re: Avenger: AoU Reviews (**MAJOR SPOILERS**)

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It's not wrong to make the comparison of the destruction in the two movies. I'm sure that MOS was in the minds of the Avengers writers as they made sure that every point of destruction was addressed either visually or with a line of script ("Has Stark Relief Services been notified?"). They made sure that they had an out for any criticism of their destroying two cities.

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I have no problem with the comparison, but I do have a problem with what appears to be a pre-set narrative. Complaining that Ultron involves too much collateral damage and a lack of concern for civilian life (the charge lobbed at Superman), is one that bears little resemblance to the movie.

Now, the criticism that Marvel way over-compensated due to the criticism of Superman is one that makes sense. In fact, it's one I agree with. The problem here is not that AoU has way too much destruction porn, it's that the gymnastics in the script to assure the audience no one was harmed was incredibly distracting. There's a happy medium between AoU and MoS. But trying to portray them as having the same attitude towards collateral damage is simply wrong. They are polar opposites.