Whiplash: 9/10
Movie was great, definitely lived up to the hype. J.K. Simmons deserved the oscar for sure. Nothing I can say on this that hasn't already been said.
Avengers: Age of Ultron 7.5/10.
I was very entertained by this movie, it was fun to just sit in your seat and feel like a 10 year old again. The action scenes were very well choreographed and executed. Hulk vs Iron Man alone was worth the price of admission. The one liners were still snappy and hit their mark, and the actors all gave solid performances (save Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's "accents"). However, the story was something of a jumbled mess. The first third of the movie was seamless, but after that it began to feel very disjointed and rocky. It was like they weren't sure which direction to go with the movie, so they ended up trying all of them and not really succeeding. The characters motivations were not quite there, and the movie lacked a "flow" so to speak. It felt like all of the scenes were only loosely tied together. What I think happened was that the movie ended up being far too long, so they cut a bunch of scenes that would have helped flesh everything out. This is understandable, but definitely to the film's detriment.(especially when they felt the need to keep so many scenes about .
Overall, Marvel movies are about the spectacle(the exception being Cap 2) and this movie definitely succeeded in delivering a fun, summer blockbuster, which is all you can really ask for from the marvel movies.