I saw The Avengers yesterday. I spent the first 2/3s of it liking it a whole lot and the last third absolutely riveted. I found myself literally on the edge of my seat at several points. And I'll be going back next weekend for another viewing, if not sooner. This is the first movie since the first Pirates of the Caribbean where I was planning my next viewing before I'd left my seat from the first.
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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Calli - May 06, 2012 8:29:13 am PDT #19946 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
tommyrot - May 06, 2012 8:39:13 am PDT #19947 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, I'm going to do another viewing in a few hours.
DavidS - May 06, 2012 9:45:01 am PDT #19948 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Liese S. - May 06, 2012 9:51:02 am PDT #19949 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Wow.
I'm waiting for the SO to get done playing bass and come home so we can go see it. He won't have seen any of the precursors at all, although of course he has a vague idea of who the characters are from existing in the world for the past several decades.
Is there anything specific I should tell him as backstory before he goes in, or will he be good with the given text?
le nubian - May 06, 2012 9:52:29 am PDT #19950 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Liese,
as someone who had very limited exposure to the back stories, just roll with it. The one that was the most difficult was Thor, but sometimes you just have to go with the story as told.
DavidS - May 06, 2012 9:54:12 am PDT #19951 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is there anything specific I should tell him as backstory before he goes in, or will he be good with the given text?
I think he'll be fine. You could mention that the previous movies wove together bits and pieces like the Tesseract, and Tony Stark's dad involved with Capt. America, Tony Stark building Cap's shield, Agent Coulson and Nick Fury being in the earlier movies, or Loki's story in Thor, but the movie doesn't require that.
tommyrot - May 06, 2012 10:20:51 am PDT #19952 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, in the theater again. This time I'm at a 3-D showing. (This theater is showing The Avengers on two 3-D screens and one 2-D and I didn't want to wait for the next 2-D show.)
Liese S. - May 06, 2012 10:41:18 am PDT #19953 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, thanks.
beekaytee - May 06, 2012 10:46:48 am PDT #19954 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Buffyverse-inspired moments
When our heroes were escaping the post implosion sink hole I turned to my companion and chirped Hellmouth !
Steph L. - May 06, 2012 11:23:29 am PDT #19955 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, bonny! That one, too! I forgot about that one since it happens so early in the movie, but that was my exact reaction!