There might be some spoilers head as we look at the pros and cons of the Avengers sequel. I am not sure what movie some of the people who reviewed this movie as claims that Hawkeye is the hero of the movie and it's centered around him and Black Widow are pretty off base.
The Pros
1- Origin aside the Vision was well handled and the best new character that was introduced.
2-The depiction of how powerful Thor is was handled better than it has been even in the Thor movies.
3-The first woman super-hero with real powers hit the big screen and Scarlet Witch is allowed to kiss ass.
4- Quicksliver is well played and Aaron Taylor Johnson does a better job at playing him than Evan Peters.
5-The interpersonal relationship between Rogers and Stark is developed in a way that will easily lead to Civil War with out making one a good guy or bad guy.
6-The movie is well paced and never drags.
7- They introduced new characters without making the story feel overcrowded.
8-I liked the interaction Hawkeye had with the twins since they were on the team at the same time once the original lineup broke up.
9-I liked the set up for other movies like Black Panther and Infinity Wars. Klaw was a nice touch, particular what happen to him to further move his character forward. Who was this Cho woman, is she Amadeus' mother? I guess we also get a clear look at who is on Cap's team for Civil War if we are judging by the end.
10-It is also cooler if you catch this week's episode of Agents of Shield before seeing the movie because it sets you up for the first scene.
The Cons
1- I didn't like how the Hulk was handled in the movie, he seemed to take a back seat at time despite the spot light given in the fight between him and Iron-man, where the out come was questionable and not clearly explained, was he in mid transformation or not? I'm fine with the Hulk not being an Avenger, but if you are going to get my hopes up in the trailers and make it look like he is in the movie more than he is, some of this should have helped my con number four but it didn't.
2-Black Widow was given more to do but I am sure the feminists are going to cry out how she is more focused on trying to hook up with Banner making her look like girl with daddy issues.
3-Scarlet Witch's mental state has always been fragile but making her her cowering after she had already handled the Avengers and knew how to use her powers why would she be afraid of robots? And her response to what happens to Quicksliver, should have really given you the chance to see how powerful she is , that should have been game over after she went almost berserk.
4-Number 7 of my pros I said the story did not feel over crowded, this is not true about what happened one screen. I think six Avengers at one time is enough. So when Quick Sliver and Scarlet witch showed up, Black Widow and I dunno Hawkeye, could have been captured or ko'ed or whatever.
5- The opening attack on the Hydra base looked and felt like a video game. The cgi did not help with this , I felt at times the Hulk had a more life like look on the first film.
6-Speaking of video games and over crowded fight scenes the combo moves they kept doing felt even more video game like and less like the comics. The interplay between Thor and Vision worked , but some of the other stuff with Thor and Cap or Cap and pretty much anyone was silly.
7- In pro 9 I said I like how they set up the other movies, but why was Ant-man excluded from this? Also the credits scene is like one we saw in another movie, he just takes things into his own hands more here.
8-Where was Coulson? I know he has other stuff going on and we saw Agents of Shield lead up to it but to have been instrumental in the first film he felt oddly absent.
9-The exception of pro number 7 was War-machine, he felt a little forced into things at time.
10-The running Captain America potty mouth joke got worn into the ground after the second time it came up, some of the humor didn't feel as natural as the first film.
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