I like him better as a blonde in glasses (Penn, in the Angel episode "Somnambulist").

But I am troubled that she didn't mention how holy shit hot he was in this movie.

Surely I must have.

This means Chris Hemsworth is mine, right? GOOD.

I'm pretty sure I already called the big Hemsworth.

The Jesse dude from CitW can Finnick me all day long and twice on Sundays. Fuck off, racist fuckheads.

$641.8 million in barely a week and a half

Hot. Damn.

Buffyverse moments: The sinkhole
"Sorry, sir, he rabbited." ::sniff
I was reminded of the final scene of Angel during the battle, not to mention the "dragons."

Super awesome lines I loved that y'all haven't mentioned yet:
"You and I remember Budapest very differently."
"Better clench, Legolas."
"I'm sorry, what were you lying?"
"Well, skip the spinning rims, we're on the clock here."

There are so many things that, in retrospect, I should have seen coming, because it's Joss. But I didn't, and I look forward to watching and savoring them again and again.

Next time in IMAX 3-D, I hope. ISTG, if I didn't have work today, I would have just stayed for the next showing. We didn't know about the 2nd post-credits scene, but thankfully Nora and Tom were at the same showing and told us to sit our asses back down! Love love love. Almost everyone left!

In general, I thought the credits were exceptionally cool for credits. I really liked seeing the battered armor.

I think this is the first role I've ever liked Mark Ruffalo in. I just... don't like him. But he was absolutely fabulous as Banner/The Hulk, playing that anger simmering just below the surface, until it explodes.

I really feel that, if Joss hadn't written/directed this movie, the distaff would have gotten massively short shrift. I don't think we'd have even seen a picture of Jane Foster, and I so appreciate Agent Smulders and Black Widow. ScarJo was fabulous.

I liked that Selvig didn't die, and that he retained enough free will to build in a shutdown.

Thor showing up didn't bother me. The Heimdahl explanation works just fine.

It was just so... Jossy. Humor and action and character development and hinted-at backstory and continuity and snark for miles and miles.

One interesting possibility we discussed over beers after; did Loki's staff cause or amplify the dissension when they were all in Banner and Stark's lab?

I totally spotted Enver, but I saw him in the trailer so I knew what to look for.

I don't know how I'm going to sleep for the squee.

This means Chris Hemsworth is mine, right? GOOD.

All your RDJ are belong to me.

I think I have to duel ita ! for Chris Evans. Dammit.

Smonter: about Loki's staff. I'm thinking yes. At the end of the big fight scene in the strategy room or whatever, they notice that Bruce somehow ended up holding the staff, almost as if it came to his hand without him knowing. It was meant to sow dissension, but most of it, I think it was supposed to bring out the out-of-control Hulk (err, personally, I think that whole plan was kind of half-assed and less than sensical, but it gave me that fantastic scene between Loki and Natasha, so I am happy to handwave). Hulk in the hanger room in the helicarrier was A LOT more out of control than the Hulk in the final battle, who seemed to have the ability for strategic strikes.

Jeremy Renner was Penn??

I'm pretty sure I already called the big Hemsworth.

Um ... pictures or it never happened?

(Damn it.)