(also it will never not be funny to me that Kenneth Branagh directed this movie)

[shinealightonme]

So I am watching Thor now, in the hopes of being slightly less pathetically unqualified to talk/write about Avengers. And also for Darcy cause frankly she seems pretty bomb.

But mostly I am distracted by all of the Dutch angles, oh no, everything is all ~*~topsy-turvy~*~, woaaaaaah.

ETA: Also is it just me or do Chris Hemsworth's eyebrows have

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[flamingo_bandit]

I'm not really sure, philosophically speaking, if there is a "wrong" way of watching a movie, but I'm pretty sure I'm watching this wrong.

Disagree. You are watching it correctly. In fact, it hurts me a little that we will probably never meet and watch movies together because this write-up is a thing of joy and wonder. If I went through and highlighted every line that made me giggle, I would just be reposting your entire, uh, post.

I am one of those stupid Loki fangirls--Hiddles is such a good actor, and I feel bad for the poor guy and want to give him a hug. And a cheeseburger because DAMN, dude is skinny. (Keep in mind, I also have a long-standing crush on Anthony Hopkins's Hannibal Lecter so there is obviously something very wrong with me.)

Yeah, the tesseract is dumb but my name is Tessa so it makes me happy. Plus it makes me think of A Wrinkle in Time which also makes me happy. I'M EASILY PLEASED, OKAY?

And yes, "Another!" is the best. I try doing this when I'm in a coffee shop but it's always disposable paper cups so it lacks something. Plus, the crazy homeless people here do the same thing on a regular basis. Sigh.

GOD I need to watch Thor again. Damn your eyes.

Oh, and yeah, Darcy wins the everything. Fuck yes.

[shinealightonme]

My doubts about the validity of my watching style was mostly because it took me over three hours to watch a 110-minute movie (though I also stopped it briefly to deal with roommate stuff and get snacks and stuff). Blogging is work! But it was super fun. Also, um, I've been told I'm really obnoxious to watch movies with in person, at least in theater, so maybe the live-blog is the best way to experience a movie with me. And I think I want to have another go at doing it sometime :D

Hiddles is a good actor. And pretty! And as of, like, a half-hour into Thor, I was REALLY grooving on him as a character. But he has not been well-written in these movies, with his motivations and plans and stuff being all muddled up in favor of whatever is going to serve the plot best, which is unfortunate. Also I find it a little weird when fandom acts like the worst he ever did was maybe push people around a little bit, when he's clearly done much worse - but I've been in fandom long enough that I'm not surprised or even confused by that reaction. It's more that I don't share it and sometimes I'm lazy and saying "this doesn't make sense!" is an easier way of expressing my not-quite-sharing-the-feeling-ness (see also: my reaction to Clint/Coulson being a huge, all-powerful slash ship in Avengers fandom)

Hee, now when I see the tessaract I will think it has something to do with you and that will make me happier with it. "Oh, look, it's Tessa's cool glowing cube of awesomeness! I wonder if she knows Nick Fury's playing with it?"

I'm now picturing that shortly after Thor came out, coffee shops got waves and waves of customers throwing their cups at the ground and yelling "Another!" and being very pleased with themselves. Meanwhile the coffee shop workers are muttering "third time today..." and pushing around little push-brooms.

[flamingo_bandit]

Heh, my brother-in-law does NOT like watching movies with me and my sister. We, uh, are somewhat distracting from the entire movie-watching experience. But I would be delighted to read more live-blogging from you! :)

Yeah, the shitty writing is pretty depressing and requires a lot of mental gymnastics to try to explain in my own head-canon, which does not make sense and will not be shared. :P And yes, he's a mass murderer, not really a great quality in a man. But . . . but . . .



Yes! It is MY glowing cube of awesomeness. Nick was all, "Just gonna borrow this for a while" and he swore he'd be careful with it but it's just like the time he borrowed my Prisoner of Azkaban hardcover and dropped it in the bathtub. Bastard.

[shinealightonme]

I think Thor also made me like him better because I have opinions about long hair on men and so thought he looked better in Thor. But even in Avengers - just, like, "I am not overly fond of what follows," or "I think I'll have that drink now" - he definitely has some charm. Which was another thing that bugged me in Thor - he's set up early on as having a silver tongue and it is portrayed really well in the scene where he sneakily convinces Thor to go to the Frost Giant planet - but every time after that he's a total fail at lying/manipulating/etc even though that's supposed to be his thing. *sigh* So actually what I need is some good Loki fic because Lord knows there are times when the fans just do it better.

Ugh, Fury fail! And it was probably one of those scented bubble-baths he's always taking, so I'm sure the books smells like lilac now.

[flamingo_bandit]

I'm not huge on long-hair on men, but I'm also not huge on skinny guys. And I'm a pacifist. But DAMN I love that murdering bastard. *shame* Yeah, I think most of it is how very ~charming he is. In Avengers while Tony's doing his headcount speech, Loki actually smiles and laughs at some of his jokes, which is just totally hilarious to me, idk. And yeah, he really does blow at lying in Avengers. Bah. Whatever.

Mango, actually. He says it keeps his skin soft.

[entwashian]

Yessssssss A Wrinkle in Time!!!

[flamingo_bandit]

RIGHT? :D :D :D

(I hate myself for observing that the background of your excellent icon is in fact tesseract blue.)