(Joe Johnston, 2011)
Early: I might as well tell you Marvel has a great thing going with the previews for their next film at the end of the end credits: so stay for the end if you want to see the Avengers "trailer."
Now: Captain America is a fun period hero story which embraces the idea that the little guy, and more importantly the little guy with a good heart, can do great things. Chris Evans is solid. Hugo Weaving is wonderful and captures the Nazi essence of the Red Skull perfectly. Joe Johnston does a good job with the design and visuals and there are some nice action set pieces and some good emotional story telling. The music by Alan Silvestri (and Mr. Johnston in some places) is appropriate and this WWII tale has some nice period moments. Tommy Lee Jones and the britishy cute Hayley Atwell play well against each other. The end credits are also very well done. This movie works well in 3D. This is a fun movie so get some popcorn and go enjoy yourself.
It finally (!) seems like Marvel is has worked out some of their issues and they are not going to butcher every single one of their comics. . . I hope they keep up the recent trend of decent films (Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and even X-men First Class). (6/7)
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