I watched this last night and I loved it. Plot moved at a good pace. Voice acting was on point. Animation was fluid. Music was also great. I found this film to be unique partially because it uses a lot of dark and toned down colors which contributes to making the film a bit more relatable and realistic. Best part was when Captain America walked up to Hulk and punched him in the face. Really the entire ending was just really epic.

A new trend has emerged that initially and for the most part excited me. Taking the big budget explosive world of comic books and heroes and animating them into movie format so that we can enjoy these heroes without waiting years and years to see the same brought to live action. Unfortunately here is the problem that plagues some of them including The Ultimate Avengers, and perhaps moreso than most. These comic book stories, and characters are often epic! That's part of the reason they make such great franchises like Superman, Batman, X-Men, Spiderman etc. So for them to take these type of story that could potentially cover three or four films and jam them into one animated feature than can be even less than the typical hour and a half is ludicrous and will feel like one big elongated trailer missing so much back story, details and character development, all of which can be done in animation...Up, Wall-E, Toy Story, any Disney classic film etc. The Ultimate Avengers tries to jam origin stories, with some sort of epic mini series all jammed into one tiny film. It jumped around, and bounced between ideas and characters and left me completely confused annoyed and bored.The one issue with The Ultimate Avengers that isn't an issue is the voice cast. Although I will agree with several reviewers that Justin Gross was a little young sounding for Captain America/Steve Rogers. However, the voices worth mentioning that did an excellent job were Michael Massee, Olivia d'Abo, Marc Worden (who was really the best and this was his first of four performances as Tony Stark/Iron man thus far for him. Worden is a veteran in voice acting so he holds his own easily. Andre Ware is also excellent as Nick Fury however he's being type casted without knowing it because they obviously wanted him to sound as much like Samuel L. Jackson as possible to tie this disaster in with the far superior Iron Man films and future Avengers films.The amazing thing to me is how much of a minority I am in when referring to this film. It would seem that Marvel fans and comic fans everywhere mostly rave about this movie. But is that because this is currently the only way to see The Avengers? It is so rushed and slapped together and I am disappointed that director Curt Geda didn't do a better job putting this together. He has plenty of experience doing this having worked on plenty of animated films and TV Shows including comic book characters. Here is my general analysis. I am a comic fan although I'm a DC kid, always have been and always will be, but I am always for a great Marvel story but this isn't it. They slap it together and skip over key areas that would make the film...interesting. I almost always watch a sequel but I am having trouble forcing myself to watch the second installment of this which was forced out only months following this. I see a scary pattern. 5/10

I had heard in advance that this animated feature suffered from poor animation and stiff writing.After finally catching it, I whole-heartedly DISAGREE.This is a fantastic, adrenaline-pumping superhero story. It's a perfect standalone feature, which, for the uninitiated, serves as a perfect jumping-on point to meet some of Marvel Comics' classic characters (for a further immersive experience, I recognize JLU, which utilizes over a decade of continuity to enrich it's series stories.)With wonderful vocal performances, a sharp screenplay, and fantastic characterization, Ultimate Avengers is a wonderful new entry in the recent field of animated superhero features.Do yourself a favor and check it out. I'd even recommend it's crossover appeal for non- animation/superhero fans who are just looking for a kick-ass action flick.Oh, and to comic snobs complaining about the adaptation, it's called Ultimate Avengers for a reason. It's the fresh-start continuity of The Ultimates with the brighter, more heroic personalities of the original Avengers, which makes it accessible for all ages (something tells me that The Hulk killing hundreds of innocent people and Hank Pym beating his wife would not have gone over so well in animated form.)For a fresh, modern look at the superhero team, Ultimate Avengers is a spectacular film.

I first heard of this movie when i bought Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. I saw the trailer for the second movie, and i found it interesting. I bought the first movie, this one, to give it a chance, and in all honesty i was very surprised. The animation is top notch, the music is great (Thor's theme is amazing), and its one of the characters are all well done. Aside from a few goofs, and the lack of screen time for Thor and Hulk, it was an okay movie. Now here comes the in depth criticism:Animation: 4/5. Its very well done. There are a few parts, like when before the last battle, Widow tosses that rifle to fury and it suddenly appears from his hand, as if it weren't thrown at all, that weren't animated perfectly, but thats the kind of stuff that no one ever notices.Voice Acting: 5/5. All actors did their jobs perfectly well. Each of the voices fit, and not a single one screwed up. The best actor of all was David Boat, Thor's voice actor. He did a marvelous job, and if they ever make a Thor movie, I hope he reprises his role.Story-line: 3/5. Although the theme of the movie, an alien invasion, is drastically overused, UA's story line is very good for a 70 minute flick. It doesn't feel rushed at any time, and leaves no things unexplained. Screen Time for characters: 3/5. Most of the movie seemed to focus on Black Widow, Giant Man, the Wasp, and Captain America. The others seemed to just show up and actually do something during the last battle. It really angered me to see Thor just have like 4 minutes of actual fighting, and the rest of his screen time devoted to dissing Fury's team. But hey, nothing is perfect.And here's the last part. While some people believe that the movie's characters should've been more 'Ultimate' Versions that Earth 616 versions, I say they shouldn't complain. Why ?? The movie is called 'Ultimate Avengers', not the Ultimates, and not the Avengers. So its obvious that there will be more 616 than ultimate. Especially since people are more familiar to the 616 versions than the new 'Ultimate' series.All in all, i recommend this title to anyone who likes super-heroes, and is a firm Avengers fan. It delivers as promised, and the sequel is just as good.