Dude I was! That trailer is fucking amazing even today. But the problem is: the movie we got wasn't what the trailer showed. At all.
Say what you will about Age of Ultron, but James Spader was amazing
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Dude I was! That trailer is fucking amazing even today. But the problem is: the movie we got wasn't what the trailer showed. At all.
you don't remember the hammer scene or the hulkbuster scene?
I don't believe you
Had know idea Spader was in Age of Ultron. Now I'm going to have to watch it for that fact alone. Funny this thread got posted today cause I'm rewatching the Office and totally forgot Spader was in the shop till he cropped up.
sure it does. When it comes to being faithful representation of the original characters, the MCU, for the most part, shits on the Fox stuff. Its one of the reasons why many like those movies.
Spader killed this role and his incredible performance is the main reason I struggle to rewatch the film, Ultron is just so horribly dull as a villain in terms of his direct actions and the disconnect between Spaders emotion packed menacing presence and the shit character that is Ultron drives me nuts.
Any time he takes direct action in the film he's a complete failure, despite the narrative trying to paint him as a terrifying threat :/
Spader was robbed by Whedon.
Any time he takes direct action in the film he's a complete failure, despite the narrative trying to paint him as a terrifying threat :/
Spader was robbed by Whedon.
Yeah, when I think of AoU, this is the scene that sticks out in my head. Left a bigger mark than the rest of the film.
Spader is great in everything. The Blacklist is one of the best shows on TV because of him.
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YES. he's such a silly yet serious character. it's so good.
Can someone explain why Vision isn't the most powerful thing on Earth or the universe. He's built out of a advanced polymer of Wakanda steel and he is powered by one of the power stones. The things have been the McGuffin of like 13 of the movies and we keep being told they are the most important things in the galaxy. Yet he's literally drawing power from it! It seems like only his will is stopping him from winning everything.
I did like some of the jokey Ultron (like when he accidentally hurts Klaw.) I guess the question is how would you rejigger the movie with the twins since if Ultron comes off 100% as Evil Super Menace dude there's no way anyone would ally with him.
Yep. My favorite part of the film.
Yep. My favorite part of the film.
He's great as Ultron. I hope they bring him back at some point.
I love how he's all "Aww, c'mon guys" in this scene when Wanda realises what his plans really are.
The only real problems Age of Ultron has are it's glut of underwhelming action sequences (complete with unfinished looking CG) and that washed out yellow filter on everything.
Okay, some of the Widow and Banner dialogue is pretty bad too.
I love how he's all "Aww, c'mon guys" in this scene when Wanda realises what his plans really are.
The only real problems Age of Ultron has are it's glut of underwhelming action sequences (complete with unfinished looking CG) and that washed out yellow filter on everything.
Okay, some of the Widow and Banner dialogue is pretty bad too.
I went in without any spoilers/expectations because only watched the movie because my friends wanted to see it.
I thought Ultron was great, and that movie was ok, but to my great surprise it wasn't very well received.
I must have watched this trailer like 20 times before AoU came out. I knew the tone wasn't going to be super dark, I knew there was a bit of misdirection and all, but I at least expected Ultron to be an "oh shit just got real" kind of villain. He's a fucking AI, he can be everywhere and be everything. But nah, he's very cartoony and mostly a waste of a brilliant actor. Shit was disappointing.
so the character could emote? i wont disagree it looks awful, but it's the same reason Peter constantly takes the mask off.
I thought he was very solid. His voice is amazing.
Also. He is the easiest villian to bring back he could have uploaded his copy to a backup hard drive and shipped it to some offline base.
Also. He is the easiest villian to bring back he could have uploaded his copy to a backup hard drive and shipped it to some offline base.
I absolutely love James Spader (he absolutely made Boston Legal the show it was with his amazing closing speeches at the end of every episode)...but I couldn't stand his performance in Age of Ultron. All I can think of was how intimidating and menacing he sounded in the trailers, and how they added up to maybe 20% of his screentime with the rest of his performance acting neutered and tired and snarky. One of his lines during an action sequence "oh for god's sake" completely took me out of the movie cause of just how ridiculous it sounded. I don't think Age of Ultron is particularly a bad MCU movie, but I consider it one of my least favourite not just because of how long, tedious, uninteresting, and drab it was, but because I think James Spader's Ultron is one of the most disappointing film villains in recent memory,
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I'm still disappointed in the movie, but it did move up my Marvel ranks on rewatch. It just sets up SO many plot lines for the future (Vision, Wanda, Hulk and Thor gone, Sokovia Accords, etc), has some good character moments (especially the scene with the hammer), and has the Avengers actually saving people while trying to fight off Ultron's bots (which I thought was cool to see).
Now, if they could have made Ultron as menacing as Aida in SHIELD, that would have been something.
Now, if they could have made Ultron as menacing as Aida in SHIELD, that would have been something.
lmao came to the thread for this, I am not disappointed
If you like The Office you gotta watch it
I hated this movie at the time and thought it was overly long and messy. Recently rewatched (in two sittings) and was surprised to find it better than I remembered.
I agree Spader is great. The first half hour with the full Avengers team mowing down a faceless army of Hydra jobbers? Not so great.
I agree Spader is great. The first half hour with the full Avengers team mowing down a faceless army of Hydra jobbers? Not so great.
Ultron is a very underrated villain and is up there with Thanos/Killmonger/Loki. I thought he was a really good character study for a crazy evil killer robot based on a 3rd rate comic bad guy.
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I think Ultron is one of the very view villains I liked a lot. So cool, his performance was great too.
What always keeps baffling me is how negative a lot of the Resetera (/Gaf) crowd is/was about certain movies, especially a while after release. Calling Age of Ultron a "terrible movie" or a movie that is "so bad", while 95% of the population on Earth (including a lot of so-called critics) thought it was a decent or good movie). Feels like some people are so sour...
What always keeps baffling me is how negative a lot of the Resetera (/Gaf) crowd is/was about certain movies, especially a while after release. Calling Age of Ultron a "terrible movie" or a movie that is "so bad", while 95% of the population on Earth (including a lot of so-called critics) thought it was a decent or good movie). Feels like some people are so sour...