@tmp3 - apparently Whedon and McGarvey said one key reason they chose the flat ratio because of the Hulk.

Whedon is very much a TV director, and it somewhat worked at the time but looking back it’s weird. Maybe he thought it wouldn’t be much of an issue. You see The Russos, coming from tv, but they shoot a movie that looks like a proper movie. Thankfully Avengers is just a really good movie overall. Although, the look of that film pops like a comic book in a lot of ways and I like that.

Then you see Age of Ultron and it looks more like a proper film. Someone pulled Joss aside and said “never again” lol

@tmp3 - BW scene is the most TV SCENE in Avengers.

It was well executed, choreographed, written...but the look was like an nbc femme Nikita pilot lol

@MUTO123 - I love the look of AOU. It feels and looks compelling. I like AOU more than Avengers.

@regularmovieguy - Ultron worked for me mostly, it’s his ending that sucked for me and lack of interaction with Stark. His death was well written and actually the best dialogue and scene of the film is that, but I think he should’ve survived. He is Ultron he always survives, re-uploads. Only issue there. He was born of Stark’s fear. Ultron based his entire existence on Tony, modeling his personality and his fears. But we never see father and son share more than a mere moment together. Spader is charismatic and gives Ultron great personality.

I hate Thor in that movie though. After TDW he should’ve been treated better.

He was just around. I thought something that was wasted was how quick his anger towards Stark for meddling with the stone and scepter passed. He choked Tony (completely understandable) and then it’s over. That’s something that would’ve presented some good drama and material for Thor.

He’s a god watching mortals meddle in something they shouldn’t be. And the team is still relatively new, still wary in their relationships so a little more contention would’ve been interesting.

More interactions with Tony would’ve gone a long way, too.

I hated that they gave him a moving jaw when speaking so much.

@MasterMix - Spider-Man Homeward Bound...

@MasterMix - spiderman: clever "home" pun.