In the Food Department:
We went all out on the food and the proof for that was in the sheer quantity. Wicks provided an array of drinks and snacks (incl. chocolate, mango, honeydew melon with a pinch of cinnamon, and plenty more) and ArwaChihuahua and Cap. were in charge of crisps.
For our main meal, we had pizza (generously provided by Wicks) and Shawarma (reference to the end credits scene from The Avengers) made by Master.
Alongside the savoury, we had plenty of the sweet. The result of the Bake-Off was most impressive. Take a look...
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| ANT's beautiful Halloween Haunted House Cake |
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| Master's Avengers Cupcakes - all assembled |
As if that wasn't enough, Ruby brought a wonderful traybake, however we never got round to eating it as there was just so much!
Movie 1: Iron Man
Iron Man: The Surround Sound Experience, brought to you by ANT
One of the best things about sitting next to ANT was that she enhanced the movie experience by providing surround sound (creating whooshing noises when Iron Man was in flight). At one point, Master remarked, "It's like I'm really there, in the movie!"
49 more lifetimes for Tony Stark
ANT also expressed her opinion on Tony Stark's suit, saying "Surely it would've taken him a lifetime to build that suit." However, Master referenced the movie, which states that the Arc Reactor has enough power to get him through 50 lifetimes, so the response to ANT was something like, 'well, he's got 49 more to go.'
The Ballerina Pose
We all noticed how gracefully Iron Man takes off and lands after flight. If you don't know what we're talking about, watch the film again.
The appalling amount of product placement
It has come to our attention that there is an incredible amount of product placement in these movies, including multiple car brands, Coca Cola (of course), Bvlgari, and many more. Sheesh.
Names in the credits
No one knows why, but we just all decided to watch the credits roll for Iron Man. It sounds pretty boring, but the names of the production team kept us well entertained. I think it's arguable that the Best Name award goes to Andy Grandy. Whatta guy.
The graphics team sounded pretty dark...The Orphanage...!? (no joke)
Then we looked out for the most insignificant role...and the award for that goes to the Second second assistant director (and no, I haven't just accidentally written the word 'second' twice. That's the actual job title).
Movie 2: Thor
Bill Anderson
ANT just couldn't take Dr. Erik Selvig seriously. From the first second that he appeared, she just thought of Bill Anderson from Mamma Mia (also played by Stellan Skarsgård).
ANT laughs in all the wrong moments
There was no stopping her. ANT just found some of the non-laughable points funny.
Thor with audio description
None of us ever knew until Saturday how enjoyable it is to watch Thor with the audio description on. I've written out part of the transcript for the beginning here (slight spoilers):
"Silver stars fly over a blanket of clouds and encircle the word 'Paramount', written in italics above a snow-capped mountain peak. Paramount. A Viacom Company. Multiple images from comic books and graphic novels flip by in quick succession. Marvel Studios.
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Something crashes down onto the desert floor amidst the swirling typhoon-like column of dust. Darcy turns the truck away from the typhoon. Jane grabs the wheel from her and steers back towards the swirling column of dust. Lightning flickers within it. The shape of a man looms up out of the dust and collides with the truck. Darcy stamps on the brake and the truck spins to a halt. Inside, Jane, Darcy and Erik catch their breath before leaping out of the vehicle and going to the downed man."
Film 3: The Avengers
The issue of Phil Coulson
It's no joke that he appears in literally every film! This has irritated a few of us, including ANT, who decided to share with us her thoughts (as usual) by saying, 'he just has that face...' (not in a great way)
The incompetent guards
In every film, there's always loads of incompetent guards/soldiers. Whether they be on the side of good or evil, they need more fight training.
Loki's not turning on the charm
This being the second time round that ANT's seen The Avengers, she still thinks that Loki's not turning on the charm during his little chat with Black Widow.
2/7 of us go for the sequel, 'Thor: The Dark World'
Coming soon, a review by Wicks!
All in all, I think it's fair to say that we've all had a Marvel-ous weekend ;p
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