Post by Rob W. Case on Jan 10, 2012 7:04:29 GMT -6
If you have seen the Iron Man movies (2008, 2010), The Incredible Hulk (2008), and Thor (2011), you will have noticed at the end of these movies a man with a patch in his eye by the name of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), approaching these various heroes to form a coalition called the Avengers. Yet the Avengers could not be complete without one of its main heroines and that heroine is really the first avenger by the name of Captain America.
Captain America is about a man by the name of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans). Steve has a brave spirit, and does not like bullies. He believes in ideals such as respect, patriotism, and courage. The problem is, when he applies courage, taking a stand or sticking up for himself, he gets beat up because of his “puny” size. At the height of World War II, Rogers tries to enlist in the U.S. Army, but the Army will not let him in because of his small size. Relentless in his pursuit to get into the Army, Rogers comes across a man by the name of Dr. Abraham Erskine, who pulls a few strings to make it happen. Erskine is very impressed with Rogers, and believes that Rogers has what it takes ideally to help America win the war. And so, Erskine sets Rogers up with industrialist Howard Stark (Iron Man Tony Stark’s father) who invented a machine to manipulate one’s genetics, and from that, “buff them up” and thus create a new breed of “super soldiers” for the United States Government. That said, Rogers willingly becomes Stark’s first experiment. And so, Rogers’ body is manipulated and becomes the first “super soldier” to be marketed.
Amidst these events, in Nazi Germany, a Nazi by the name of Johann Schmidt (a.k.a. The Red Skull) seeks after an occult power within a hidden “cosmic cube” containing “energy” that may make him powerful enough to overthrow Hitler, or any other powerful person for that matter, and thus become the most powerful man in the world. Schmidt’s history consists of him being a part of Erskine’s experiment, it not working as well as he would have liked it, and him being “marked for life” because of it. And so, you have this intense conflict between an “experiment” with evil motives gone bad, and out to take over the world, and an “experiment” with healthy motives trying to stop him and protect freedom.
This is by far the best Captain America movie I have ever seen. I was at first reluctant to see this movie because, in my opinion, all of the previous Captain America films were low budget, poorly written, poorly done, and well… just plain sucked. Having seen this film, I would actually look forward to a sequel, as well as go to see the upcoming Avengers film in 2012.
Out of 4 stars, I would give this film 3 and a half stars.
The film is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 4 minutes.
To view a trailer for this film, please click on the link below.
Trailer 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J3HfllvXWE
Trailer 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCTv6i3589A
Captain America is about a man by the name of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans). Steve has a brave spirit, and does not like bullies. He believes in ideals such as respect, patriotism, and courage. The problem is, when he applies courage, taking a stand or sticking up for himself, he gets beat up because of his “puny” size. At the height of World War II, Rogers tries to enlist in the U.S. Army, but the Army will not let him in because of his small size. Relentless in his pursuit to get into the Army, Rogers comes across a man by the name of Dr. Abraham Erskine, who pulls a few strings to make it happen. Erskine is very impressed with Rogers, and believes that Rogers has what it takes ideally to help America win the war. And so, Erskine sets Rogers up with industrialist Howard Stark (Iron Man Tony Stark’s father) who invented a machine to manipulate one’s genetics, and from that, “buff them up” and thus create a new breed of “super soldiers” for the United States Government. That said, Rogers willingly becomes Stark’s first experiment. And so, Rogers’ body is manipulated and becomes the first “super soldier” to be marketed.
Amidst these events, in Nazi Germany, a Nazi by the name of Johann Schmidt (a.k.a. The Red Skull) seeks after an occult power within a hidden “cosmic cube” containing “energy” that may make him powerful enough to overthrow Hitler, or any other powerful person for that matter, and thus become the most powerful man in the world. Schmidt’s history consists of him being a part of Erskine’s experiment, it not working as well as he would have liked it, and him being “marked for life” because of it. And so, you have this intense conflict between an “experiment” with evil motives gone bad, and out to take over the world, and an “experiment” with healthy motives trying to stop him and protect freedom.
This is by far the best Captain America movie I have ever seen. I was at first reluctant to see this movie because, in my opinion, all of the previous Captain America films were low budget, poorly written, poorly done, and well… just plain sucked. Having seen this film, I would actually look forward to a sequel, as well as go to see the upcoming Avengers film in 2012.
Out of 4 stars, I would give this film 3 and a half stars.
The film is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 4 minutes.
To view a trailer for this film, please click on the link below.
Trailer 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J3HfllvXWE
Trailer 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCTv6i3589A