Captain America: The First Avenger

[M.Roberts8]

Just saw this yesterday and I really liked it. If your a fan of the superhero/comic genre.
Better than Thor IMO (which I also liked) . Just read a interview with Chris Evans who said he signed on to do 6 movies as Cap. I think the upcoming Avengers counts as one. Anyway if you go stay til the end for a little sneak peek.

[Chris D]

6? Wow... Either they're really covering their bases, or they think this ones a winner.

[Dmantis]

I watched the previews a few times now and I'm exactly feeling it. I liked him as the Human Torch so he probably is a good Captain America.

I guess I'll have to go see it for myself. Better then Thor huh.

[audioqueso]

It'll be out Friday over here. I can't wait to see it.
6 movies... dang!
Glad to hear it was better than Thor. I still feel Thor was more of a filler movie (even though I liked it).
Captain America 1 & 2, Avengers 1 & 2... what else?

[M.Roberts8]

I give it an edge over Thor because I liked the how they did the back story on him and there was good actors in the supporting roles. Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci & Hugo Weaving. Don't get me wrong I really liked Thor and its a day one buy on blu for me. I was skeptical of Capt. America when I first heard about it but they pulled it off.

[impala454]

I never was a big fan of Captain America as a comic character, but they did a great job with the movie. If you go see it in the theater, make sure to stay after the boring credits (if that wasn't obvious enough w/these films already).

[Ovation]

I never was a big fan of Captain America as a comic character, but they did a great job with the movie. If you go see it in the theater, make sure to stay after the boring credits (if that wasn't obvious enough w/these films already).

Really? I saw this last night and there was nothing at the very end (unlike others like Iron Man, Thor and so on). Made sure I waited until the screen went completely blank and the lights came on.

I did see a short segment that was a lot like the post-credit stuff in the other movies but it wasn't after all the credits.

As for the film itself, I quite enjoyed it (despite having to sit in the front row for the first time in 20 years). It had just enough "old-time movies feel" to fit with the story and characters.

[Ovation]

It'll be out Friday over here. I can't wait to see it.
6 movies... dang!
Glad to hear it was better than Thor. I still feel Thor was more of a filler movie (even though I liked it).
Captain America 1 & 2, Avengers 1 & 2... what else?

Cap 1, 2 and 3 and Avengers 1, 2 and 3, perhaps?

[impala454]

Really? I saw this last night and there was nothing at the very end (unlike others like Iron Man, Thor and so on). Made sure I waited until the screen went completely blank and the lights came on.

I did see a short segment that was a lot like the post-credit stuff in the other movies but it wasn't after all the credits.

Weird, yeah my viewing of it (at a Cinemark XD theater) had about a one 1-2 minute quick trailer of Avengers.

[Ovation]

A lot of people in the crowd were moaning that they were expecting something like that--once I saw Nick Fury, I figured I'd seen "the usual", so I didn't think anything of it. Could be a Canada or even Quebec thing (in Quebec, there are arcane rules about films and available translations that might have had something to do with it--more likely the projectionist simply turned off the projector too soon)

[M.Roberts8]

Yeah there should have been an avengers teaser. I can't find it apparently they are managing to keep it offline but I did find a small snipit of it.

Be warned this snipit has a huge movie spoiler at the beginning. Its the last 30 seconds of Capt. America.

Link to spoiler

[Ovation]

Thanks. I'll be adding this to my collection anyway, so I'll see the full one before the movie is out.

[Chris D]

I thought this one was so-so. For me, it was a re-do of themes and feel, mix of stuff like "Hellboy", "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", "Skycaptain and the World of Tomorrow", and maybe even a bit of "Inglorious Basterds".

I REALLY liked the way they made Chris Evans look thinner and shorter at the beginning. I wasn't sure how they did this, digitally putting his face on another actor or something, but there's a neat discussion on IMDB about how they did it, digitally "reducing" his body on screen. All in all, I thought Chris Evans did a great job acting, and I look forward to his performance in future movies.

I totally realize this is comic-book based, but I've just never really been into the kind of movie that sets plasma-shooting demons (or aliens, or super-people, whatever the movie is), in WWII. The same thing in the future? Okay, sure, I'll buy it. But obviously we did NOT have plasma guns or supercars, or mega-bombers in WWII. So maybe that's why I actually liked "Inglorious Basterds", even though I probably should have hated it for otherwise being historically inaccurate. (to say the least)

Maybe that's also why I really liked "Raiders", but hated "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull", where Lucas went off the deep end with aliens. Anyway... this one was just :3: out of :5: for me. And yes, the end credit snippit this time was mostly a preview for "Avengers". I REALLY hope they do that one well!