ericadawn16 | Jul. 5th, 2012

Avengers again...Gee, it's good to see Avengers again...

Okay, I'm a bit behind with my posts...like a week.

Last Thursday, the nephews were away at Bible camp so we were going to use that time to see a movie. I had wanted to see Seeking a Friend for the End of the World but it didn't come locally. My mom was willing to drive but wasn't she wanted to see the film. After a discussion of whether Loki killed eyeball guy or simply maimed him and how funny the cane tripping is, she informed me that the only film that interested her was seeing The Avengers.

Me: Well, I did see it that time without you...
Mom: Or you could come with me...

Gah, I can't argue with that logic. Also, considering how it had left our local theatre, there were three films coming out last Friday and The Amazing Spider-Man on Tuesday, we were worried that this would be our last chance before it hit Parkway and the second tier theatres.

I'm not sure anyone cares but the Brandon AMC totally updated: seats more like Cobb and a soda machine with 75% of what you want, including Vanilla Cherry Coke. Alas, still no watermelon Coke...

This was also the first time I had seen the film on actual film. The other four times had been digital. While film isn't as pristine and crisp as digital, it does feel more alive, more unique. Each print is subject to its own special imperfections. However, you do sacrifice a few frames here and there depending on how fast the reel is changed.

When AMC renovated, they did add a bar to the audience. I always prefer the bar for my feet. I am both a bad sitter who can't stay still and not always tall enough to sit comfortably in some seats anyway. It's very annoying when you have to sit at the edge of a seat so your feet will rest on the floor. Anyway, the bar is closer than most theatre auditoriums which resulted in what felt like watching it on a larger screen. This is probably the closest we'll get to Imax. I was holding out for MOSI but they don't appear to show Hollywood films anymore. It's a pity, Avengers on a Dome Screen would have been AWESOME.

We both really liked how much detail we could see though, like I noticed that the Hulk actually has green blood. Some of it was dried from his nose after the Chitauri kicked the crap out of him.

( Do I still need to warn for spoilers? )

I still don't understand how the Tesseract got to Earth in the first place. Was it like an older Loki making sure that Odin would send it to Norway just so Red Skull would find it and the time-line would be preserved?

For the record, The Avengers is now tied with The Sorcerer's Apprentice for seeing it five times in the theatre. My record is still seeing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest seven times.