Avengers : Age Of Ultron

Ladies, i think it is time you should know what every man wants you to do !

No matter if you are a wife, girfriend, or interested in a guy, the best thing you can do to make men happy are to dress up like comic book characters like Catwoman, Elektra, Red Sonja, Tank Girl, or any other comic book character you can think of. So why is this a good idea ? I know what men like, and if they see you dress up like Red Sonja, with a massive sword and short dress, i can guarantee they will marry you. If you want the relationship to end, i suggest you dress up as Hans Martin, the swedish ballad singer. Speaking of comic books, i am a big fan of Marvel motion picture adaptations of classic comic book characters. Some of the films have been amazing, with fantastic special effects, great actors and great dialogue. With the right director, you can make a comic book character come to life on screen. Is there any bad ones out there ? Oh man, yes there is. I think the biggest proof of that is Catwoman, with Hale Berry. Elektra with Jennifer Garner may not have been as bad as Catwoman, but when you have a character like Elektra, and make a film that looks very cheap, it is not a good sign. Over the years, we thankfully have movie adaptions of comic book characters that really proved to work very well. You might have seen the films about Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Hulk, and many more ? The great thing about comic book motion pictures, is that you can enter a world where anything is possible. You do get lots of violence, but we also get great acting, and surprisingly good stories to be told. In 2012, director Joss Whedon brought the latest adaption of The Avengers to the big screen. It was definetely one of the better Marvel films, and looked amazing, with some really good acting included. A massive box office success, so i knew that a sequel will eventually show up. So here we are, Age Of Ultron is the second film, based on the characters from Avengers. The whole team is back, including the same director from the first film, and that is a good sign. Is this sequel just as good as the first Avenger film, or is this proof that some films should be left alone ?

In the Eastern European country of Sokovia, the Avengers is at war , at an Hydra outpost led by Baron Wolfgang von Struker ( Thomas Kretschmann ). Wolfgang have been making experiments on humans, using the scepter that Loki ( Tom Hiddleston ) have used before. The Avengers get their hands on the scepter, when they encounter two of Wolfgangs experiments, twins Pietro, and Wanda Maximoff ( Elizabeth Olsen ). Tony Stark ( Robert Downey, Jr ) and Bruce Banner ( Mark Ruffalo ) find artificial intelligence from the scepters diamond. They use the diamond to complete Stark´s ( Ultra ) Global Defense Program. While having a party with the whole team, Ultran show up infront of all the guests, attack the Avengers at their headquarters. Ultron escapes with the scepter,  uses the resources in Strucker's Sokovia base to upgrade his rudimentary body, including building an army of robot dromes. Ultron recruit the Maximoffs, who hold Tony Stark responsible of their parents death. They all travel together to the base of arm dealer Ulysses Klaue ( Andy Serkis ), to obtain Wakandan vibranium. The Avengers follow them, but Wanda subdues the team so they have haunting visions. Nick Fury ( Samuel L Jackson ) arrives, and try to encourage the team, to come up with a plan to stop Ultron, before he manage to end his vision.

Let us make one thing clear. If you don´t like comic book films, and loved The Boy Next Door with Jennifer Lopez, i suggest you run now. Why ? The nerds of Sweden will without a doubt make you suffer , and let you watch Rolf Lassgård and Richard Wolf play rock music in Angel. I have seen this, and i almost died for real, it is that dangerous. On the other hand, if you loved The Avengers from 2012, with so many great comic book characters, i have a feeling Age Of Ultron is a film in your taste. Personally i had a great time with this film, simply because i really enjoy comic book adaptions made into big screen films. If you love the characters Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, among some of the classics, you are really in for a feast. The action scenes are just as massive as you probably were hoping for. Lots of CGI ? Of course, otherwise you could not do a massive action film like this. As long as they make it right, CGI specialists are welcome to use all the technology that a film like this needs. The whole idea behind The Avengers is that it is supposed to feel majestic, when you have so many superheroes fight against evil forces. If you did not see the first film, it might be hard to understand certain details what they are talking about in this sequel, but you don´t have to see the first film to understand the characters, they are still pretty much what you have seen before. When it comes to a sequel of a really good comic book film, i would not want to compare the differences from last time. This time around we get new characters, especially Ultron, who is a very unique sentinent. I like the way Ultron is portrayed here, an artificial intelligence who knows exactly what to do, trying to destroy The Avengers in every single possible way. You also get to see a different emotional view on the whole Avengers team, as you realise that they really need each other, when times are tough. Even superheroes makes mistakes, just as we humans do. Director Joss Whedon have a feeling for making this world become alive on screen. He makes sure we get both majestic action sequences, but also a human perspective that affect even these super heroes. Age Of Ultron is an action film, with both brain and substance, and so many great performances from all the actors. Is it one of the best Marvel films so far ? I am not sure, but this is definetely one of the better ones, and that is a good sign. One thing is for sure, i need to make my wife dress up like Red Sonja for my birthday party in august, just so i can.......enjoy the birthday cake, without the candles of course.

Rating: DDDD