I watched both The Avengers and This Means War yesterday. I have a few thoughts/reactions. For those of you who may not have seen one or the other, any spoilers are behind lj-cuts.

The Avengers:

I spent half of the movie trying to figure who the actor was playing Bruce Banner (ie the Hulk). I was completely disturbed by the fact he looked like an older version of Andrew Scott, who was Jim Moriarty in BBC’s Sherlock. Then, of course, I stayed for the credits and realized Mark Ruffalo =/= Andrew Scott. But seriously, people? Am I the only one who was confused at first?

Exhibit A –

Mark Ruffalo (left) & Andrew Scott (right)

We can agree there is a resemblence around the eyes, yes?

Why did Phil have to die? I mean, c’mon, HE WAS A FANBOY! This just saddened me to no end.

And why was Natasha so wishy-washy at some parts? Not when she was trying to get info from Loki, but with the whole Barton thing. The lip-biting confused me. But other than that, I think the actress Scarlett did an awesome job. Especially at the beginning when she pulled a gun on Banner and looked so freaked out.

Stark is made of punch lines. I don’t think Downey Jr has played a character better. My love for him is epic. I will be seeing Iron Man 3 during its opening weekend. Need I say more?

Also, I think many people would agree the best part of the movie is when Loki starts bullshiting about how god-like he is – blah, blah, blah – and the Hulk smashes him repeatedly like a ragdoll. The theater’s audience erupted into applause at this part, including me. I THINK THIS SHOULD HAPPEN EVERY TIME A VILLAIN BEGINS HIS EGOTISTICAL RANT. HULK SMASH.

This Means War:

All right, I’m just going to cut this entire section.

Maybe I missed the entire point of Reese’s character, Lauren. I must have. I could have sworn the only thing she did plot-wise was cause FDR and Tuck to have a big married couple fight which led them realize in the end THEY STILL LOVE EACH OTHER NO MATTER WHAT. Srsly.

And if you wore slash googles to this movie, I bet you immmediately took them off. There was no need for slash googles – THE SLASH WAS IN THE SCRIPT! Could it have been more obvious?

Anyway, my favorite part (I didn’t exactly care for the movie as a whole, I thought it was a little clumsy) was when Chris – I mean FDR – kept calling his MIA bro because Tuck had baled on their sports night. And he had that seriously worried tone in his voice: (to Tuck’s voicemail) “It’s been like an hour…” and I haven’t heard from you and omgI’mpicturingyoudeadorKIDNAPPEDWHEREAREYOU?!!!

I laughed so hard then had an awwww moment afterwards.

And that’s about all I had to say on that movie. :P

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