Marvel Movies & Mexican Meals

Sara took a week-long holiday, so we got to hang out with her several times.

Sara came over to watch Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. It's always fun and funny to watch movies with friends' running commentary. ;) She shared my opinion that AoU had some fun moments, but it wasn't as good as the first Avengers because of silly plot holes, the comedic villain you can't take seriously, and the Hulk/Black Widow romance that came out of nowhere ("What about her and Hawkeye? Wait, he has a secret family? Wouldn't Captain America/Black Widow make more sense?" Same.) I also recapped Ant Man for her, but we skipped Deadpool.

Later, we went out to watch Captain America 3: Civil War. It was really good. Cap's movies continue to be the best of the Marvels. Like CA2: The Winter Soldier, CA3 had a good mix of character and team dynamic moments, spy games and superhero fights, drama and humor, plot and heart. Some of the CW felt contrived (like Iron Man secretly recruiting Spider-Man, a literal teenager, to fight superhumans for his belief that they should have more oversight and accountability??), but I think the writing was good at showing both sides, albeit briefly, before the real threat took over. I greatly enjoyed the introduction of Black Panther, who was appropriately regal, graceful, and ferocious (and okay, Spider-Man was cute and fun). I still have a problem with Black Widow being the token female character who has to be the comforting woman to all the male characters, but she's still badass. (I hope they're setting up the Black Widow/Winter Soldier storyline.) Sara was weirded out by Vision/Scarlet Witch, even when I told her it was canon in comics (and pointed out that he looks older but is technically younger than her), but I like them together. (We both agree that Paul Bettany is great though.)

Finally, R and I met with Sara for Mexican/Cuban food (even though I had just gone with Mom a few days before ;P). We celebrated both R's and Sara's birthdays which are just 1 day apart. =)

I had a steak fajita, which was yummy, and I also decided to try their Fried Ice Cream dessert! It had cookie dough ice cream fried in a shell of corn flakes(?), topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup, surrounded by caramel fried bananas. Super sweet but so satisfying. ;)