Perhaps one of the most anticipated films this spring is Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. Millions flocked to theaters on May 1^st, earning the film $191 million on its opening weekend, according to IMDB.

The second installment in the Avengers series follows Marvel’s previous film Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The film opens with an intense action scene showcasing all the Avengers, and introduces two new superhuman characters, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who are not yet known by those who exclusively follow the Marvel movieverse.

The film is based around Tony Stark(Iron Man)’s building of his “Ultron Initiative”, a peacekeeping program. He and Bruce Banner(The Hulk) are experimenting with the Tesseract, an object those who have been following the Marvel movies know all too well. A discovery made about the Tesseract leads Tony to convince Bruce that this discovery is the key to creating Ultron. However, their rush to create Ultron leads to little research and ends up creating a dire situation, which only Earth’s Mightiest Heroes can stop.

The film itself is amazing, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the whole team back together after watching the solo movies of the characters in between the first and second Avengers. Age of Ultron is filled with tons of action, sprinkled with great comedy. There are also quite a few scenes that humanize many of our heroes, such as Clint Barton(Hawkeye), Natasha Romanoff(Black Widow), and Bruce Banner. It is darker than the first, filled with the ominous threat of Ultron along with building tensions between Tony Stark and Steve Rodgers (Captain America).

I had few complaints with the movie, but the few I did have seemed to be shared with my peers. The movie throws in a romance subplot, which I guess would have been cute if it had not been so sudden and random. Tyler Bullard, junior, shares my confusion about the romance, as did Alasdair Samios, also a junior.

They were also unanimous in saying they enjoyed the first film better, Tyler adds that the first Avengers made more sense than Age of Ultron. However, I feel the first and second movies each have their own unique charm. Negative comments about this movie should not stop you from seeing it.

The film was amazing, awesome, and Marvel fans will enjoy it, as will movie goers of all genders and ages (though do keep in mind the PG-13 rating when taking younger children). It is definitely a film that I will be going back to theaters to see again.