On shoes - On the off chance that this is of any use to you, recent research showed that Reeboks were cheapest from Reebok's website. Although I wanted two pair, they were out of one of them, but this worked out since they sent a coupon for 20% off my next purchase and they don't charge for shipping. They did charge me taxes, but even still it was cheaper than at Academy, where I normally get those shoes.
On "The Avengers" - Robin tells me that reviews panned the 3D for this movie as some of the worst 3D ever, so we saw it regular (even though he loves 3D). It was added post-production which doesn't work well except for the computer parts. (I mostly think 3D doesn't help, but I did like it for "Hugo.")
Reviews say it beats expectations (funnier than expected). It's 90-something on rotten tomatoes. I didn't think it was THAT great. But it did beat my expectations. That's because the preview had Nick Fury saying, "You have made me VERY desperate." What a crappy line. I expect much better from Whedon. Plus I heard that only Iron Man was getting the good lines. But it turned out that the other characters' more ordinary lines still often ended up being funny. At our showing, the biggest laugh actually came from the line "ADOPTED brother."
Robin also read that it's now the highest-grossing-in-the-first-weekend movie in history (even adjusted for inflation though not adjusted for population). I hope this means Whedon can do whatever he wants not only next time, but forever. A sequel has been greenlighted, but no telling if Whedon's interested.
On wisdom teeth removal - I have two wisdom teeth that need removal (and I'm hoping the other two stay up in the gums where they are now--useless for chewing, but not causing any problems). So I especially enjoyed reading about your experience (although I'm older, so it may not go so well), especially the part where at the end it didn't hurt that much in spite of all the medieval adventure.
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Date: 2012-05-06 10:37 pm (UTC)On "The Avengers" - Robin tells me that reviews panned the 3D for this movie as some of the worst 3D ever, so we saw it regular (even though he loves 3D). It was added post-production which doesn't work well except for the computer parts. (I mostly think 3D doesn't help, but I did like it for "Hugo.")
Reviews say it beats expectations (funnier than expected). It's 90-something on rotten tomatoes. I didn't think it was THAT great. But it did beat my expectations. That's because the preview had Nick Fury saying, "You have made me VERY desperate." What a crappy line. I expect much better from Whedon. Plus I heard that only Iron Man was getting the good lines. But it turned out that the other characters' more ordinary lines still often ended up being funny. At our showing, the biggest laugh actually came from the line "ADOPTED brother."
Robin also read that it's now the highest-grossing-in-the-first-weekend movie in history (even adjusted for inflation though not adjusted for population). I hope this means Whedon can do whatever he wants not only next time, but forever. A sequel has been greenlighted, but no telling if Whedon's interested.
On wisdom teeth removal - I have two wisdom teeth that need removal (and I'm hoping the other two stay up in the gums where they are now--useless for chewing, but not causing any problems). So I especially enjoyed reading about your experience (although I'm older, so it may not go so well), especially the part where at the end it didn't hurt that much in spite of all the medieval adventure.