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Ah, almost three weeks after the fact, a birthday photo round-up. Also known as the visual proof that Ghost was very spoilt on his birthday. Basically, this is a food post.

When we got up Skyler made caramelised banana crepes with a cream cheese icing and it was really awesome and yummy.

He arranged his serving more nicely than mine :B

We later went out for sushi at my favourite sushi place in London. Miso soup was had.

And glorious passion fruit martinis with a champaign shot. They were so good.

And avacado maki and California rolls.

And tuna sashimi.

And salmon sashimi and tofu and miso skewers that I didn't get a shot of. The lighting was really bad for photos.

We then went to Leicester Square for dessert. I had a banana split.

Skyler had this strawberry yoghurt icecream...thing.

And then we went home and it was just the most wonderful day ;_;

And I got myself some presents with the money my folks had sent me. A little sad that the dustcover for the Iron Man 2 artbook was scuffed, but overall I feel this was money very well spent and I am pleased.

And big belated thank you for all the birthday wishes ♥

Also, I took Skyler out on a Spider-date last night to see The Amazing Spider-man! Some prefaces... I am fully aware that I am That Guy™ who cries at everything. Everything. I also had big dorky love for Spider-man as a kid and watched the cartoon religiously, so I will admit that emotional investment, plus nostalgia, mixed with a persisting Marvel high, my reactions are probably biased in a very particular way since there was a lot of excitement and emotional investment going into this thing for me.

The tl;dr is that I really loved it, bawed a lot and want to go again right now ;_;

Now, I remember going to see all three other Spider-man movies when they came out at the cinema and I seem to recall really loving it. I mean, as well as I can remember a movie releases over a ten year period. And I remember the music (Seriously, anyone who says they didn't get down to Sum 41 - What We're All About back then is a huge liar. And...Nickelback. Yeah, I went there.) but at the same time I don't think I went to see any of them more than once in the cinema and I didn't feel an immensely pressing need to ever go out and buy the DVDs or whatever. I can't remember if we even own individual copies of any of the movies.

So I'm trying to balance my current emotional bubbling in comparison with the 2002-2007 Spider-movies and trying to figure out if this one was better or if it's just a matter of technology in cinema upgrading because, again, Spidey origin stories, fairly straight-forward.

But I really felt more in this reboot. I gave more of a crap about Uncle Ben dying, liked that they gave Aunt May more grieving time and showed more of her emotional conflicts with Peter trying to come to terms with everything going on around him--I really did like that we got her as an anchor to remind us as viewer that while we see the context for Pete's bruises and cuts all she sees is her nephew withdrawing, leaving the house first thing and then coming back all bust up at ungodly hours of the night. I liked that we got to see more of the consequences the double-life thing has on the home-life side of things. I liked that Peter turned up with bruises and less clean, pretty, easy-to-hide cuts.

I liked Garfield. I did. I really did. Lots. He played awkward but likeable very well, the nerdy was there, I liked getting to see more of the geekery and the webshooter construction, enjoyed seeing him play out the issues Peter had going on in a very human way. And I will admit there was a fair bit of unf for me because his bodytype just works so well and the litheness and body mechanics in this movie were just so... hot. Not sure I really have another way to put it other than hot. The movements just flowed so nicely. Yes.

I didn't dislike Stone as Gwen and I didn't dislike Gwen as a character. I was excited to hear we were going to see Curt Connors/Lizard in the movie and that was all very awesome, enjoyed that very much. I liked seeing the versatility of webs this time around.

Yeah, it's nothing new per se, but I did really enjoy it, I did baw more than a few times throughout the movie and I think when you're sat there in the cinema with your hands over your mouth and bawing a bit and finding yourself thinking "Yes. Yes, this is a Spider-man movie. Yes." then something has gone very right.

Maybe I'll feel different and more critical after a few viewings or whatever, but right now I'm just so... yes. :')