Captain
America was a film that I felt I needed to watch but wasn’t really looking
forward to it as it looked like a weaker action hero film. I had seen Chris
Evans in Avengers Assemble and I kind of knew what the character’s story was
but I have to admit that I really really enjoyed Captain America. The story
takes place during World War 2 and Steve Rogers is trying to enlist in the Army
but due to ailemnts he is rejected and before we know it this thin asthmatic
turns into a muscley individual. I was quite impressed with how they did the
CGI thin Rogers. The story follows the basic action/super hero film where there
is some evil person trying to cause a war or capitalise on their power. In this
story its Johann Schmidt (played by Hugo Weaving). Schmidt enters the story
like he’s just rolled out of a Indiana Jones film but quite quickly Weaving
shows he is better. I liked the Red Skull character and thought that it was
another well achieved piece of CGI. Weaving did at times seem similar to his
character in The Matrix films. Chris Evans is a believeable actor and makes the
character seem likeable. He might not have the gizmo’s that Iron Man has but he
manages to carry his own. I also liked Tommy Lee Jones and thought that he was
also another good piece of casting. The only casting I wasn’t sure about was
Hayley Atwell who served a fringe purpose as the love interest.
The
tie-in to the Assemble movie was evident here as Domonic Cooper plays Howard
Stark (Tony Stark’s father) and he is frozen at the beginning (and end of the
film) which brings us to the modern day. I am still impressed with just how
they manage to make these stories tie in together when there was no guarantee
that they films would be the critical or commercial success it would turn out
to be. The casting was good, the story was also good and I am impressed with
how impressed I was with it considering how much I wasn’t looking forward to
this film. There is word of a second movie and I cant wait for it.
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