There’s a lot of pressure on Joss Whedon. Not only does Avengers: Age Of Ultron have to match, eclipse and build upon its 2012 predecessor, but there’s also an expectation that the sequel can be more than a blockbuster, and take the genre to a higher echelon. Rather than wilting, Joss Whedon’s comments regarding Age Of Ultron continue to suggest that this might actually be a possibility.
While talking to SFX last month, Whedon admitted that there are plenty of fan service scenes in Age Of Ultron, which have been specifically designed to get moviegoers salivating and weeping with joy over. "Oh, there’s more than one!" Whedon delightfully teased, before he then went on to proclaim that everyone who is working or has worked on Avengers: Age Of Ultron is absolutely killing it. Especially when it comes to the film’s action. When commenting on a recent screening of the film's latest cut, Whedon opened up:
Some of this is the bomb. Some of this is really, really lovely. The actors are killing it, the sequences are exciting, the editors are amazing and Ben Davis, who shot it, has made it a work of art. There are some hardcore action sequences in this. But what’s really grand is how the characters play through those. It’s always got to be about the people. Not just the smaller moments, where they’re talking alone, but the way they’re interacting during the action is really exciting for me.
And anyone who has laid their eyes on the third trailer for Avengers: Age Of Ultron will be more than aware that Whedon’s words look likely to become a reality later this summer. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should be both thoroughly ashamed of yourself and relieved that we’re about to offer you a chance to right this mammoth wrong below.
At the moment, in this writer’s opinion there’s literally no-way that Avengers: Age Of Ultron can fail. The cast all are delightfully entwined with their characters. Whedon’s palpable excitement is plastered on the screen, while his additions to the posse and ambition for the project look set to elevate both the film and the genre. And rather than blatantly showing all of Age Of Ultron's finest moments, each of the trailers have incrementally built up expectation while also teasing that there is still plenty more to see. The only real concern is that expectations could be a bit too high now. But that’s a rather cynical way to look at it.
Either way we don’t have long to wait to see if Avengers: Age Of Ultron can deliver. The latest addition to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe will be with us on May 1, 2015, and it can’t come soon enough.
