![]() ![]() We get a true story here about how Steve Rogers came to be the legendary hero and we get to fully understand his motives, struggles, and accomplishments. This IS an origins story that properly sets up the character and gives audience members a chance to see and learn about who Captain America was before his transformation. All in all, the cast is solid and no one seemed out of place or unnecessary.Īs mentioned before, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER is a focused Captain America movie first and a THE AVENGERS tie-in second. Besides our two leads, we get great supporting performances from Sebastian Stan (BLACK SWAN) as Captain America’s best pal Bucky, Hayley Atwell (THE DUCHES) as the main love interest Peggy Carter, Dominic Cooper (AN EDUCATION) as Tony Stark’s (Iron Man) father/brilliant inventor, and Tommy Lee Jones (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN) as Colonel Phillips who has a great presence here and creates a lot of the comic relief. Weaving is the perfect choice for this character and I loved seeing him be the bad guy here. He is the perfect villain for Captain America and there are many iconic shots of these two during their initial confrontations and later in some kick ass action sequences. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER has hands down one of the coolest and best acted villains in any Marvel film in the form of Hugo Weaving (THE MATRIX Series, THE LORD OF THE RINGS Series) as the terrifying Red Skull. ![]() The supporting cast here ain’t too shabby either. Evans overall performance was fantastic and now I could not imagine anyone else donning the suit or holding the shield. Seeing Steve Rogers struggle at first and then become the bad ass he was born to be was an exciting and fun experience that had me rooting for this character often. This character has true heart and the film never misses an opportunity to remind us of that. I know there are a lot of people out there who think Evans is a poor choice for our boy in blue, but I have to admit that the performance Evans gives here is what makes this movie so wonderful. ![]() We watch as his desperate efforts lead him to a potentially lethal experiment that will ultimately transform him into the Captain America we know and love. Our story begins with a skinny boy named Steve Rogers (Evans) who wants nothing more than to help his country fight for freedom. The main thing I admire about CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER is that it is first and foremost a Captain America movie and less a tie-in film much like THOR which was released earlier this summer. This is the last of the Marvel movies featuring an Avengers team member before next summer’s epic THE AVENGERS directed by Joss Whedon (FIREFLY, SERENITY). The latest Marvel effort is the Joe Johnston (THE ROCKETEER, JURASSIC PARK III) directed film CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER starring the likable Chris Evans (FANTASTIC FOUR Series, THE LOSERS) as our featured hero. The result will be like nothing even done before in Hollywood and is going to create such a huge nerdgasm that it will surely echo through the years as being something truly special. There are so many amazing characters in the Marvel universe to explore and the current trend is fleshing out the core cast of The Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk) in order to build up to a climax of sorts where all the films in the franchise come together in one. Movies based on Marvel comic book characters can basically be considered a movie genre of its own. ![]()
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