New York: the nerd minute

New York, 19 July
Not many surprises on this stay in New York — it's my fourth summer here and I more or less have my bearings. I always enjoy seeing my friends again, and I make new ones too :-). I'm still taking salsa classes and the nights out are still excellent; I'll dedicate a post to those subjects soon. 

What I mainly wanted to talk about is my experience last night: I went to the cinema to see "Marvel's Ant-Man". So. Yes, I own it completely, I'm a nerd! And like any self-respecting nerd, I don't miss a single Marvel Cinematic Universe release that hits the cinema, especially the Marvel Studios ones (the others took the liberty of botching an X-Men, among other things :-( ).  Since my trip started I've actually only been to the cinema twice: once in Argentina, to see "Los Vengadores: la era de Ultrón" :-D, and the second time last night..... Yes, I also saw Jurassic Park 5, but that was in Guadeloupe, it doesn't count, and I'd rather forget that one :-S.  

So, the cinema in the States... Well, it's expensive. Reckon on $15 a showing, and it wasn't even in 3D. There were a lot of adverts and trailers beforehand, but I imagine I'm not surprising anyone there. Otherwise, I find Americans are very expressive at the cinema, which I like a lot. I don't know whether it was down to the film, which I think must have drawn in all the local nerds... I almost felt like I was back in the Caribbean (yeah, we live the cinema fully there, and we share what we're feeling out loud :-D ). It was almost the same last night: during the trailer for the next Star Wars I could feel the audience buzzing and I could hear the gasps that spoke to a certain excitement. Even I admit I got caught up in it... And yet I'd already seen that trailer on YouTube (more than once)..

Right, the film itself: very entertaining. The Marvel fan in me got his money's worth (yeah... $15 is still expensive...). I love finding in these films the references to the comics I read as a kid and... that I still leaf through, I admit — put me back in front of a reissue of the X-Men from the Chris Claremont–John Byrne era and the odds are I'll crack. 

Where I think they do well in these productions is that they always manage to provoke a certain frustration, leaving you with a taste of "wait, it's over already????". I won't spoil anything by advising you not to leave your seat until the screen has genuinely gone black. 

Follow the dancer  Will return! :-D