I dragged my sister to see The Avengers Sunday after work, and the big lesson I learned from watching that movie is that something can be almost too awesome. The movie was almost too perfect. I'm big into superhero movies (I'd always see them with my comics-loving guy friends who would complain about it being not like the comics or something, but I'd just shrug my shoulders and say I liked it), and I'm fairly easy to please, but this movie was just an overabundance of everything - an overabundance of affection for the Jossian puns in the script that only a true Whedonite would get, an overabundance of love for RDJ playing RDJ Tony Stark to perfection, an overabundance of love for the entire cast, really.
I've always had an antipathy towards Scarlett Johansen (like you, I just never got the appeal), but I LOVED her as Natasha. I want that prequel so bad now! I had a hot dream about Captain America last night so I'm feeling the love towards Chris Evans, and after seeing Chris Hemsworth as The Athelete in Cabin in the Woods, it makes perfect sense that he would be an amazing Thor. Mark Ruffalo brought out a sensitivity as Bruce Banner that was missing in Edward Norton's, I think. The Other Guy is more of a burden to Ruffalo that he understood was also a gift, and I don't think Norton's Bruce really understood it. Agent Caulson broke my heart, and I loved his mancrush on Captain America so much. Agent Caulson is officially my favorite. Samuel L. Jackson really played Nick Fury's duplicitousness well, but it was Cobie Smulders that really impressed me - she can do action just as well as she can do comedy on HIMYM, and I loved that they gave her such a large role in the big opening action sequence. I wish we had gotten to see more of Clint Barton instead of zombie!Hawkeye, but that just means we need the prequel EVEN MOAR. And I'll watch Tom Hiddleson read the phone book. It's just that he IS Loki, and there's nothing imperfect about his job playing the role. He stole the show in Thor, and he really played up what was wonderful about his character in that movie in The Avengers.
Sorry, lots of feels. Had to get them out.
One thing I told my sister as we were walking out of the theater was that Whedon fandom is never going to be the same after this. I don't yet know what will change, but it will be different: Joss has gone mainstream.
I think they kept Cumberbatch's role secret because it was Khan, not because it was a white dude playing a character made famous by a person of color, but the implications of such are kinda disturbing. What next, a white Uhura? DEAR GOD NO.
I was very impressed with Mark for finally getting Spike, but I'm still side-eyeing him for his total ignorance of the awesomeness of Spike beforehand. And his lack of Spuffy feels - is it because he allegedly knows about the AR (he mentions it during one of his Mark Reads Twilight posts)? Or is it because he's just not getting it? Spike's entire storyline revolves around his love for Buffy, and his story only comes full circle when she loves him back. It's all the women that rejected him finally being put to rest because Buffy Loves Him. It's finally getting one over on Angel/Angelus (which is one reason why I hate Chosen kiss so much - how many times do we have to see Spike rejected in favor of Angel?), it's finally him getting his effulgence. I don't think Mark will ever get Spuffy, and that really disappoints me.
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RDJTony Stark to perfection, an overabundance of love for the entire cast, really.I've always had an antipathy towards Scarlett Johansen (like you, I just never got the appeal), but I LOVED her as Natasha. I want that prequel so bad now! I had a hot dream about Captain America last night so I'm feeling the love towards Chris Evans, and after seeing Chris Hemsworth as The Athelete in Cabin in the Woods, it makes perfect sense that he would be an amazing Thor. Mark Ruffalo brought out a sensitivity as Bruce Banner that was missing in Edward Norton's, I think. The Other Guy is more of a burden to Ruffalo that he understood was also a gift, and I don't think Norton's Bruce really understood it. Agent Caulson broke my heart, and I loved his mancrush on Captain America so much. Agent Caulson is officially my favorite. Samuel L. Jackson really played Nick Fury's duplicitousness well, but it was Cobie Smulders that really impressed me - she can do action just as well as she can do comedy on HIMYM, and I loved that they gave her such a large role in the big opening action sequence. I wish we had gotten to see more of Clint Barton instead of zombie!Hawkeye, but that just means we need the prequel EVEN MOAR. And I'll watch Tom Hiddleson read the phone book. It's just that he IS Loki, and there's nothing imperfect about his job playing the role. He stole the show in Thor, and he really played up what was wonderful about his character in that movie in The Avengers.
Sorry, lots of feels. Had to get them out.
One thing I told my sister as we were walking out of the theater was that Whedon fandom is never going to be the same after this. I don't yet know what will change, but it will be different: Joss has gone mainstream.
I think they kept Cumberbatch's role secret because it was Khan, not because it was a white dude playing a character made famous by a person of color, but the implications of such are kinda disturbing. What next, a white Uhura? DEAR GOD NO.
I was very impressed with Mark for finally getting Spike, but I'm still side-eyeing him for his total ignorance of the awesomeness of Spike beforehand. And his lack of Spuffy feels - is it because he allegedly knows about the AR (he mentions it during one of his Mark Reads Twilight posts)? Or is it because he's just not getting it? Spike's entire storyline revolves around his love for Buffy, and his story only comes full circle when she loves him back. It's all the women that rejected him finally being put to rest because Buffy Loves Him. It's finally getting one over on Angel/Angelus (which is one reason why I hate Chosen kiss so much - how many times do we have to see Spike rejected in favor of Angel?), it's finally him getting his effulgence. I don't think Mark will ever get Spuffy, and that really disappoints me.