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*SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT!*
But since that's what this topic is for now to avoid the other areas from getting the movie discussions, here goes what I thought of the film!


So far only 2 things I didn't really like about the film.

Ultron's mouth moves in his Ultron prime body which is weird. (You'll notice it in the trailers too!) Love the design, but that mouth moving looks weird outright. It was kinda like they were trying to show Bay that it is possible to do with the solid metal face, but kind of has the opposite effect of showing why the TF movie robot faces work as is.

The 2nd thing is how the hulkbuster fight ends. There really was no other way to end something like that since it did rile the hulk up more maybe past even what widow could do to calm him down, but it doesn't really make sense either with all they've onscreen established about the Hulk. The only other route for that scene would have maybe been to stall until widow could have been there. Not sure. Loved the action scene and humor, but that final ending bit felt a little like that maybe they wrote themselves in a corner. ^^;;

In hindsight, re-evaluating the hulk fight. There are a lot of emotional cues from the character to suggest he may have let the fight end that way because of the harm he saw he was causing on others, which also ties it back to the end of the movie on his actions. So he wanted to get a few more shots in on Stark, and scare the crap out of him, but if you watch carefully, there is a lot of pauses to avoid harming people in the process.

Also, the Veronica satellite is a pretty funny in joke when you consider what the name Veronica is most often paired up with.

Overall, a ton of character development with subtlety. Stark's arrogance comes through loud and clear. We see the progression of Cap coping with his circumstances and adjusting to the modern world. Natasha gets a ton of character development and her relationship with Hawkeye is elaborated on in such a fashion that shows why they are such a powerful pair and friendship even without the romantic connotations not being there. The Banner/Romanov shipping worked beautifully and was poignant. (Also helps establish exactly why she was trying to set cap up with anyone in TWS and not herself.) They start to hint at a possible future scarlet witch crush on the Vision. The new team dynamic is amazing for future films! Overall, the only real complaint I have at all is maybe Ultron's mouth, but even that can be explained away by his own character growth and attempts to becoming a superior life without the trappings of being a lifeless machine. Which also goes back to his creation of vision too.

Oh, and I got a giggle out of the small Red vs Blue nod. They've been tossing those in Agents of SHIELD off and on too.

Anyone else also catch the minor hint of possibly establishing the tech to create LMDs now as well?