well, *that* was fun

I could have done without "mewling quim" and with a few less explosions, but other than that? Wow, what a ride.

The Avengers wins, with the exception noted above, the Oscar for Action Movie with the Best Dialog. Period. End of discussion.

Joss Whedon and Robert Downey, Jr. should make lots more movies together, but everybody else was terrific, too. Esp. Tom Hiddleston. Ye godlings. There's just something so Wrong about falling for the villain every bit as much as I did the heroes. Seriously.

My inner ten-year-old (not to mention my adolescent fangirl) is extremely satisfied right now.