The final after-credits scene wasn’t included in our screening, so I can’t say anything to that unfortunately. I’m just happy we get to see Captain America being Captain America and some really cool action shots of the shield. It’s rather simple, but I think the action and comedy make up for it. It’s hard to criticize a summer superhero too much, so all I can say is that I wish the plot was a bit more intelligent. Captain America fans will definitely get a kick out of the Howling Commandos.
Hayley Atwell as Rogers’ love interest may be the only weak link, but she manages. Everyone already mentioned does a great job, and Tommy Lee Jones is perfect as a grumpy Colonel that has to train, then command Rogers. Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), Iron Man Tony’s father, plays a pivotal role and gives some insights into Tony’s future relationship with his father and how they are surprisingly similar.
The cosmic cube works as a classic macguffin that weaves in Thor’s storyline nicely while hinting at potential plot lines in the future. In fact, the Avengers plot line that is forced down our throats in the previously mentioned Marvel films is actually dealt with perfectly in The First Avenger. It’s not as campy as Thor or as convoluted as Iron Man 2. It’s fun, clever even, flashy, and doesn’t forget that it’s a superhero movie first and a war movie second. This film evokes many of the same emotions I felt back then. Joe Johnston directs, and while he has a spotty track record, I love 1991’s The Rocketeer. He and a special group of soldiers, including best friend Bucky (Sebastian Stan) go after Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), an equally unique specimen who runs Hitler’s Hydra research program, but has ambitions of his own. The experiment works perfectly, but Rogers is relegated to the propaganda machine until he proves his worth. He has developed a serum that enhances the body in almost every way, effectively creating a super soldier. A scientist (Stanley Tucci) working for the government overhears Rogers and convinces him to be a test subject for his experiment.
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Read my full review of Captain America: The First Avenger after the break.įor those not familiar with the comic book series, Captain America is the story of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), a frail young man who desperately wants to join the Army to help the United States win World War II. Sunday 11th May: Steve Rogers attends a Dodgers game against the Phillies. A soldier gets a flag off the top of a pole. The year on the flag that is on the pole. But he's not so fun you forget the rest.This Friday, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios bring you the last film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before next year’s mega team-up that is The Avengers. Captain America: The First Avenger - timeline. The only truly fun element is Weaving's baddie, named 'Red Skull' because that's exactly what his CGI-face looks like - a worthy addition to Hollywood's high camp gallery of over-the-top Nazi villains with 'Cherman' accents and long leather coats.
He doesn't redeem himself with the sexual tension or the jocular banter among the men either, even with an in-form Tommy Lee Jones playing a tough army coot running operations on the ground. So soon after Michael Bay's delightfully bombastic Transformers 3, Johnston's relatively conventional action sequences are a thudding disappointment. This film does nothing to lift his reputation. Director Joe Johnston is a former visual effects specialist who's worked with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and made a string of middle range Hollywood fare like Honey I Shrunk the Kids and Jumanji. Along the way there's a bit of romance, too, with a British woman in uniform (Hayley Atwell). His nemesis is a rogue Nazi scientist (Hugo Weaving) who's partaken of the same secret genetic concoctions and heads a super army of soldiers with blue laser guns. Captain America tells an origin story of how a wimpy guy who's unfit for service in World War 2 (Chris Evans), finds himself enlisted in a secret wartime experiment, then transformed into a muscle-bound fighting machine.