Age of Ultron may be the most spiritual superhero movie yet. The creators of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” use the archetypal Byronic hero of Tony Stark and different kind of allusions (historical and mostly biblical) to convey the idea that playing God’s role by making our own manmade gods will never result in peace.
Tony Stark holds Byronic traits that lead him to his biggest mistake: “Tony Stark is self-critical, perceptive, prideful, self-centered, and emotionally conflicted.” Tony has his own set of beliefs which he will not change for anyone. When Tony comes across Loki’s mysterious scepter from the first movie, a woman named Wanda Maximoff puts a terrifying vision in his head: He sees his friends dead or dying on a chunk of rock floating in space, with the rest of humanity surely about to perish from some horrible, extraterrestrial fate. In the teeth of that vision, Tony decides that the best way to safeguard the world, and his friends, is not by
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“When the earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it,” Ultron says, and he’s preparing to do a little earthly smiting of his own. He quotes Jesus from Matthew, saying “Upon this rock I will build my church.” He compares the impending cataclysm with Noah and the Flood. It’s fitting, given that Ultron sees humanity as wayward, self-destructive and in need of a good cleansing. Although Ultron said, “Men of peace create the war,” that’s just a justification for all that he is trying to do. He makes humans seem as unpredictable and dangerous beings while he wants to embody the characteristics of a God when it comes to get rid of all the evil upon earth. The mechanical monster frames himself as a wrathful deity; Ultron wants to remake life into something closer to his own image. This allusions contribute to the theme in such a way that Ultron is raising himself up to God’s level by quoting the holy bible that is the word of