Saturday, July 23, 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger Review

So I literaly just got back from seeing Captain America and it was...pretty spectacular. To start off with anyone who complained about Chris Evans needs to just see this movie and they will shut up. Evans does a fantastic job as Steve Rogers both Pre-Super Soldier weakling with a good heart and as the famous war hero. He and Sebastian Stan both are great in their scenes together as Cap and Bucky. Speaking of Bucky, he was awesome! In this Bucky is not the do almost nothing sidekick who is there to speak to the kids, no he was pretty boss in this.
The whole supporting cast was actually really good. All the acting from Tucci, Jones, and Atwell was very well done.
Dr. Abraham Erskine kind of serves as the mentor role to Steve when he's going through the training at the facility and I was very sad when he died. Not as much as my sister of course who did not know he was going to die so she was absoluley shocked, same with Bucky. Stanley Tucci played his part perfectly and I was happy with all of his scenes.
Tommy Lee Jones was very fun as Colonel Philips and I felt he was the perfect choice for the role. Haley Atwell also was great as Agent Peggy Carter who serves as both the strong female lead and the protagonist' love interest.
Now for the villain. Hugo Weaving is fantastic as the mad Johann Schmidt or better known as the Red Skull! He does Cap's arch nemesis justice. I was very happy with his performance. His accent was evil and menacing(Those bloody German villains always creep me out!) Also as a side note the Hydra soldiers looked amazing! As did Cap and Red Skull's costmes.
The action scenes were nice and the whole World War II setting was good, although I was hoping to see something dramatic along the lines of Cap at D-Day or something. So overall it was two hours of a very compelling story and very nice performances along with some awesome scenes of Cap and the Howling Commandos against Hydra.
I give it a 8.5/10
Stay after the credits
 

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