Captain America: The First Avenger

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  • M.Roberts8
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2006
    • 229

    Captain America: The First Avenger

    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
    Moderator Emeritus
    • Dec 2000
    • 16877

    #2
    6? Wow... Either they're really covering their bases, or they think this ones a winner.
    CHRIS

    Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
    - Pleasantville

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    • Dmantis
      Moderator Emeritus
      • Jun 2004
      • 1036

      #3
      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.

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      • audioqueso
        Super Senior Member
        • Nov 2004
        • 1930

        #4
        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?
        B&W 804S/Velodyne SPL-1000R/Anthem MRX720

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        • M.Roberts8
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2006
          • 229

          #5
          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.

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          • impala454
            Ultra Senior Member
            • Oct 2007
            • 3814

            #6
            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).
            -Chuck

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            • Ovation
              Super Senior Member
              • Sep 2004
              • 2202

              #7
              Originally posted by 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).
              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.

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              • Ovation
                Super Senior Member
                • Sep 2004
                • 2202

                #8
                Originally posted by 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?
                Cap 1, 2 and 3 and Avengers 1, 2 and 3, perhaps?

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                • impala454
                  Ultra Senior Member
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 3814

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Ovation
                  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.
                  -Chuck

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                  • Ovation
                    Super Senior Member
                    • Sep 2004
                    • 2202

                    #10
                    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)

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                    • M.Roberts8
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 229

                      #11
                      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

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                      • Ovation
                        Super Senior Member
                        • Sep 2004
                        • 2202

                        #12
                        Thanks. I'll be adding this to my collection anyway, so I'll see the full one before the movie is out.

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                        • Chris D
                          Moderator Emeritus
                          • Dec 2000
                          • 16877

                          #13
                          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!
                          CHRIS

                          Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
                          - Pleasantville

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