10 Questions From The Avengers: Age Of Ultron Trailer

3. Is It Darker Than The First Film?

One notable aspect of the first trailer is that the tone is almost entirely downcast, painting a picture of The Avengers as unable to compete with Ultron's supreme power, totally outmatched and outgunned at every turn, complete with an ominous rendition of the famous song from Pinocchio, "I've Got No Strings". The question has subsequently been asked: does this mean that Age of Ultron will be a significantly darker film than the mostly light-hearted first effort? The Likely Answer: Almost certainly not. Remember how grimly downbeat the first Iron Man 3 trailers looked, in comparison to how hilarious the final film was? Expect a tone thoroughly in step with the original Avengers, and subsequent trailers will probably make this clearer with a bunch of wise-cracks from Tony Stark and co.