Directed by:
Joe JohnstonCinematography:
Shelly JohnsonComposer:
Alan SilvestriCast:
Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Stanley Tucci, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Toby Jones, Anatole Taubman (more)Plots(1)
In 1942, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is deemed physically unfit to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight the Nazis in World War II. Volunteering instead for Project: Rebirth, a secret military operation, he is physically transformed into a super-soldier dubbed Captain America. With sidekick Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), he fights the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), Hitler's treacherous head of advanced weaponry, whose own plan for world domination involves a seemingly magical object known as the Tesseract. (official distributor synopsis)
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Fun, full of exaggeration and featuring the excellent Tommy Lee Jones, but also straightforward and with disgusting Czech dubbing to boot. It also works mainly as a mere performance of the Captain, necessary for the Avengers, so the start in the first half is quite lengthy. The film feels a bit like a prologue. The excess of German weapons and equipment is immense. But it was worth waiting for The Avengers teaser.
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I have a soft spot for Joe Johnston's films. Why? Watch Jumanji, Hidalgo and Jurassic Park 3 and you might understand... The guy's filming because he enjoys it. He has no problem mixing action, special effects scenes of all kinds and humor, which is his greatest strength. So three cheers for him directing Captain America. I can't imagine another director (except perhaps Spielberg or Sommers) who could make such a ridiculous hero so "believable" in the real world. All in all, this comic book movie has it all: A wonderful retro atmosphere in the style of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, likeable characters (big ones, with Chris Evans in the lead, and small ones, like the members of the Captain's team), ultra-evil villains, a really top-notch soundtrack by Alan Silvestri, action scenes like from a boy's dream (what does a soldier do when he runs out of bullets in an ordinary rifle? He grabs the nearest dead Kraut's ray gun, fires it away, and then takes it with him!), an admittedly forgettable love plot, but with a non-forgettable badass woman, good, eye-popping digital special effects, like in the fourth Indiana Jones, and thoughtful continuity with other Marvel movies (the big space given to Stark Sr. was a delight). In the closing credits you will not only see the Czech flag - you'll even see Jack Nicholson in there (I insist it's him)!
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This stupid bullshit has better reviews than the brilliant Green Hornet? Poor taste rules the world :D… Captain America felt bland already from the trailers, so I didn’t bother going to the cinema – thanks God for that! It’s been long since an expensive Hollywood blockbuster made me suffer so much. I didn’t like the story, the visuals were very ugly; I really can’t find anything to praise. After the trailer for Avengers (that looks every bit as derivative as the Captain and the other origin stories), I’m now feeling almost certain that the Marvel Universe will not produce anything great.
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This is much better than the entire Avengers films combined. It’s got a great WWII atmosphere, a great cast - especially Tommy Lee - and even though it's all as transparent as that Americana costume, I have absolutely no problem with it. WW2 was also the only time you could realistically believe in superheroes. Long live the golden age of comics on the silver screen after the year 2000. And the catchphrases: "Arrogance may not be a uniquely American trait." or the one about the Viennese Sacher :D And it only gets better the more you watch it. I'm therefore shaking hands with Agent Carter.
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He was the last one to the table, but when things get worse, you can be sure he'll be standing in the front lines. Steve Rogers stayed somewhat on the sidelines throughout the Avengers journey, but in the end, to my great surprise, he ends up being the one who got under my skin the most. His loyalty, bravery, and naivety in the most positive sense, combined with his style of fighting, are simply unrivaled. When the dark Red Skull or the self-sufficient Agent Carter join the party, there is nothing left to do but applaud. Marvel won this war, and I gained a hero I had thus far only seen on T-shirts for almost a decade since his origin story.
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