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Post by Thorngrub on May 30, 2012 12:17:50 GMT -5
 | " I won't touch Barton; not until I make him kill you.
Slowly; intimately; in every way he knows you fear.
And then he'll wake just long enough to see his good work,
and when he screams, I'll split his skull.
This is my bargain, you mewling quim."[glow=green,2,300] "You're a monster."[/glow] |  Attachments:
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Post by RocDoc on May 31, 2012 7:45:53 GMT -5
'mewling quim'?
some kinda archaic language no?
dickensian i'll guess.
our neighbors went to see it last sat night while we had their kids over playing with our son...pizzas and 'avatar the last airbender' TV series, for us!
a good mellow time was had by all.
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Post by RocDoc on May 31, 2012 7:47:07 GMT -5
oh.
they did like avengers.
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Post by Thorngrub on May 31, 2012 12:19:16 GMT -5
Cool. Yes - it is an awesome movie, in terms of MARVEL comics universe and plain ol' Popcorn Entertainment. Obviously it ain't Hitchcock nor Kubrick yet it does deliver the goods as promised. Which to me, is a breath of fresh air, considering the low level of cheesy crassness that most such comic book themed movies usually achieve, if not aspire to. AVENGERS has the bonus of having been written by, and directed by Joss Whedon. The man has talent, in particular for this very level of popcorn entertainment. The original movie BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER was a pretty damned cool movie, for its time. Most everything else Joss touches, comes out alright.
In any case, I highly recommend you check AVENGERS out, Roccer, especially if you have the slightest inkling of interest in the MARVEL universe and/or any previous MARVEL movies you may have seen.
Personally, my favorite of the bunch is the first IRON MAN. Additionally, I really did not like IRON MAN 2, m'k. So it was a great relief for me that AVENGERS took it and ran with it, and imho--is better than the first IRON MAN.
p.s.
Anyone who sees AVENGERS needs to stay for not just one final "secret scene" after the end credits--but TWO (count em)--cuz there's like this 2nd set of credits that runs forever...THEN the 2nd "secret scene" plays out, and it is pretty hilarious. Don't miss out.
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Post by Thorngrub on May 31, 2012 12:26:48 GMT -5
'mewling quim'? some kinda archaic language no? dickensian i'll guess. The line is delivered beautifully by the actor who portrays Loki. I was honestly shocked that the scriptwriter penned that in, or that it "slipped by the censors", as it were. Because the word "quim", you are correct that it's archaic, going back to Victorian times, meant originally to refer to the mucous-like juices generated by the vagina upon orgasm. It has since cooled down to generally mean "vagina", since then. i.e, it's the Q-word in lieu of the C-word! I have to say, just beautifully done. Makes me wonder if it wasn't the actor who improvised it! Either way, it makes for great movie-watching. You know, kinda like back in the day, when Han Solo shot first, and Indy shot the sword-wielding foreigner dead with his pistol, and the agents coming after ET had guns (not the CGI'd-in walkie talkies for the cleaned-up edition), etc etc. How much you wanna bet future DVD Blue-Ray editions of AVENGERS have doctored that small yet potent piece of dialogue right on up? Only time will tell. But I enjoyed the edginess (what little of it there was) inherent to the AVENGERS movie. Good times. |
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Post by RocDoc on May 31, 2012 16:34:36 GMT -5
somewhere somehow, i once knew that meaning for 'quim' - and that retro-PC'ing of ANY movie is fucking wrong.
i heard they also did that post 9-11 to several movies which showed NYC's skyline, mainly manhattan's, with WTCs being as prominent as they once were - wtF is that bullshit?
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Post by Ayinger on May 31, 2012 19:46:43 GMT -5
I remember QUIM !!!! (*sigh*)
Actually, the term was frequently used back in my Jr. High days to refer to any punk kid that just wasn't as cool as we were.
Anyhow --- I'm with Thorn 100% on The Avengers AND the first Iron Man, both brought it on with BOTH action and humor. yah, good popcorn flick to watch on the big screen. I passed on seeing the other rash of Marvel flicks....Hulk, Thor, Capt. America. Had the feelings they just wouldn't bring it, esp after seeing previews for Thor -- I was pretty much in shock how much I liked the character in The Avengers.
I also am one of those who missed the 2nd 'hidden scene' tucked in at the very end of the credits. Caught it on YouTube before it was taken down....fuckin' hilarious is right, and with not a word spoken! I heard Whedon even shot it after the entire film had already been packaged and was about to be put out for release...he had the cast regroup just for that 30 or 40 second shot.
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Post by Thorngrub on Jun 8, 2012 16:11:53 GMT -5
I heard Whedon even shot it after the entire film had already been packaged and was about to be put out for release...he had the cast regroup just for that 30 or 40 second shot. Cool to know. I'm the same as you, Ayinger: didn't bother with that rash of Marvel movies, for the same reasons. Previews made em look dumb. But now, I'm giving in to CAPT. AMERICA and THOR, at least. And possibly the Ed Norton HULK (ok..twist my arm;)... and then.... I'm seein' THE AVENGERS again ! But this weekend, it's ALL about PROMETHEUS \m/ |
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Post by RocDoc on Jun 8, 2012 19:35:40 GMT -5
captain america is also a very good movie - pretty cool dark and moody retro look to it.
even the group of 7 and 8 year olds i saw it with really liked it.
thor i need to get ahold of again - thought i had it on my hard drive still, but nope. my son and wife did watch it however.
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Post by RocDoc on Jun 10, 2012 14:43:12 GMT -5
avengers is rated PG-13 - lots of stuff we've watched has been, though we try to vet them out before our 7-now-nearly-8-year-old -
things like the pirates of the caribbean, the h potter, lord of the rings, things with '"'violence'"' but ideally with some sort of fantasy component ie monstrous pretend beings battling/killing.
oh he'll get freaked out by a few things, but usually he's on an even keel. if not, he's OK after we talk through what's happened onscreen minimizing it.
starship troopers where some asshole drill sergeant pinned someone's hand to a tree with an arrow he intentionally shot, THAT freaked him out.
basically psychotic meanness and cruelty are where any movie stops cold, IF we've mistakenly put on something that ends up 'out of bounds'
...no hannibals, no fright nights, not any of that shit...
but THAT^ speech up there (ie 'when he screams i'll split his skull') leads me to think this ain't for 7-8 year olds, regardless of origins in marvel comics.
truthfully we were invited by another family w/twin 7 year olds and a 9 year old - i told 'em 'no, i think it's going to be too much'
they went...and interestingly the dad (a lawyer) said the flick was boring.
i'm like 'what?'
at that point i didn't even want to ask whether he now felt it was kid-friendly.
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