It wasn't even Thor's
"He's adopted,"
as much as the delivery, timing-wise. I don't remember the character getting anything close to that smart-assed in Thor.
And Cap was SO PROUD of
getting the flying monkeys reference. Bless.
I also loved the way he just wordlessly
pulled out the $10 bill and handed it to Nick Fury.
Hulk
punching Thor
instantly reminded me of Angel
punching Xander in -- was it "Enemies"?, where he pretended to be Angelus again to trick Faith and the mayor?
I tried really hard to not look for Buffyverse-inspired moments, but that one just jumped out at me so hard.
And, honestly, I got the biggest kick out of Cap's delivery of
"Hulk? Smash."
Such a well-executed twist of the cliche.
Also? At the end, Tony's line -- was it
"Nobody better have kissed me"?
made me laugh for about 30 seconds. You can't tell me that wasn't Joss, fully aware of
slashy fanfic.
The final post-credits scene? Funniest one since Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Holy crap, we laughed and laughed and laughed at that.
I just got back from seeing
Avengers.
But I missed the second post-credit scene.
On my way home, my life of crime resulted in me being caught by a red-light camera. I was in a pissy mood when I got home, but seeing the final post-credit scene on YouTube just cracked me up so much I stopped caring about my soon-to-be ticket.
Off to see Avengers soon! I'm super excited! And holy heck! How did I not make the connection that Chris Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth (Gale from Hunger Games) are brothers?!
We just got back from seeing The Avengers in IMAX 3D, I have to say the 3D was pretty good and not really in your face too much. We had a great time and even if the movie had sucked, the final post-credit scene would have made up for it. My son leaned over to me as the "The Avengers" title came up and said "Joss knows how to open a movie". He wanted to go see it again right away, so I have a feeling that we will be seeing it at least once if not twice more.
Oh my God, these numbers are hilarious. Projected, from Deadline Hollywood:
1. Marvel’s The Avengers (Disney) NEW [4,349 Theaters] PG13
Friday $80.5M, Saturday $68+M, Weekend $185+M
2. Think Like A Man (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 3 [2,010 Theaters] PG13
Friday $2.6M, Saturday $3.3M, Weekend $8.0M, Cume $73.0M
To quote Nick Fury:
Ant. Boot.
Off to see Avengers soon! I'm super excited! And holy heck! How did I not make the connection that Chris Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth (Gale from Hunger Games) are brothers?!
From Phillip Island, my favourite local vacation spot and home to FAUNAPALOOZA!
Spoiler alert:
Phillip Island makes no appearance in this movie. Would it have been improved by the addition of penguins? I don't see why not!
Hee! The theater manager came into our theater after the fist credits scene and asked if we wanted to forward to the second scene. Everyone voted yes, and five seconds later, we were laughing like loons at the second scene! That movie was SO GOOD!
They didn't play the second scene at my showing! Very disappointing. (I've now watched it on YouTube.)
Two other comments:
1.
"Dost thy mother know thou wearest her drapes?"
2.
Loki reminded me of no one more than the Master, especially Anthony Ainley's Master.