My Hawkeye Action Figures

I love Avengers, really really LOVE Avengers. And I love Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye. Because Hawkeye is not a real big Hero even in the Marvel-verse, so it's not a surprise that finding a Hawkeye action figure was a challenge. The first one I got was a bobble head Hawkeye that my best friend Sam got me. Then I found an action figure at FanExpo Canada last year & recently I found a regular little action figure at WalMart a little while ago. So I now have Angry Hawkeye, Little Angry Hawkeye and Fat Hawkeye.

How I spent my Valentines

 I am currently single. I do want to be in a relationship, but I'm picky & not taking just anybody. I'm not going to spend this post whining about that cause that didn't bother me this year. Valentine's day sometimes bothers me, I mean when you're only getting a valentine present from your Mom it makes you feel pretty pathetic. This year I've been having fun on FB sharing geeky inspired valentine cards, like this Deadpool one, I love Deadpool. Today I had school, I'm in college right now, but we were done early & I dont' really have much to do for tomorrow, so I decided to go see a movie, cause I love seeing movies in the theatres. 
Today I took myself out on a date to see Hansel & Gretel 3D. This is the second time I've seen it, which means I get to find new stuff in it! It's silly & kinda dumb, but I love it. Why do I love it? Jeremy Renner's topless, & a bit of a dork in this one. I love Jeremy Renner &  I promise to dedicate an entire post to that obsession. Hansel & Gretel is a lot of fun, there's an old timey fan-boy, who even has a sketch he did of Gretel on the wall. & Femke Janssen is a great dark witch. It makes me wish that X-Men could have gotten the whole Phoenix saga right, she would have made an excellent Dark Phoenix! 
Anyways, the move was fun, I got to see Jeremy Renner topless, I got to see lots of blood & gore, & I got my imagination to open up a lot. That's one of the things for me why I love this movie right now, not just the idea of the old fairy tales or fables getting a new spin, that's fun, but also seeing the witches differently, much more brutal & disgusting! I know that the inspiration for some of the witchcraft stuff came from an old European  book on how to identify a witch from like the Inquisition. I hope they make another one, cause there's a lot they could do. Also can't wait for the DVD cause I'm sure there's a lot that didn't make it into the final edit. Also bloopers, I love bloopers!

Avengers Midnight Showing.....in 3D!

First of all I'll just start out by saying that the Avengers movie was AWEEEEESSSSSOME!!!!!!!! Ok on to the night.

A few hours before I even headed out to the movie last night there was a huge rain storm, strangely when I actually left my apartment it wasn't raining, but the lightening hadn't stopped though. While I was standing in the bus shelter waiting for the bus it started to rain again, pour actually. Funny though there were a few guys who were walking towards the shelter when the rain started, now two of them stood outside the shelter, but pressed up against the shelter because they were smoking, which I was very thankful for, but it just looked so funny! So the bus arrived & I was on my way, as I rode the bus I watched the lightening I thought it was quite fitting for the movie I was off to see, for one of the characters anyways. When I got down to York Mills station I heard an announcement for a delay on the subway at Osgood station, which is right where I was going. Luckily by the time I got to the platform though it was cleared up. I got to ride on the new train, which I still get excited to do since I don't take the subway daily at the moment. After I had gone about 3 stops there was another announcement about a train delay at College station, apparently they were having door issues on a train there, but luckily it was cleared up just as quickly as the other issue. After that the train ride was very peaceful. When I arrived at Osgood station and met up with my cousin we went outside & the rain storm had gone down to spitting at that point, which was nice. 

We were seeing the 12:20pm show & we arrived at Scotia Bank theatre about 11:15pm, they had already let the line up in the theatre. Along with our theatre I saw the UltraAVX, the IMAX, and at least 3 other theatres showing Avengers. It was a great vibe in the theatre, I love opening night showings. I played TimePlay for the first time, that's so much fun & a great marketing tool I love that Cineplex came up with it, it's awesome. Sidetrack there, so the actual movie I am not going to spoil cause there is just too much awesomeness & there are so many little jokes & plot twists that you just have to sit and watch the ride, trust me. If you know any of Joss Wheadon's stuff, Buffy, Angel, Firefly then you know he can throw humour in places you didn't think you would have it. Also Joss Whedon is great with ensemble casts & as I've been watching the commercials and previews there was a feeling that Robert Downing Jr was going to totally steal the movie, which honestly nobody I know would have had a problem with since we all love Iron Man, but he didn't. There were great scenes with Iron Man, there were great scenes with Captain America, and there were great scenes pretty much all around. There is just so much in the movie that is funny, heartfelt and exciting. And in this movie I have finally made peace with Samuel Jackson as Fury. It's a personal thing since I love Fury in the comics and I thought he was doing well there was just something I wasn't quite satisfied with, but after this he is Nick Fury, totally. I love Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye & I'm glad they went with Hawkeye, I've been watching the Avengers cartoon & Hawkeye it that is also hilarious.

One of the things I love about midnight showing is that the fans are the ones out in droves, and that they cheer and laugh hysterically during the movie. Now my cousin can attest to this, but I started some of the clapping in our theatre last night. There were a couple of scenes that I started clapping for then the whole theatre erupted, it was just so easy I did it twice at the beginning & I got the crowd going a few more times during the movie, & sometimes when there was clapping going on I would shout out as well & that would just get everyone yelling out as well. It was such a fun night.

Also stay right to the end of the credits, a lot of people got up and left but there is something awesome at the end.