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nother epic tale about incredi- “enhanced” humans: the Scarlet Witch bly powerful beings fighting (Elizabeth Olsen) and Quicksilver against one another with (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). As Maria Hill melodramatic overtones? (Cobie Smulders) explains to Cap, Ugh.” – Theater critics in “He’s fast, she’s weird.” One of the ancient Greece reacting to the latest play “weird” things Scarlet Witch can do is about Gods and mortals make people see their worst nightmares. Iron Man’s worst nightmare is failing to Whenever a new cinematic comic protect the Earth against invading alien book adaptation hits — and, admittedly, it’s becoming a near weekly event — forces, like the ones that almost killed critical reaction divides into two camps: Earth in the first movie. So he creates “Yahoo!” and “Poo-Poo.” The Yahooers an artificially intelligent robot, Ultron irritate the Poo-Pooers ( James Spader), that with their exuberance will protect Earth. In for a film more conthe history of film, cerned with “oohs and creating artificial intelahs” than realistic ligence has never gone pathos. The Poowell. So the remainder Pooers irritate the of the film is one big Yahooers because the fight between The Poo-Pooers are joyless Avengers and Ultron’s horde of robot lackeys. dicks who think themWriter/director selves intellectually Joss Whedon so superior when really deeply grasps the core they’re just being conappeal of Marvel trarian fart boxes. comics: fun and disIt’s totally fine to tinct characters who not like comic book try to do good against movies… or any genre, impossible odds while really. But it’s the engaging in super height of pseudointelThe Avengers are back with a cool action. There are lectual snobbery to new movie packed with big acsome delightful slyly suggest that somehow tion and super hero antics. meta moments, like we’ve “had enough” of Hawkeye admitting a certain type of movie he’s sorta lame and Hill noting the or that the proliferation of superhero lack of women in the film (which is movies has literally had any impact on the films the Poo-Poo gang prefers. The clever, Joss, but isn’t a fix for, you tropes explored by comic book films are know, actually having more women in the film). By its very nature, this timeless, borrowing from themes as old sequel can’t replicate the singularly as those in biblical storytelling and creation mythology. And if you can look at fantastic feel of seeing the gang come together for the first time. But what it a towering spectacle of an animated loses in surprise, it makes up for in character like The Vision (Paul understanding the best parts of every Bettany) in Avengers: Age of Ultron and character. aren’t impressed by the technical prowAnother thing people only do to ess necessary to birth such a creation on comic book movies is compare them to screen… see the aforementioned fart each other. Nobody walks out of a drama box comment. like Boyhood and says “Now rank all the Age of Ultron opens with the Black dramas.” Age of Ultron is fun, ephemeral Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Captain summer fare. As lame-o Hawkeye says in America (Chris Evans), Hawkeye the film, “That’s our job.” ( Jeremy Renner), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) and the Hulk (Mark This reviews first appeared in The Ruffalo) raiding a compound where bad Reader of Omaha, Neb. guys have already created two new Boulder Weekly