Have you watched any good movies lately?

[Xist]

Not this one:



I thought that I shared this already. Please excuse me if I did:



I tried to watch "End Game," but it sold out up here well ahead of time. I talked to my nephew about watching "Shazam," but then he went full angsty teenager and was sent to his room. A cute friend of the family was supposed to watch my niece so he could watch it with his parents, but he did not want to see it without watching "Captain Marvel" first. Eventually my sister agreed to take him Monday night, even though it would keep them up late.

According to IMDB:

Budget:$356,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA: $357,115,007, 28 April 2019

So, they made about a million dollars in the U.S. opening weekend and everything since has been profit.

The woman that I am dating talked about watching "End Game" the weekend before last, but she had asked me to make sure she studied, so when she asked if I was available to meet up, I asked how much she had studied recently, and she called me dumb, so we did not talk for a week until she apologized.

She drove three hours to say "Sorry, but it really irritated me when you..."

So, she insults as well as she apologizes...

Meanwhile, I am still trying to get my second letter of recommendation for the full-time job that I am not sure that I want. When I accepted the job in Page my then-supervisor said "Congratulations on full-time pay!" but then my paychecks were the same size as my previous ones, on average.

I received a slight raise in 2018, but it seemed I just kept money which would have been returned. Since moving to Show Low I have averaged about $275 a month less than I earned in 2017.

The position in Maricopa would pay at least $5,000 more than my last school job before taxes and I would finally be able to apply to NAU's summers-only program. There is a chance that I did not get in before because I started working on it too late.

[freebeard]

I wanted to see Alita:Battle Angel again, but it's out of the theaters.

The MCU stikes me as a massive time-sink, but I did watch this and it makes Age of Ultron sound interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DMkvsXuzB8

[Xist]

I rented that and started watching it one afternoon, but my sister was having family dinner, and it was due before I was able to finish it, so I returned it before watching the entirety. When I watched the next movie I thought "Hey, where did so-and-so go?" and "Who is this guy?"

Apparently some of the main characters came and went before the end of that one.

This scene is one of many that I missed.

[redpoint5]

Xist, you go somewhere to rent movies?

BTW- I sent you an invite which you have yet to accept.

[freebeard]

Apparently some of the main characters came and went before the end of that one.

This scene is one of many that I missed.

Time sink.

[Xist]

Right! That! Thanks for the reminder!

Some theaters were showing a marathon, all Marvel movies before End Game, with half-hour breaks in between, over forty-eight hours.

[freebeard]

I prefer bite-sized pieces in the comfort of my own chair. Here's 89:

One Marvelous Scene

[Vman455]

NB: It's Avengers: Endgame--one word. So as not to confuse with whatever the hell that other movie is, maybe.

The worldwide gross in Endgame's opening weekend: $1.2 billion. I expect this will turn out to be the highest-grossing movie of all time.

[Xist]

Until Unendgame?

[freebeard]

The worldwide gross in Endgame's opening weekend: $1.2 billion. I expect this will turn out to be the highest-grossing movie of all time.

Second biggest 2nd weekend drop after The Last Jedi, but with a big open nowhere to go but down. It's passed Titanic, but is $500 million short of Avatar.

Charting With Dan: "Mickey [Mouse] wins either way."