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A masterful edit. Especially impressive are the integrated deleted scenes, which serve mostly to add more character moments and space out the incredibly heavy action scenes. The intro with the post credit scene from The Winter Soldier being used before the Marvel Fanfare is one of my favorite additions, as it sets up a really exciting opening act that doesn't feel like we were just thrown right into the middle of.
Admittedly, I do see why some of these scene's were cut, as there is a long portion of time where nothing happens outside of small dialogue scenes between characters, but I've come to really appreciate how much this movie sets up the back half of the Infinity Saga and acts as a turning point for the original Avengers team. This is easily the definitive version of Age of Ultron.