Disney Favorites and News 5.16.19

Hey guys! Hope you're having a good week! Here are some of my favorite Disney Things for the week.

First off: This Target Exclusive Giant Thanos Pop. I'm trying to collect the first batch of Avengers Endgame Pops and when I saw that target had a GIANT Thanos... I had to have it! I have one other Giant Pop- the Rage Aggretsuko which is also a Target Exclusive. I like that this Thanos is a Bobblehead... so it's like a really funny giant statue of The Mad Titan... he's pretty cool. Also you guys should know I love Thanos!

Here we have Thanos alone and next to my Thor Pop for size comparison. 

I haven't bought this just yet... but I did see some really cool Toy Story 4 T-shirts at Hot Topic. I've been browsing through their website and they have a Tank Top with the Toy Story 4 logo in a light green that looks like Buzz Lightyear Green. It's really cute and I have a feeling I'm going to order it soon...or get it in an actual Hot Topic store... idk!

Speaking of Toy Story 4... I do really like the Funko Pop figures for that too. I may go on to collect them once the movie comes out. Right now I'm actually looking to get the Flocked Bunny and Duck. The Bunny is available at Target... and right now it's hard to get and it isn't shipping... and the Duck is available at FYE... which I haven't been to yet. If you happen to see the flocked ones I'd say to grab them because I think they'll be hard to get. I'm still going to search because... you can never really tell with Funko pops... and they're fun to hunt for. I saw a review of the Toy Story 4 Funko Pops right here if you want to check it out.

My boyfriend found a cool Mickey Varsity Jacket at the Disney Store this week! We didn't get it yet... but it is a nice jacket and I thought he looked really good in it. Here is the link on ShopDisney. If it's still available by the time you see it... basically it looks like a Sports Jacket and it has Mickey's face on the back. It does look kind of like something you might see on The Mickey Mouse Club... which is cool. I just really like this one.

Speaking of the Disney Store- Aspen got me an Aladdin Mug from there also! It's super cute and really pretty... and it's just a good mug. It's big and its easy to drink from too. It's great. I also kind of like that it looks like a hybrid of the animated movie and the Live Action Movie. It's just super pretty. And when you buy a mug right now you can get a Tiny Big Foot Plush for a dollar... and I kind of collect these! So again, my boyfriend Aspen got me Mr. Pricklepants to go along with it too!

My mug is in the wash right now... so I screenshotted from the website. 

Now onto the news. Peter Mayhew- the actor who is best known for playing Chewbaca in most of the Star Wars movies has passed away. Chewbaca is one of my favorite characters... Han Solo is my favorite- but of corse his best friend is a close second. He was 74.

In theme park news, it's been announced that the new Space themed restaurant at Epcot will be opening this year! It's rumored to be in Fall... probably around when their Food and Wine festival is going on... I'm not sure. But this sounds cool and Epcot is my favorite park... so I really think this is really good!

I think that is everything for this week! Let me know what you guys think about this! Hope you're having a great week!

TTFN!
-Shannon

Marvel Monday: Infinity War Review

So I think every Monday I'll watch one of my Disney DVDs or Blu Rays and I'll review them here. Every OTHER Monday- I'll do a Marvel Monday. I might run out of Marvel Movies before Disney Movies however... so we'll see what happens.

So as I'm writing this- I have not seen Endgame yet... but I am seeing it today- so my review on Endgame will be my next post... but right now we have my thoughts on Infinity War.

I've seen this movie multiple times... but this was my first time seeing it with someone else. I watched it with my boyfriend Aspen... and that made it a little more fun. I feel like we noticed different things about it. He noticed the differences in tones while the scenes were transitioning. I realized that Peter Parker is Spider Man and Peter Quill is Starlord. That's 2 Peter's in one movie!

Just kidding... but back to my favorite thing... which I did notice before but... it's better having someone to confirm my notion... The transitions between characters includes a change in tone of the movie. When Iron Man is on screen we have a tone more similar to The Avengers... then we hear 80s music and suddenly we're in space and in a Guardians of the Galaxy movie. The Russo Brothers did a great job of showing how all these characters come together... but also respecting the individual movies that the characters came from and their individual arcs. Guardians of the Galaxy's movies always deal with father-child relationships... this movie includes that greatly. Captain America and Iron Man both deal with themes of War I would say... I've only ever seen Iron Man 3... but I know Tony Stark invented weapons used on both sides of war and that's how he became rich. Captain America was a soldier ready to fight in the war and then became a supersoldier... so very war themed... This movie is literally called Infinity War... so those are represented too. This movie is great because it really does show each of them struggling with their own issues... they just showed how that all came together really well.

My favorite part of the movie is when the Guardians of the Galaxy go after Thanos when he gets the reality stone. I think the reality stone is just my favorite because you never really know what's real or not in the scene... and it just showed how well they all worked together and how well they all knew each other. They knew Drax wouldn't be able to stop himself against Thanos. Thanos knew Starlord wouldn't be able to kill Gamora. Plus I like how Drax and Mantis fall apart in the scene... it's just a cool scene that I love every time I watch it. Plus... it shows how badass Mantis' powers really are... which brings me to my other favorite part!

The scene where everyone teams up and they ALMOST get the Infinity Gauntlet off of Thanos... and then Starlord ruins it. I feel like this shows how strong the Avengers are... I mean together they were almost able to get it off. But it also shows that they are human. Mantis wasn't really strong enough to hold on that long (although technically she isn't human)- Starlord's emotions were also human and they are what end up ruining this plan. I don't really blame Starlord for this either... I think this gives him a stronger character arc and... I feel like any of the Avengers would feel the same way had their loved one been killed to get a stone.

I also feel like the human sides of the Avengers do make them stronger... which is how I think they were able to strategize how to fight Thanos in the first place. I always use the end of Doctor Strange as an example of the Avengers regular abilities are just as strong as their superpowers. Sure Dr. Strange has the superpower to use the time loop... but I feel like it's his human-nature abilities and his brain that made him come up with the idea to use the time loop to annoy someone to death in the first place. That's a cool thing too... kind of a side note... but this is why I like the Marvel Movies so much.

One criticism I do have about this movie is Wakanda... I feel like it was underused. I preferred the scenes in Space and the actual battles between the Avengers and Thanos... I didn't really need to see The Battle of Wakanda... Other than the parts with Wanda, Vision and Thanos and then the snap... the battle itself was just sort of backround noise. A little lackluster.

That is everything for now... I hope you guys like this movie. My next post will be my Endgame Review and next Monday I'll have a review on Ralph Breaks The Internet... so I hope you guys like this!

TTFN!
-Shannon