POLL: THE AVENGERS v AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON - Which Is Better?

POLL: THE AVENGERS v AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON - Which Is Better?

Sequels sometimes surpass their predecessors and other times fail to come close to the original. How does Avengers: Age of Ultron match up to The Avengers? That's what we want to know, so hit the jump to cast your vote on whether the sequel is better, worse, or just the same...

Feature Opinion
By JoshWilding - May 09, 2015 01:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Avengers: Age of Ultron is another hit for Marvel Studios, and while the reviews haven't been as overwhelmingly positive as The Avengers, the majority have definitely been good. The 2012 movie was obviously unique in the respect that it united a group of superheroes (most of whom already had their own franchises) for the first time. Things were obviously a little different for the sequel, especially as moviegors had seen the characters again since The Avengers, and that perhaps meant them assembling on the big screen perhaps wasn't as special as it had been three years earlier. 

That aside, Avengers: Age of Ultron is still a great movie (at least I thought so anyway). Is the sequel as good as The Avengers? It's certainly very different, making them somewhat hard to compare, but this is the question we want you guys to answer. So, cast your vote in the poll below and then be sure to share your thoughts on how both movies match up in the comments section...
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yonny616
yonny616 - 5/9/2015, 1:40 PM
First...... one.
Jamesx51
Jamesx51 - 5/9/2015, 1:42 PM
I love both
PapaEmeritus
PapaEmeritus - 5/9/2015, 1:43 PM
The first one by far.
BatmanHeisenberg
BatmanHeisenberg - 5/9/2015, 1:43 PM
Second!
ColonelSanders
ColonelSanders - 5/9/2015, 1:44 PM
Why does this article matter? Josh, are getting paid by the word or by the article?
kinghulk
kinghulk - 5/9/2015, 1:44 PM
i voted for AOU, the only reason i would vote for the first over the 2nd is the novelty of the 1st.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 5/9/2015, 1:48 PM
Avengers is an A-
Avengers 2 is a B-. If Quicksilver comes back to life it will drop it to a C.
FrozenDiamondz
FrozenDiamondz - 5/9/2015, 1:52 PM
AOU

But TWS >>>>>>>>>>
the
the - 5/9/2015, 1:53 PM
Let's discuss this.
"AOU...better paced than the original"
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/9/2015, 1:53 PM
Avengers: Age of Ultron did some things better than the original and had WAY better action, but ultimately I think I enjoyed the original more...

I'd give The Avengers a 9.7/10

Age of Ultron is a 9/10

Just my opinion though
StreakOfBlue
StreakOfBlue - 5/9/2015, 1:54 PM
In terms of enjoyability, AoU.
legopieface
legopieface - 5/9/2015, 1:54 PM
Better paced? Constant jump cuts does not make a movie "better paced"...
StreakOfBlue
StreakOfBlue - 5/9/2015, 1:55 PM
Why can Captain America: Civil War be called New Avengers: Civil War?
StreakOfBlue
StreakOfBlue - 5/9/2015, 1:56 PM
Can I still make bold text?
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 5/9/2015, 1:56 PM
The Avengers might be the "better" film, just because it's more focused, more streamlined, it has that "novelty" factor (don't hurt me, Doom =P), and it never had a wasted moment at all. Everything was in service to its endgame, and that endgame was a massively satisfying pay-off of everything that had come before. It was also pretty self-contained, without ever trying to overreach itself to set things up in the future.

Age of Ultron was none of those things...but dammit, it's definitely a more entertaining, more action-packed, more visceral rollercoaster than the first one was. And for me, I think that puts it slightly over the first one.
StreakOfBlue
StreakOfBlue - 5/9/2015, 1:57 PM
Whoa I guess some HTML codes still work!
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 5/9/2015, 1:58 PM
I would add that Age of Ultron was more ambitious, too. That counts for A LOT in my book, even if it didn't quite manage to stick the landing.
Runefyst
Runefyst - 5/9/2015, 2:00 PM
Two parts of one story in my book. I loved both.
SageMode
SageMode - 5/9/2015, 2:00 PM
Novelty doesnt mean anything unless the movie itself is a good one.

AGE OF ULTRON was a better film IMO. The character interactions and development, story, and the stakes were higher in this one. I love both films but AOU took it up a notch.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/9/2015, 2:00 PM
Damn, the poll results are amazingly close!
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/9/2015, 2:01 PM
Second
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 5/9/2015, 2:02 PM
Love both equally.
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 5/9/2015, 2:02 PM
I feel that The Avengers is the best comicbook movie of all time, but Age Of Ultron is just so god damn fun. It's character intimacy and contrary dynamics made this movie for me, not to mention some of the wicked action pieces. Bring on Phase 3.

Also, what @DrDoom said.
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 5/9/2015, 2:02 PM
Battle of the Box-Office juggernauts!!!!!

The first one tickled my jimmies more, can't lie
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/9/2015, 2:03 PM
Age of ultron has the best action of any comic book film ever and is the most comic booky. So many scene were struggling from a panel. It was so fun. I could watch a whole Avengers film of them just having fun and talking. Having beers and join around. That party scene is great. Whedon knows these characters so well and can write social situatons brilliantly.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/9/2015, 2:03 PM
Age of ultron is just pure fun. It is the epitome of fun.
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 5/9/2015, 2:04 PM
@AlexanderLykins That scene is cinematic achievement. I always wonder how much more gratifying it would be had we not seen it in trailers/tv spots.
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 5/9/2015, 2:04 PM
@AlexanderLykins

Godlike!
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 5/9/2015, 2:05 PM
I did love Cap's locker room speech when everyone was gearing up for the final fight. It was like something out of Rudy.
Tajin88
Tajin88 - 5/9/2015, 2:05 PM
Someone really tries so s u c k i n g hard lately to get the clicks. What next? The rumor was true, that guy really licks the windows.

But since I am here, after age of disappointment I am voting for BvS.
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 5/9/2015, 2:05 PM
But the two tracking shots we got in Age Of Ultron were much better in my opinion.
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