LESS THAN 2 HOURS.
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Steph L. - May 04, 2012 3:40:10 pm PDT #19849 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Atropa - May 04, 2012 3:46:58 pm PDT #19850 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Tom, I agree with your whitefont! And I teared up a little, because dammit, Son of Coul! Whaaaaaah!
Thanks to a morale event at my new job, we saw it at the big IMAX theatre in 3-D. I don't think the 3-D added anything, really. But wheeee, fun movie.
Tom Scola - May 04, 2012 3:48:29 pm PDT #19851 of 30000
hwæt
I saw it in 2D, and have no regrets.
Atropa - May 04, 2012 3:50:50 pm PDT #19852 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The 3-D did make some of the action scenes a little difficult to follow for me, but I don't know how much of that is due to the sleep dep from having early meetings a couple days this week.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 04, 2012 3:57:40 pm PDT #19853 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Curses! The early evening shows sold out earlier that I expected, so I had to buy a ticket to the 9:30 pm show instead. Oh well, who needed sleep tonight anyway?
At least this way I get to watch SPN live, and I see Kristen has given me a consolation prize of Hot Shirtless Guy with a gun.
Juliebird - May 04, 2012 4:12:57 pm PDT #19854 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I have to wait a week. Thank goodness my mom's a geek. Her Mother's Day present is going to be seeing The Avengers.
Polter-Cow - May 04, 2012 4:28:49 pm PDT #19855 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In the theater! There is a large group of kids. They better not be irritating! Set phasers to adorable instead.
Frankenbuddha - May 04, 2012 6:22:32 pm PDT #19856 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I saw it in 2D, and have no regrets.
Ditto. And had a great audience.
le nubian - May 04, 2012 7:55:32 pm PDT #19857 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
We saw "The Avengers."
I enjoyed it quite a bit and we had an audience who laughed a LOT. I think I missed 1/8th of the audience because of laughing. I was pretty entertained throughout. I was expecting a so-so movie and it is better than so-so. I am not sure I would say it is better than Spider-Man 2 or X-Men 2, but I thought it was pretty good.
Note: I have only seen Iron Man (not 2) and Captain America. So, I didn't get Thor at all. I thought he was the worst of the avengers (and didn't do a good acting job either). I really liked Hulk but It was not well-explained how Hulk behaved the first time he appeared versus the big battle.
I wish the trailer hadn't spoiled the end. it sucked the life out of a particular event toward the dead end of the film. Thank you all for mentioning there were 2 bonus scenes after the end of the movie!
Matt the Bruins fan - May 04, 2012 8:19:21 pm PDT #19858 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I was worried starting a 2 1/2 hour movie at 9:30 would have me up too late to enjoy it, but when the credits rolled I was like Drusilla: Do it again, do it again!