Comments on: Captain America: The First Avenger Review

By: amok

amok — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:09:02 +0000

I cannot believe how blatantly they copied the plot from “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”.

They even kept the car.

By: MamaCass

MamaCass — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:06:08 +0000

Son of a BITCH. Well since everything I wrote just got deleted I’m gonna say fuck it to re-typing and just say that I loved the ending because I understand and appreciate what they were doing with that. I also understand your view on it being an ad though since all it did was get me even more pumped for Avengers…which better be fucking amazing like it should be since it’s Joss fucking Whedon. That being said, the teaser trailer was a disappointing waste of time…and I hate these studios doing that just to torture the ushers at the theaters (bastards) and the CGI body in the beginning was awful. I know, I know…it’s well done for that sort of thing but it’s still just so obviously fake that it was a bit distracting.

By: P. Delgado

P. Delgado — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:18:09 +0000

Colin,
This scene could not be in the sequel and it was the best place for it. Here is why… Marvel Studios is building these movies much like they create their comics. You have individual stories that go deeper into the characters’ struggles and then you have the team-up story that is just about blowing things up (Avengers). If you like Captain America’s story but you don’t want to watch the Avengers or any of the other characters, then just wait for “Cap 2″. But, again, following the “source material” the next part of Captain America’s tale is part of the Avengers’ storyline. If the story of Cap waking up is in the Avengers then when I go see Cap 2 without seeing anything else it will be missing that explanation. These “story continuity” ideas in movie making are new, but I think they’re doing a pretty good job. Marvel Studios has stuck with respecting their source material and that seems to be working for them. IMHO.

By: LUDY

LUDY — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:15:32 +0000

I thought it was a good, if not great, comic book-based movie. I was highly entertained by pretty much everything I saw on screen. Sure, Stan Lee’s cameos are getting old, but something about this one was pretty funny in a Golden Girls kind of way. Maybe it’s a lowbrow moviegoer call, but I really dug this one. Thor, not so much. I haven’t seen Green Lantern, either, based on all the bad reviews and word of mouth. But Captain America was pure fun!

By: Deven Science

Deven Science — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:12:20 +0000

Colin, this is the first review of yours in which I heard only your voice. Your opinion doesn’t mirror any others I’ve read, and I salute you for it.

I don’t agree with you a hundred percent, but you make a decent argument.

I loved the movie. The hirky-jerky digital action scenes were my only complaint. I loved the period piece. Joe Johnston’s Rocketeer experience lent itself very well to this film. My favorite part was the war bond tour, as I didn’t see that coming, and it was fun.

By: Captain N

Captain N — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:49:23 +0000

I found Captain America to be the worst of the comic book movies of the summer. It was just flat out boring. It felt as if there was no real conflict going on for Captain America to worry about. Red Skull was hardly threatening, and most of the events that could have amounted to anything interesting happened in more of a montage. Chris Evans tried really hard, but it felt like Captain America was written to be half asleep nearly the whole film.

And perhaps it’s only me, but every one of these Marvel films feel like they’re assembly line made. All the scripts feel the same; they all start in “present” day and then tell us the story in flash backs, the characters have to “earn” their powers (or suit), face a downfall caused by the villain, then fight villain and win, join Avengers. I found Captain America’s visual look and design to be way to polished as well. It didn’t feel like I was watching a superhero fighting in WW2, but a guy in a ridiculously stupid costume on a movie set.

I don’t really have any opinion on the end Avengers teaser they showed because every piece of footage was on screen for about a tenth of a second, so I couldn’t make out anything.

By: Dane Forst

Dane Forst — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:19:28 +0000

Maybe he meant the ACTUAL TRAILER for the Avengers that plays at the end of the movie. Plus, when the story ends on a kinda strange somber note and the caption “Captain America will be back in 2012 in The Avengers” that does kinda support his claim. Jus’ sayin’

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:12:59 +0000

@P. Delgado

You’re telling me the film couldn’t have ended before the epilogue? Save that stuff for the sequel.

Besides, film is a fundamentally different medium than comics, and I’m not interested in the source material — I’m interested in what’s on screen.

I even dislike it when movies based on true stories adhere too closely to the truth. Make it a good story. Everything else is secondary.

By: P. Delgado

P. Delgado — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:45:41 +0000

The end IS part of the story. It’s established 70 years ago in the comics and any film or animated version that has followed that storyline. Changing the end would be the same as Romeo and Juliet living at the end of their story or “Gone With The Wind” ending with Ret Butler saying he does give a damn. The Avengers is the same thing. This character is THE leader of the Avengers. These aren’t ideas that were conjured up in the Marvel Movie Universe. These stories have been around since before many of the movie reviewers were born. It sounds ignorant for a reviewer to complain about elements in a story that are based on the well loved source material.