10 Exact Moments Movies Stopped Trying
9. Vision's Birth - Avengers: Age Of Ultron
It's no secret that Joss Whedon's second Avengers collaboration was not a pleasant one- by studio interference and pushes from executives to include story devices and set pieces that set up future films, the stress and lack of creative freedom endured did show in the final cut.
While Thor's dip in the exposition pool might be argued as the laziest moment of the film, a mental image of Joss giving up and giving in seemed more realistic when he had to cram in the birth of the character Vision before the film's third act.
Not all movies stop trying because the writers gave up or got Writer's Block; sometimes pressure from the studios can squash them into submission, even if it doesn't make sense. From a story perspective, the birth of Vision should have come sooner in the film, but clearly Joss wasn't ready to add in another hero just as he was turning Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch over to the good side.
The birth of Vision should have been a glorious scene. But instead it's handled with such haste it almost feels like a completely different movie. Vision's first words sum up the whole scene;
I'm sorry, that was... odd
Couldn't agree with you more.