You know, I'm sure someone will turn that misconception into a porno.

Cool Avengers comics at that site: [link]

Oh, right! She's also done some great Hunger Games comics.

Oh great, now I won't not be able to think about that when I watch it again. HA.

We're going this afternoon, and now I am going to laugh and laugh and laugh.

Cool Avengers comics at that site: [link]

I've been digging those all week.

I'm re-watching Iron Man, and damn if seeing Agent Coulson didn't make me all sniffly.

HAHAHAHA!!!!

PLEASE tell me she didn't catch on before the "I put a bullet in my mouth and the Other Guy spit it out" line !

LOL!

OMG. Laughing and crying.

So I loved The Avengers even more the second time around, largely because I went in to appreciate it as a "forming a team" movie rather than just a "fighting as a team" movie. I also paid attention to how Joss handled the characters, and I realized that the way you juggle the character development of six characters is to work the interactions and relationships between each character to highlight things about them individually. Duh. But I saw that the movie really is all about each member sort of coming to terms with their own identity, which only occurs because of how they fit into the team.

I am madly, madly in love with the "But that's my secret, Captain. I'm always angry" moment. This time, it gave me ALL THE FEELS; I almost teared up, it was so beautiful. It's one of those reclamation/declaration-of-identity moments I love so much. Luckily, the emotion carried over for the next minute or so into the big power shot. I watched Mark Ruffalo's performance the whole movie to see how he was playing the "always angry" bit, and, of course, it's not evident. He's not seething. But it's more that he is deliberately keeping the Hulk at bay every second, matching his anger with his own and keeping that anger inside so that he can maintain his calm demeanor. Which is why it feels so good to let it out. I'm not quite sure how the Hulk-out on the helicarrier works with that premise, though; it must be that he has the ability to Hulk out at will, but the other guy can have his way if he's too distracted to deal with him. Like if he's just been knocked to the ground right after almost losing control.

Also, this time I caught the Shawarma Palace. After Stark pulls his Jonah trick, he lands right in front of it. I was distracted by the giant Farmers Insurance product placement before, but that's the shawarma place they go to that the end.

Also, I really love Black Widow in this movie.

ALSO. The credits note special makeup effects for "The Other and Man #1." Ha! That must be what they called Thanos.

Yeah, "I'm always angry." resonated because I'm always angry. I tell people this constantly and they never believe me, but I'm just a seething little ball of anger all the time. It takes a lot of effort to keep that under wraps and I'm constantly aware of the damage I can cause if I let it slip. And sometimes I do. And sometimes I move to the desert and try to help kids.

So yeah. HULK RESONATE.

My question of the moment: Will boxofficmojo be correct in their prediction that The Dark Knight Rises will be the biggest box office success of the summer, or will The Avengers walk away with it?

I think it will be tight, but honestly, I think The Avengers might win. People like Batman, but my feeling is that fun will win over darkness this summer. And I'm not sure that The Dark Knight has maintained its reputation since it came out. I bought the blu-ray and re-watched it recently, and as I think I mentioned before, I was oddly bored and bummed out. I haven't seen The Avengers yet (I have to wait until we go to the beach with my parents to get the free babysitting) but I don't think it will have that effect on me in four years.