Todd McCarthy of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' said , " '' Avengers : Age of Ultron '' succeeds in the top priority of creating a worthy opponent for its superheroes and giving the latter a few new things to do , but this time the action scenes do n't always measure up . " Scott Foundas of '' Variety '' wrote , " If this is what the apotheosis of branded , big-studio entertainment has come to look like in 2015 , we could be doing much worse . Unlike its title character , '' Age of Ultron '' most definitely has soul . " Writing for the '' Chicago Sun-Times '' and giving the film three-and-a-half out of four stars , Richard Roeper said , " Some day , an '' Avengers '' film might collapse under the weight of its own awesomeness . I mean , how many times can they save the world ? But this is not that day . " Peter Travers of '' Rolling Stone '' wrote , " '' Age of Ultron '' is a whole summer of fireworks packed into one movie . It does n't just go to 11 , it starts there . Joss Whedon takes a few wrong turns , creating a jumble when the action gets too thick . But he recovers like a pro , devising a spectacle that 's epic in every sense of the word . " Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four stars , stating that despite being " bigger , louder and more disjointed " than its predecessor , " it 's also got more personality — specifically Whedon 's — than any other film in the now seven-year-old franchise . " Helen O'Hara of '' Empire '' praised the interactions between the characters , the action set-pieces and Whedon 's ability as a director in her review , stating that the film " redefines the scale we can expect from our superheroes . " Conversely , Kenneth Turan of the '' Los Angeles Times '' said , " Although this movie is effective moment to moment , very little of it lingers in the mind afterward . The ideal vehicle for our age of immediate sensation and instant gratification , it disappears without a trace almost as soon as it 's consumed . " Scott Mendelson of '' Forbes '' said , " '' Avengers : Age of Ultron '' plays like an obligation , a box to be checked off on a list before all parties move onto the things they really want to do . " Manohla Dargis of '' The New York Times '' wrote , " This '' Avengers '' does n't always pop the way that the first one sometimes did , partly because its villain is n't as memorable , despite Mr. Spader 's silky threat . " Camilla Long of '' The Sunday Times '' remarked , " Two hours of boredom and boobs add up to a sorry basis for the new Avengers . " Much like the release of '' Guardians of the Galaxy '' , the film received mixed reviews upon release in China , due to poor translations . The translations , which were said to be too literal , were thought " to have been done by Google Translate . " In December 2015 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences placed '' Avengers : Age of Ultron '' on their shortlist of potential nominees for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 88th Academy Awards , but ultimately did not nominate it for the award
88th Academy Awards
88th Academy Awards
Avengers: Age of Ultron