*THE MOST MINOR OF SPOILERS BELOW* - in case anyone reading a comic book movie fan site actually hasn't seen this film yet
Now to start off, I want to state: I really enjoyed Age of Ultron. While not as tightly scripted as some other Marvel films (IE: Winter Soldier), I felt that it had some great action set pieces, successfully introduced some new players in the MCU (especially Vision), and gave the Avengers a threat that none of them could have handled on their own.
That being said, I did find myself questioning a couple of things regarding several of the Avengers costumes throughout the film. While this is strictly nit-picking, it was something that I picked up while viewing, and it was a topic that I haven't come across anywhere on the site.
1.) Captain America
I loved Captain America's new Age of Ultron costume. I think it took the best parts of his stealt suit from the Winter Soldier, and added some missing red back in to create what amounts to his best costume yet (which certainly looks more functional than his Avengers costume).
However, one bit of logic that bugged me was that when the Avengers head off to Sokovia to have their final battle with Ultron, Cap never puts on his helmet. Now maybe they wanted to have a bit more of Chris Evans's face unobstructed (which I don't feel is a big deal considering how little the mask obstructs his face to begin with), but something just felt off about him never bothering to put on a helmet when heading into a big battle (especially because he wore it in every other action sequence). Even in the first Avengers film, they make a point to show his helmet pulled off by a Chitauri during a struggle in the bank. I have no idea why they went with this choice, but it stood out to me.
2.)
Hawkeye
For the opening sequence, it made sense to give Hawkeye his new long sleeved costume due to the snowy mountain locale. Even when he suited up in the long sleeves for the final battle, I bought it as his new costume choice. But then I noticed this happen.
Halfway through the battle, he is suddenly in his original sleeveless costume. While this is a minor nit-pick, I did notice it, and it had no explaination whatsoever (even as little as him taking the jacket off).
3.)
Thor
This one got to me the most for some reason. I really liked the way that Thor's costume was handled in the first Avengers movie. He didn't have his armored sleeves until right before the final battle, when the armor magically formed around him through a bolt of lightning. I thought that this was a pretty bad-ass representation of Asguardian armor.
In Age of Ultron, Thor doesn't armor up for any of his action sequences. Much like my point about Captain America's helmet, it makes sense to me to armor up to the fullest extent when heading into a battle (especially the final one). If they didn't have Thor armor up at all, I would have probably just accepted the sleeveless armor as his new costume for this film (as each film has tweaked his armor slightly). But then there was this scene:
For some reason, Thor has armored sleeves when he is choking Stark in the Avengers Tower Lab. This is literally the only scene in the whole movie with this costume choice. And it just stood out to me.
So I know that these costume things are super super minor compared to other gripes people have had with the film, but again, I didn't see this being discussed anywhere.
What did you guys think? Did anyone else notice these inconsistencies on first viewing? Were there any more that I didn't notice? Is this article going to be flame bait for trolls to bash me?
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