celebrity actors. If the film has anything going for it, it's a cleverly constructed villain, operating on the amusing theme of "after half a minute on the internet, I decided I had to exterminate humanity" and a subtle, almost inaudible to some, plucking of the strings of the virtual consciousness issue. The tension, on the other hand, is aroused by the ivory tower from which the protagonists shepherd the world, a kind of parody of Moldova, China, and Liberia from our point of view, without having even an elementary insight into how governments, people, the world, and everything in general somehow contend with awareness of lightning-fast technological development and therefore the values of an American company or the conscious existence of an alien civilization intent on destroying them. When you consider how the plots of the individual films graduate and compare that to how the overall MARVEL franchise is set up (from the cute shots of Iron Man in a stock car dealing with the crumbling of his gingerbread house to THIS), I'm really curious to see how the whole climax of the franchise is going to be, which is going to cost a hundred and forty billion, will be shot in 180 places around the world, blow up a few galaxies, and create a few more universes, it's going to star just about everybody, the bad guy is going to be Putin, the first cut is going to be only a few days old, and wild animals and dead people are going to come to the movies to see the result.
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Nachdem mich der erste Teil nett überrascht hatte, habe ich mich relativ schnell an Teil zwei gemacht, der seinen Standard halten konnte. An Marvel’s The Avengers schätze ich vor allem, dass der Zuschauer nicht recht Zeit hat, sich zu langweilen, auf die Uhr zu schauen oder zu sagen, die Handlung sei langgezogen. Und wenn eine Szene zu diesem Gefühl tendiert, dann wird sie von einer regen Action abgewechselt, die jegliche Langeweile vergessen lässt. Ich mag alle Filme mit dem Thema Freundschaft und Teamgeist, also klappt Marvel’s The Avengers bei mir besonders gut. Und mein Lieblingsteammitglied? Eindeutig Hulk, nur könnte ihn wieder Ed Norton spielen.
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So, it's finally here. My fatigue from comic book superheroes has already manifested itself while watching this blockbuster. It's a repetition of what was created in the first one, with the addition of the excellently dubbed character Ultron, who is overall quite unnecessary. Except for the fact that they had to create a big hole in the ground and kill off one character, who seemed interesting to me as one of the few. Relations-wise, it's boring because it doesn't lead anywhere, the brightest moment being Elizabeth Olsen, who confidently outshines Scarlett with her seductiveness and beauty. I hope that the creators will put in more effort in future movies, because this is just a meaningless pixel frenzy.
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