Director: Joe Johnston
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Starring: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving
Captain America was one of the first Marvel characters to
even be invented and this movie’s success seems to have warranted the
production of a sequel so surely it must be good!
I did certainly enjoy this movie. As a superhero movie, it is pretty mediocre. This is not to say that the movie isn’t enjoyable to watch, it definitely is. While the origin of Captain America is pretty cliché, the story is told well. I don’t even feel like any of the characters were particularly poorly written or acted.
Adding to this, the movie features many small little Easter Eggs that most Marvel fans will recognise. Firstly, the premiere issue of Captain America’s comic is given a short clip in the movie. The cover of the comic shows Cap punching Hitler in the face. A fan-favourite character in the movie is Arnim Zola, a character who may or may not be in the second Captain America movie. He isn’t in his classic comic book form in the movie, which is slightly disappointing because I think that it would have looked hilarious.
The real problem with the movie is how unoriginal it is. This problem lies mainly in the origin itself. It’s yet another superhero origin that involves someone being injected with a super-serum. Sorry Captain America, I think Wolverine, the Lizard and Bane beat you to it! More than this the interactions between the characters were pretty poor. There is a moment in the movie when Steve kisses a girl other than the one who is in love with him. This looks like it would cause an emotional issue but is never mentioned again. I fail to see the point in that entire scene.
Captain America: The First Avenger is worth a watch if you want to stay up to date with the Avengers canon. It is certainly not the best movie made by Marvel it is surely beaten by Iron-Man and the Avengers. As a closing statement, the movie is worth a watch.
I did certainly enjoy this movie. As a superhero movie, it is pretty mediocre. This is not to say that the movie isn’t enjoyable to watch, it definitely is. While the origin of Captain America is pretty cliché, the story is told well. I don’t even feel like any of the characters were particularly poorly written or acted.
Adding to this, the movie features many small little Easter Eggs that most Marvel fans will recognise. Firstly, the premiere issue of Captain America’s comic is given a short clip in the movie. The cover of the comic shows Cap punching Hitler in the face. A fan-favourite character in the movie is Arnim Zola, a character who may or may not be in the second Captain America movie. He isn’t in his classic comic book form in the movie, which is slightly disappointing because I think that it would have looked hilarious.
The real problem with the movie is how unoriginal it is. This problem lies mainly in the origin itself. It’s yet another superhero origin that involves someone being injected with a super-serum. Sorry Captain America, I think Wolverine, the Lizard and Bane beat you to it! More than this the interactions between the characters were pretty poor. There is a moment in the movie when Steve kisses a girl other than the one who is in love with him. This looks like it would cause an emotional issue but is never mentioned again. I fail to see the point in that entire scene.
Captain America: The First Avenger is worth a watch if you want to stay up to date with the Avengers canon. It is certainly not the best movie made by Marvel it is surely beaten by Iron-Man and the Avengers. As a closing statement, the movie is worth a watch.
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