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First of all, the first Avengers is great. It is a well written, clever, and well acted movie. It's action scenes are great, it features a god villain, and above all else, it puts many major superheroes into one movie. That was the draw. Seeing all your favorite heroes on screen is what matters. That effect couldn't be replicated. Age of Ultron is not a bad movie by any means, but it also doesn't add anything new. The CGI fight scenes are still good, the heroes still work well together, the comedy is (somewhat) spot on, and the villain is still well written. Ultron simply relies too much on the wow factor that brought its predecessor so much success. The comedy is also up fro debate. It seems unnatural in this movie, almost forced. The characters are sarcastic and witty, but this movie was filled with comedic moments, almost too much so. The jokes fall very flat when the audience is being beaten over the head with them. The finale is also, well, not exciting. If an editor placed the finale of the first Avengers films and this one side by side, there is very little difference. The over the top CGI cluster that is the finale just doesn't seem as exciting after seeing an almost copy paste from the original. Avenger Age of Ultron is a good movie, its a fun movie, but it doesn't bring anything new to the table. Had the film actually brought something new, like a darker plot, or a more interesting plot, or... anything really, the movie would have been great. Unless Marvel stops dumbing down their films, they are going to hit a wall. They need to learn that their most successful films are the ones that are different (ie Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: Winter Soldier). If they don't learn this lesson, future films will be just as OK as Age of Ultron, and that is a scary thought.

Who ever said that horror movies needed to have a cliché story and bad acting? Whoever did has made consistent flops such as Annabelle and Oija. Seriously, this movie does something better than any modern film, it is actually decent quality. Not only is the acting convincing, this slow burn is truly horrifying. By the third act, the tension is so high I could touch it. The monster in the movie is, well, I can't say without spoiling anything. Let's just say that it isn't the scary part. The Babadook is a perfect psychological horror. It takes the slow burn of The Shining and mixes it with a monster movie. It builds tension, and never breaks it with stupid jump-scares. This movies won't make anyone jump out of their seat, but rather dig their nails into the arm rests. I understand that this isn't a movie for everyone. This movie is for fans who are annoyed with how bad modern horror movies are, and that includes me. Some will see this film as an unscary piece of garbage because it lacks everything found in a modern horror film. It lacks cliché characters, cliché story, jump-scares of any description, and even a proper ending. This movie leaves the audience with a sense of dread form beginning to end, something I haven't experienced from a horror movie since the 80's. The Babadook is a masterpiece of the horror genre, but it is also a big change. Not everyone will like this movie, many will hate it, but everyone should give it a chance. Go in with an open mind, and be pleasantly surprised.

Every decade has its defining action movie. The 1970s had Mad Max, the 1980s had Terminator and Die Hard, the 1990s had Terminator 2 and Golden Eye, the 2000s and 2010s have Mad Max: Fury Road. I, for one, am not a fan of modern day action movies. They are lazy, CGI clusters that are just made to look good, and they can't even do that right. Modern day directors simply don't understand how to make an action movie. Thankfully, George Miller hasn't forgotten. Miller's Mad Max remembers something that all others seem to have forgotten, the fun aspect. Fury Road is pure fun. It doesn't let story of perfect development get in the way of that. The story remains simple, as it should be. The other major problem with modern day action is the overuse of CGI. Fury Road has an astounding lack of it. The amount of practical effects in this movie is amazing, the movie simply looks great. If it had all been done with CGI, this would have been much more disappointing. I highly recommend Mad Max: Fury Road to all action movie fans out there, as it is the best one in decades.