We went to see Captain America this morning at the 10:20 am showing. And it was PACKED. Not a seat open. Fortunately we arrived in time to get seats together, and were in the midst of fanboys. Who were really dubious about having to be near a 6yo, but who were really relieved when it was clear Mal could handle it.

We all really enjoyed it, even the DH who hates superhero movies liked it, because it was basically Raiders of the Lost Ark and because the performances were delightful. They did almost lose him, though, because once again the State Dept. guy is a bad guy. I've promised to write him a script where that's not the case.

I've spent the last year immersed in WWII poster art, so the end credits were amusing to me, if not to the DH who had to put up with me telling him the slogan of each poster. I owed him for making me snort Coke during the previews though: the two last previews were Mission: impossible and Tintin, and in the pause afterwards he whispered, "Damn, uncanny valley!" I said, "Nah, they made some of the characters look cartoonish." He said, "I meant Tom Cruise."

I also dug Hugo Weaving.

Oh, yeah, he's always awesome.

"I meant Tom Cruise."

Mega-snerk.

Ridley Scott will never work without 3D again.

humph. Since the Samsung study I have reached the opposite conclusion.

Luke Evans (Bard the Bowman) talks about the Hobbit.

H, StY and I have always called Scott's movies "the ones with the visible air", i.e. Blade Runner's everpresent mobile smog, Legend's horrific sneezefest waft and drift of allergens, etc. So his devotion to 3D doesn't actually surprise me.

What Bev said.

Which means I won't need to watch any more Scott movies.

I was doing a big huge writeup of Captain America, noting my surprise at how clever and well-turned some of the dialogue was...then google told me that Joss had re-worked the script a bit, so yeah. Still a fan of the Whedon writing.

Coraline is really the only thing I've seen in recent years that made the 3D worth the extra cost and the eyestrain. I suppose if Laika or Aardman Animations make anything else in 3D I'll see it that way, but I opt for 2D versions whenever possible.

Haywire, a Jason Statham-type action flick with a woman MMA fighter in the lead role. Plus Ewan MacGregor and Michael Douglas and Channing Tatum.

I think that's Soderbergh, isn't it? He saw the MMA fighter in something and decided he had to make an action movie for her. Which explains the hefty cast. It does make me wonder if he really will ever retire, though.

Just checked IMDB and yep, that's the one. Antonio Banderas and Bill Paxton too? Huh. [link]

Joss had re-worked the script a bit

Ahaha, I bet if I watched it again I could pick out a number of his contributions. Like, how much you wanna bet he was responsible for the kid thrown in the water who said, "I can swim! Go get him!!" ?