I went to see the new Avengers movie last night. They used to do a midnight release only, but most nerds are probably scared of the dark, with all the vampires and werewolves out and about. As I sat down, some dad left four kids under 7 in the seats next to us and left. This sounds like horrible parenting, but the boy and three girls were all dressed up like Captain America, so he was clearly a good parent.
It was a fun movie, almost as fun as seeing all the comic book fans crawl out of their mom’s basements and have to socially interact. I was there, not judging, but I saw a guy wearing an Iron Man mask, X-Men jacket, and carrying both Mjolnir and Cap’s shield. He was seated next to guy wearing a green Ninja Turtles shirt and purple jeans, who was next to a guy wearing a Star Wars tee with Batman sweatpants. I think I need to open a t-shirt shop.
The movie itself was pretty good, but thanks to the two 24 ounce beers and the over two hour run time, I had to piss so bad I nearly had a religious experience. I finally had to bail with about two minutes left. I peed so long, three people came up to the urinal after me and left before me. I ducked back in just long enough to catch the end, but couldn’t sit back down. A man with a toupee wearing a shirt that said, “Peter Barker: Spider-Dog” was blocking the way. I think tonight I’m going to grab a camera and just film the crowd.