The movie has been out for 5 days, and I'm already weary of people bitching about how much it sucked, and the people who loved it being all defensive and passive aggressive.

I was weary of this before the movie even came out.

"Well, maybe Charisma shouldn't have done so much blow she had to change her hairstyle every week and go to rehab and get written out of the show."

But dontcha know she was written out because she was knocked up? ::eyeroll::

WHICH IS THE REAL TRUTH. (No, really, the knocked-up narrative is the dominant one and proves Joss is a misogynist monster, and I haven't heard much about this rehab thing.)

Finally saw the movie last night. Got to attend it with a bunch of local folks...

My opinion is ... mixed. Too much fighty-fighty for me. And apparently nobody shared a copy of the scripts for either IM3 or CA:TWS with Joss? Because from what I could tell, neither of those movies happened in the continuity of this one (aside from the veiled reference to Bucky).

I didn't buy Natasha and Bruce--especially since he was deflecting so hard I felt like Natasha wasn't respecting his boundaries.

I did like that we got to see a bunch of Natasha's backstory, which I thought was effectively conveyed.

I did NOT recognize Andy Serkis.

I dunno. I'm told it was funny, and there were a few quips, but it just didn't hold together as well for me as the first one: plot-wise, or thematically, or emotionally. Too much fighting, not enough character.

And the conversation about Pepper and Jane was the most damnably awkward lampshade I've ever seen.

I give it a B at best. But at least I don't care enough about any of the ships to feel PERSONALLY BETRAYED.

And apparently nobody shared a copy of the scripts for either IM3 or CA:TWS with Joss?

Word. How did Tony get from blowing up all his suits for Pepper to having an arsenal of drones etc?

Got to attend it with a bunch of local folks, including a feminist activist whose name I won't supply but who recently showed up in both Time and on the Colbert Report (we have friends in common).

WHAAAAAAAT. How cool.

WHAAAAAAAT. How cool.

It was very weird being the one to tell the table who the Inhumans are, which I only know because of you all (and Metafilter).

and I haven't heard much about this rehab thing.

As I recall, we always got that scuttlebutt from directly within the writer's room from our mole there (Scrappy is close friends with Jane E).

I got it from a few places.

I did NOT recognize Andy Serkis.

Was he doing an Australian accent, or a South African one?

and I haven't heard much about this rehab thing.

I don't think she specifically mentioned rehab/addiction, but I recall Stephanie Romanov letting slip at that 2004 Creation Con that CC was a mess on set during her seasons and ended up delaying shooting and such.

Didn't ita have a more personal insight into the problems from her set visit?

In Age of Ultron, does anyone remember Cap talking about the Holocaust? I feel like I remember an awkward moment (not the German scientist joke) but can't think what the actual dialogue was.