Welp

[gwyn]

So that was a thing that I saw.



Because I am petty and small and vindictive, I loved the fact that when Tony (and anyone else) first appeared on screen it was quiet, but when Steve appeared on screen our nearly sold-out theatre erupted into cheers and applause. Marvel has this idea that people only care about Iron Man and Spider-Man, and I loved hearing the audience prove them wrong, even if Marvel and especially Feige never listen. (Also loved the cheers for Thor and his axe.)

I leaned over at one point and said to minim calibre, who loves Cumberbatch and tolerates my intense hatred of him as an actor and Sherlock as a character he plays, "I am absolutely loving him in this. What is happening to me?" Every time he dragged Tony I wanted to high five him, he was freaking hilarious. I…the universe is unsettled. I not only liked Crumplesnatch, I liked freaking Dr. Strange, a character I have never cared one molecule for.

Totally called Red Skull. No one believed me when I said that.

I don't see this as producing a lot of fic, or at least, what I want to read. I see this as the fandom I've known and loved for four years, Steve/Bucky and the Cap Family (with Sam and Nat), either rage-quitting or just drifting away in sadness. I've watched this happen before to open canon fandoms with deaths or cast culling. I'm feeling very sad about this. I'd love it if fandom proved me wrong, but I've been in fandom a damn long time… And I'm already hearing from people that seeing Bucky die in front of Steve's eyes again was a bridge too far, even with comic-book rules.



I'm going to have to see it again just to process things. Plus catch all the lines I didn't hear!

Comments

[minim_calibre]

Cumberbatch also has some of the best comedy chops I've seen in an actor best known for his dramatic work. He's got amazingly fluid physical movements, a rubber face, does some great work with his voice, and has no fear about looking like a complete tit.

(He'll also throw himself into a role with such complete commitment that he'll wind up injuring himself, which he did multiple times during Danny Boyle's Frankenstein during his turns as the Creature.)

It's a deep shame that he keeps doing the Srs Bsns stuff instead of MOAR FUNNY THINGS.

[gwyn]

I will listen now when you tell me these things. :-D


(But I do still wish they'd stop casting him in everything and playing everyone. Fatigue might have a little to do with my antipathy. Also, being funny makes him way, way less cold of an actor for me, and that's been my number one complaint with him, how cold and remote he is. He's just so alive in this.)

[twistedchick]

My favorite Cumberbatch is as the dragon in The Hobbit. I can concentrate on his voice, which is good.

[kore]

He does have a lovely voice.

[minim_calibre]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKnvC67ECMM WHILE THIS IS NOT ACTING, I maintain that this dramatic reading of Little Red Hen (it's a sincere one for an actual UK literacy thing) is a great indication of what he can do.

(Look, I think Lilly was five or six when I found that originally, so I've seen it a lot.)