So I Don't Have To

In an occasional feature, we present capsule reviews from correspondents who go see the movies that we don't have an interest in seeing.  Today, veteran filmgoer Phillip Blanchard weighs in on the latest Marvel spectacle: "Avengers: Age of Ultron":

Writer/director Joss Whedon decided to put it all into one movie, and the result is mostly a mess. The witty back-and-forth among the heroes is entertaining, but the fighting is tepid compared with the battle of New York in the 2012 hit. Non-Marvelites will have no idea what the [heck] is going on.

GRADE: C (on a regular scale), B+ (on the comic-book scale)