re: Movies that had happy endings that shouldn't (there will be spoilers)

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The problem with Ultron is that he took himself out to the middle of nowhere to fight the Avengers. He made it too easy for them to isolate the civilians so they could fight him without ANY collateral damage.

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Here's my problem with Ultron. The MCU used an Avengers movie to set up a Captain America movie. Now I really liked Civil War, but I was really disappointed by Ultron. Tony's hubris wasn't resolved (considering he's the reason for the plot) and the events were set up for the Accords in Civil War.

Now CW was basically Avengers 2.5, but that's not the point. The stakes in Avengers were huge. Until Hulk shows up, the victory is in doubt. The stakes in Ultron were never that high. You could've made Ultron the villain in IM3 instead of that bastardized version of Mandarin and it would've worked just the same.

It seems they are saving both barrels for Infinty War. I expect a hero to die to raise the stakes.