[RATINGS:
Claire: Netflix: 5/5 stars. IMDB: 8.6/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 5/5 stars. IMDB: 8.6/10.
Nathan: ?
Evan: ?
Cristin: ?
The native public rating for this movie is: Netflix: 4.0/5 stars, IMDB: 7.6/10.
CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS: This movie did not disappoint. It had the same charm as the first 2 Iron Man movies and the first Avengers movie. It was a lot of fun. Lots of funny banter. My one complaint was the scenes were Iron Man is in his armor and talking and it just seemed like he was talking to himself more than interacting with anyone, so it seemed slightly awkward to me a couple of times.
CLAIRE’S THOUGHTS: These movies get pretty good free passes from me. Very much like the superhero cartoons we watch, except with a huge budget, and a longer story. The Avengers animated series has been prepping us for Ultron for a whole season, but Ultron came off as much more realistic in the movie. (It may not be like this for most people, but I think a cartoon is usually FARRRRR more believable than a movie. Things that require special effects in movies often stand out as looking unrealistic, but in a cartoon, everything looks the same, and you don’t have that distracting affect. So for a movie to be more believable than a cartoon is a significant achievement.)
PEOPLE:
Written & directed by Joss Whedon (Firefly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, The Avengers, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Alien 4, The Cabin In The Woods, Toy Story, In Your Eyes, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., 4 eps of Roseanne).
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man.
Chris Hemsworth (Thor in The Avengers and Thor movies, Star Trek 12: Into Darkness, Snow White And The Huntsman, The Cabin In The Woods, Vacation (2015), Red Dawn) as Thor.
Mark Ruffalo (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, 13 Going On 30, Where The Wild Things Are, 54, Date Night) as Bruce Banner / Hulk.
Chris Evans (Snowpiercer, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Not Another Teen Movie, What’s Your Number?, 1 ep of Robot Chicken) as Steve Rogers / Captain America.
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow.
Jeremy Renner (The Bourne Legacy, 28 Weeks Later, The Hurt Locker, American Hustle, National Lampoon’s Senior Trip) as Clint Barton / Hawkeye.
James Spader (The Office, Stargate, Wolf, Sex Lies And Videotape, Pretty In Pink, Mannequin, 1 ep of Frasier, 1 ep of Seinfeld) as Ultron.
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
Don Cheadle (Ocean’s Eleven movies, Hotel Rwanda, Volcano, Picket Fences, 1 ep of Drunk History) as James Rhodes / War Machine.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass movies) as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver.
Elizabeth Olsen (Oldboy remake) as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch.
Paul Bettany (Jarvis in the Marvel movies, Transcendence, Priest, The Da Vinci Code, Inkheart, guest on 1 ep of Talking Dead) as Jarvis / Vision.
Cobie Smulders (They Came Together, The Avengers, The Lego Movie, The Long Weekend, How I Met Your Mother, Maria Hill in 2 eps of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Robin Scherbatsky in How I Met Your Mother, 4 eps of The L Word, 1 ep of Smallville) as Maria Hill.
Anthony Mackie (Captain America 2, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, What’s Your Number?, The Adjustment Bureau, The Hurt Locker, 8 Mile, 10 Years) as Sam Wilson / Falcon.
Hayley Atwell (The Pillars Of The Earth, 2 eps of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., and 18 eps of some show called Agent Carter) as Peggy Carter. Marvel is out of control! How can there be a series based on some random S.H.I.E.L.D. agent? It’s too much!
Idris Elba (Thor movies, Pacific Rim, Ghost Rider, Prometheus, 28 Weeks Later, 7 eps of The Office, 1 ep of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, 1 ep of Absolutely Fabulous) as Heimdall.
Linda Cardellini (Wendy in Gravity Falls, Bliss in The Goode Family, Grandma’s Boy, Super, Red, Lollilove, Regular Show, Freaks & Geeks, Legally Blonde, 3 eps of Robot Chicken) as Laura Barton.
Stellan Skarsgard (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Pirates Of The Caribbean movies) as Erik Selvig.
Claudia Kim as Dr. Helen Cho.
Thomas Kretschmann (Hostel 3, Immortal (Ad Vitam), 2 eps of 24) as Strucker.
Andy Serkis (Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings movies, The Prestige, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Inkheart, Clueless) as Ulysses Klaue. (more…)
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