Last week I went to the midnight showing of The Avengers. It was amazing! Since all the set up for the movie was done in the previous five movies, they didn't have to start out the movie explaning everything. So instead it was like one big, giant fight scene. Most of my friends don't like 3D movies, but I'm in love with them. Never in my life have I actually jumped from a 3D effect before like they do in the advertisments, except I totally did for the Avengers. There's a scene where Hawkeye jumps off a building, turns, and fires an arrow towards the camera. I swear that arrow was coming straight for my face. The movie was also hilarious in the just the right parts.
But this blog wasn't going to be a movie review. I wanted to talk about the geek/nerd community. And don't be offended by the word geek. I use it not to set us apart from the rest of the world, but as a way to decribe a group of people who are all the same. People who can come together because of their love for comic books or video games, even math or chess.
I dressed up as Iron Man for the premeire, and I have to say I missed the community I haven't been a part of for so long. I got to work on the fun task of getting my costume ready. I talked with my friends about how they were putting together their costumes, and help them out with theirs. And as I was walking around Walmart in my costume, I even ran into someone who was trying to quickly come up with something so he could dress up like Thor.
At the premeire, lots of people took pictures of Michael and I. Sarah didn't want to be in any pictures, so sadly I don't even have one of her. But she dressed up as Black Widow. I took a picture with some guy in a Captain America suit that I didn't even know. The whole thing was just so much fun. It makes me think that one of these times I should just save up money and actually go to Comic Con. It's kind of surprising really that I haven't done it already.
