Joss Whedon Talks Exciting, Feel Good Moments in The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron

The Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters on May 1, and writer/director Joss Whedon discussed the film at length in an interview with SFX last month.

First, Whedon spoke about where he was in the editing process at the time. "We're at the insane-o-stage," he said. "I think we're just about to come out of the insane-o-stage and into the 'Hey, this looks like a movie!' stage. I believe that it's starting to come together."

He then spoke about the plot of the superhero sequel. "What drives this story is the idea power and connection, and how the more you have of one the less you have of another," Whedon said. "And the idea of heroes and whether or not that's a useful concept. I know it seems like we've heard that before but I feel that this movie makes an argument that is worth listening to. It's about damaged people, because guess what I like to write about! And it's about trying to find some kind of connection, because the Avengers are the most isolated people in the world. They're different to everyone else. They're richer, or stranger, or they're monsters or they're gods. Not one of them is really a part of the world. And this movie kind of drags them back down to Earth a little bit, which is both painful and exciting."

Whedon also talked about the moments that wil bring fans to their feet.

"Oh, there's more than one!" he said. "Honestly, we screened the movie last night, and just to sit down and watch it, which is not something you really get to do at this stage...I was like okay, some of this is the bomb. Some of this is really, really lovely. The actors are killing it, the sequences are exciting, the editors are amazing and Ben Davis, who shot it, has made it a work of art. There are some hardcore action sequences in this but what's really grand is how the characters play through those. It's always got to be about the people. Not just the smaller moments, where they're talking alone, but the way they're interacting during the action is really exciting for me. I'm a people person unless I'm in an actual room with people."

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