Today I had to get some writing done for ToyFare and a mountain of cleaning done for the parents’ Christmas visit, so I wanted to put on a movie I wouldn’t have to think too hard about. I chose The Avengers because I figured it would be a good popcorn-like flick and it was only an hour and a half. I didn’t remember much about this 1998 movie aside from the fact that Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes were in it. And, honestly, I don’t remember much after watching it. To be fair, I was working on a feature, so that might explain why. Oh, also, it’s bat shit crazy. I’ve never seen the original Avengers show, though I’ve heard that the movie has plenty of nods to that like hot tea in the car and some of the fencing scenes. From what I can remember, Sean Connery is the bad guy who has a clone of Thurman, is working with one of the people in charge of the agency Thurman and Fiennes work for. Connery can control the weather somehow, which only reminded me of the bad guy in the never-aired Justice League of America TV pilot played by Miguel Ferrer, who had the same gimmick, though the effects in Avengers were way WAY better. Of course, it’s up to Thurman and Fiennes to put a stop to it and of course they do. Thurman also runs around in that fun, tight catsuit on the poster. Or is it her clone? Hey, how did they even make a clone? Ah, who cares?

Maybe I’ll catch The Avengers on TV again some time and give it a more concerted effort to actually follow the story. There was one scene that made the entire movie worthwhile. I really have no idea what it had to do with the rest of the movie, but I’m going to walk you through it with some pictures. Here you go: