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Avengers redux
I went to see Avengers (again), which prompted me to upload even more shiny icons. I don't think I've ever had this many from a single fandom uploaded at once before - I'm usually much more multifannish. I, in fact, went back to a paid account for LJ just so I could put up all the ones I wanted. *facepalm*
Anyway, the movie about superheroic friends with very nice butts is still my favorite.
I really appreciate watching this movie at the Alamo Drafthouse, because they play A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer during the pre-reel and it is always excellent. (for non-Austinites: pre-reel = the weird/hilarious collection of movie-related clips the theater plays instead of commercials and hideous top 20 radio. Drafthouse rules! And they're invading New York in 2013! ...not with an alien army, alas) I'm sure someone somewhere on the internet has fact-bitched about why Coulson didn't just shoot the robbers if he had a gun, but I finally realized that doing so would put the cashier in the line of fire while both their guns were still pointed at her. His solution drew all firearms and focus and danger towards him, and allowed him to procure a non-lethal weapon and then hit the guy standing in front of her with no collateral damage. ♥Coulson♥
I continue to read things into Clark Gregg's performance with this short, beyond all reason. This time, I noticed that he is generally honest, even when he's playing a whole other game. He's disarmingly open about, heh, disarming himself and rearming with that bag of flour; similarly, when he tells Loki that he lacks conviction, he truly means it but uses it to line up his shot at the same time. See also: scheduling that meeting with Tony in a very surface-bland manner, but timing it perfectly while he's distracted by backless-dress!Pepper.
OH YEAH AND THERE WAS A MOVIE TOO. *coughs*
Due to the small audience and new sound system at this theater, I heard some fun background lines this time around. First, after Tony and Bruce's meeting, Tony literally says, "Shall we play, Doctor?" LOL. Between this and "Don't take my stuff!", he is so five years old.
I continue to adore Steve's "Is that what just happened?" in that scene. Chris Evans generally cracks my shit up in that scene, with the flying monkeys and craning his neck dramatically to look for Galaga Guy. It's easy to understand how some people walked away with the impression that Steve's a stick in the mud, because 90% of his humor in the movie is quiet background stuff like that. Steeeeeve.
Also, Chris Evans's body is ridiculous in that suit. I keep getting distracted during dialogue scenes by the way his waist tapers down from his shoulders. And below that. And the face. Yeah. A++, costume and casting departments! Also, whoever did the stunt work when Cap is running through the streets, because damn. I want fic where Steve gets Natasha to teach him parkour.
Later in the scene where the team fights, after Natasha says "SHIELD monitors potential threats," Bruce asks "Captain America's on threat watch?" and Natasha says, "We all are." I had NOT heard that line before, and feel free to correct me if I heard wrong, but whooo, that's *very* interesting. I have much headcanon about SHIELD, so I'll add that to the pile.
Also: Maria is not wearing a jumpsuit on the Helicarrier, fyi. It's clearly a two-piece outfit; she may be wearing a jumpsuit in the opening, I didn't notice. There was huge variety of outfits on the Helicarrier, from combat jumpsuits to the two-piece uniforms to traditional suits & skirt-suits to casual clothing & jeans. And they had agents who we've seen in the field before, like Sitwell, pulled in to run operations, which is interesting. Are all agents trained to be multi-faceted, or just the upper-level ones? I imagine there's a Helicarrier/Facilities section and a Field Operations section, with subdivisions in each (Medical, Accounting, Operations, Tech Development // Surveillance, Assassination, Intervention, Airborne). And we know they have at least one building on the ground in NYC, possibly more elsewhere.
(Huh, that location was near Times Square, if we go by Captain America's ending, which is on the western edge of the battle area with the Chitauri. Presumably SHIELD might have been involved in evacuating people.)
In the "Target Angry!" scene, I was thinking how awesome those bays must be when they're not flying, because it looks they can open them up and have those banks of windows looking out underwater.
Factoid: Steve curses! He says 'son of a gun', sure, but also hell and damn and bastards.
I...have not run out of things to say about this movie, actually. I may never run out of things to say about this movie. I just need to sleep at some point.
Anyway, the movie about superheroic friends with very nice butts is still my favorite.
I really appreciate watching this movie at the Alamo Drafthouse, because they play A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer during the pre-reel and it is always excellent. (for non-Austinites: pre-reel = the weird/hilarious collection of movie-related clips the theater plays instead of commercials and hideous top 20 radio. Drafthouse rules! And they're invading New York in 2013! ...not with an alien army, alas) I'm sure someone somewhere on the internet has fact-bitched about why Coulson didn't just shoot the robbers if he had a gun, but I finally realized that doing so would put the cashier in the line of fire while both their guns were still pointed at her. His solution drew all firearms and focus and danger towards him, and allowed him to procure a non-lethal weapon and then hit the guy standing in front of her with no collateral damage. ♥Coulson♥
I continue to read things into Clark Gregg's performance with this short, beyond all reason. This time, I noticed that he is generally honest, even when he's playing a whole other game. He's disarmingly open about, heh, disarming himself and rearming with that bag of flour; similarly, when he tells Loki that he lacks conviction, he truly means it but uses it to line up his shot at the same time. See also: scheduling that meeting with Tony in a very surface-bland manner, but timing it perfectly while he's distracted by backless-dress!Pepper.
OH YEAH AND THERE WAS A MOVIE TOO. *coughs*
Due to the small audience and new sound system at this theater, I heard some fun background lines this time around. First, after Tony and Bruce's meeting, Tony literally says, "Shall we play, Doctor?" LOL. Between this and "Don't take my stuff!", he is so five years old.
I continue to adore Steve's "Is that what just happened?" in that scene. Chris Evans generally cracks my shit up in that scene, with the flying monkeys and craning his neck dramatically to look for Galaga Guy. It's easy to understand how some people walked away with the impression that Steve's a stick in the mud, because 90% of his humor in the movie is quiet background stuff like that. Steeeeeve.
Also, Chris Evans's body is ridiculous in that suit. I keep getting distracted during dialogue scenes by the way his waist tapers down from his shoulders. And below that. And the face. Yeah. A++, costume and casting departments! Also, whoever did the stunt work when Cap is running through the streets, because damn. I want fic where Steve gets Natasha to teach him parkour.
Later in the scene where the team fights, after Natasha says "SHIELD monitors potential threats," Bruce asks "Captain America's on threat watch?" and Natasha says, "We all are." I had NOT heard that line before, and feel free to correct me if I heard wrong, but whooo, that's *very* interesting. I have much headcanon about SHIELD, so I'll add that to the pile.
Also: Maria is not wearing a jumpsuit on the Helicarrier, fyi. It's clearly a two-piece outfit; she may be wearing a jumpsuit in the opening, I didn't notice. There was huge variety of outfits on the Helicarrier, from combat jumpsuits to the two-piece uniforms to traditional suits & skirt-suits to casual clothing & jeans. And they had agents who we've seen in the field before, like Sitwell, pulled in to run operations, which is interesting. Are all agents trained to be multi-faceted, or just the upper-level ones? I imagine there's a Helicarrier/Facilities section and a Field Operations section, with subdivisions in each (Medical, Accounting, Operations, Tech Development // Surveillance, Assassination, Intervention, Airborne). And we know they have at least one building on the ground in NYC, possibly more elsewhere.
(Huh, that location was near Times Square, if we go by Captain America's ending, which is on the western edge of the battle area with the Chitauri. Presumably SHIELD might have been involved in evacuating people.)
In the "Target Angry!" scene, I was thinking how awesome those bays must be when they're not flying, because it looks they can open them up and have those banks of windows looking out underwater.
Factoid: Steve curses! He says 'son of a gun', sure, but also hell and damn and bastards.
I...have not run out of things to say about this movie, actually. I may never run out of things to say about this movie. I just need to sleep at some point.