All young Steve Rogers wants to do is join the army and give his services to his country. But because of his small and slender build, he is seen as unfit. But that all changes when he agrees to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the super soldier, Captain America. Armed with his new strength, speed, rapid recovery, and shield, Steve joins forces with his friends in the army to wage war on the evil HYDRA organisation, led by the power-hungry and villainous Red Skull.
Before I completely run off the rails and rant about how monumentally pointless and dull I found this movie to be, I will admit that there may be one or two variables to consider before you take my advice on this film.
Firstly, I have never been a comic book fan, never have and probably never will be. So whatever truth or power or emotion there was to this film could easily have been completely missed by me due to my lack of intelligence regarding the story of Captain America. When it comes to these Marvel adaptations, it really does help to know the stories.
Secondly, and this sort of ties in with the first variable as well as outlines my complete obliviousness to everything comic book-esque, whilst at the same time answering the question “why did they even bother making this film?”, it has recently become vaguely known to me that all these comic book films are being made because there is The Avengers movie up and coming where all these heroes feature, a bit like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Thor, Captain America, all these characters are appearing in this up and coming movie, with all the original actors playing them such as Robert Downey Jr. Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Scarlett Johansson. So, yeah, that answers that question. It still doesn’t make the film seem any better though.
All young Steve Rogers wants to do is join the army and give his services to his country. But because of his small and slender build, he is seen as unfit. But that changes when he volunteers to participate in an experimental program that transforms him from the puny little man into the super soldier, Captain America. Armed with his new strength, speed, rapid recovery, and shield, he joins forces with his friends in the army to wage war against the evil HYDRA organisation, led by the power hungry and villainous Red Skull.
Essentially, all that I took away from this film was that this “superhero” was a guy simply on steroids who found his fame through wartime propaganda. Uncle Sam on steroids would have been Captain America. There was no engaging plot line of any description, merely a load of wartime fighting, action, explosions, and an almost neglected by-line of a love story.
To add insult to injury, by the time we get to the “climax” of the movie, it is the most dispiriting and ridiculous thing to ever come on my screen. And nothing was explained! For a fair portion of the film I had absolutely no idea as to what was going on or who any of the characters were. Not to mention that the ending in general just leaves you staring at your screen yelling “what the fuck!?”
To give it its dues, the movie did harbour some big names, which really would be the only reason why anyone would be enticed to watch it, and there were some pretty hectic action sequences, but ultimately I found this film to be absolutely pointless and without merit.
Starring Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Dominic Cooper, Tony Jones, Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci, and Samuel L. Jackson, Captain America: The First Avenger was a rather dispiriting and, for lack of a better word, shite movie that I would no sooner touch again than I would kiss a crocodile. Filled with what seems to be nothing but action, action, a tiny bit of romance, and action, at the end of the day, I can at least say that I have seen it.
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