Avengers: Age of Ultron - Extinction Edition

This is one of my favourite fan edits, the most important thing is that it adds more depth/screentime to the Maximoff twins, making you care more about them more quickly also the Thor scene explaining the infinity stones saved me a lot of time of doing it myself when watching the MCU with my mother (lol)
The unedited greenscreen is not noticeable unless you are looking for it, and the one that Bobson himself re-edited isn't noticeable at all imo.
The definitive version of the movie.

This edit was really well done. I especially enjoyed the scenes that gave us more of the Maximoffs, and the smaller character moments like Bruce going Hulk and the gang talking about Strucker's demise. The editing was done seamlessly, it's impossible to tell which scenes were additions based on audio or video alone. I thought it was clever how sounds were used from other sources (Arrow and Fallout 3), they were a welcome addition to the scenes they were used in. This is my preferred way to watch Age of Ultron.

The deleted scenes added so much more depth to the Maximoff Twins and clarified some story points (like how the twins met Ultron in the church), enriching an already pretty good movie. The insertion of the scenes were also technically seamless, and the addition of the new sound effects and music cues were so natural they could have been part of the film all along.

10/10, this is the version of AoU that I'll be going back to. Highly recommended.

A very good fan edit of one of my least favorite Marvel films. Version 1.9 of the Extinction Edition is a technically superb edit that salvages some, but not all, of the theatrical version's problems. My partner and I watched together and both felt the added focus on Wanda and her twin brother gave the movie a better throughline. On a narrative-level, that was the strongest upgrade. Making them a more central focus also allowed Tony to be a better short-term villain.

The biggest problem that an extended edition cannot overcome is the awful scenes between Black Widow and Bruce. I love both characters, but no and no. Their scenes move slower than a cryogenically frozen iceberg. There are also lingering generic sequences such as the subway car fight that seem to result from Whedon burning out. The theatrical version just was "meh" compared to the rest of the MCU and Whedon's first Avengers that was a classic.

None of those complaints are to take anything away from the masterful integration of new scenes, special effects, and audio. This is my "go to" of Ultron and makes it a pleasant experience rather than the one I've been -- like an old man at a bird -- ranting at while doing Marvel binges. You've lowered my blood pressure and thank you for that!

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