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shapinglightI have done something useful today, I swear (some gardening and the ironing, if you want to know), but otherwise, for some reason, I decided to watch The Avengers movie again.
Brief thoughts behind cut, plus some slightly spoilery squee for season 5 of The Good Wife.
I haven't changed my opinion much. I still think the film is far too long, that some of the characters (Hawkeye and Black Widow in particular) are boring, and that the battle/trashing of New York scene at the end goes on, and on, and on!.
On the other hand, I liked it better than I did the first time, and although they're completely different animals in most ways, the glossiness of the film with its very expensive special effects and A-list actors, serves to make Agents of SHIELD look even more rubbish -which wouldn't have necessarily been the case if the show had had better scripts and better acting.
As for The Good Wife season 5, I watched ep 4 last night. So Diane's married Kurt? They have chemistry, true, but I can't help thinking Diane's doubting friends might have a point. Also, after what Will and the other Lockhart Gardner partners did to her, I really admire Diane for warning Will about what Alicia and Cary were up to.
And the squee? Well, apart from the sheer awesomeness of Diane, I love Elizabeth Tascioni. What a great character. And yet another The Wire alumnus (or alumna, in this case) cameo. Kima! That makes four.
Trivial stuff: I think I read somewhere that Enver Gjokai was in The Avengers, but I saw no sign of him the first time I watched it. Think I spotted him this time. Was he the younger of the two policemen Captain America was giving orders to?
Also, my attempts to read a quite well-written Thor/Loki fic have come to a juddering halt. Seems I just can't cope with incest that doesn't involve vampires (even though Thor and Loki are only stepbrothers). Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age?
Brief thoughts behind cut, plus some slightly spoilery squee for season 5 of The Good Wife.
I haven't changed my opinion much. I still think the film is far too long, that some of the characters (Hawkeye and Black Widow in particular) are boring, and that the battle/trashing of New York scene at the end goes on, and on, and on!.
On the other hand, I liked it better than I did the first time, and although they're completely different animals in most ways, the glossiness of the film with its very expensive special effects and A-list actors, serves to make Agents of SHIELD look even more rubbish -which wouldn't have necessarily been the case if the show had had better scripts and better acting.
As for The Good Wife season 5, I watched ep 4 last night. So Diane's married Kurt? They have chemistry, true, but I can't help thinking Diane's doubting friends might have a point. Also, after what Will and the other Lockhart Gardner partners did to her, I really admire Diane for warning Will about what Alicia and Cary were up to.
And the squee? Well, apart from the sheer awesomeness of Diane, I love Elizabeth Tascioni. What a great character. And yet another The Wire alumnus (or alumna, in this case) cameo. Kima! That makes four.
Trivial stuff: I think I read somewhere that Enver Gjokai was in The Avengers, but I saw no sign of him the first time I watched it. Think I spotted him this time. Was he the younger of the two policemen Captain America was giving orders to?
Also, my attempts to read a quite well-written Thor/Loki fic have come to a juddering halt. Seems I just can't cope with incest that doesn't involve vampires (even though Thor and Loki are only stepbrothers). Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age?