For Hollywood's third attempt at a Captain America film, I wasn't expecting a good piece, given many other titles that had the Marvel label did relatively bad. Captain America: The First Avenger doesn't make up for the other two, but as a live-action film, it was good.
Looking back in 1942, the setting was the time of the war against Hitler and his Nazis. The antagonist, seen as Hitler's shadow, aspires plans of his own, and comes across (more like steal) an artifact whose power man isn't ready for. With this, he supposedly has an ace in the hole, which meant defeat for the US Army... if they didn't have one of their own. The Army was looking for soldiers, yet one certain potential kept being turned down. Steve Rogers wanted to be a soldier no matter what, but his frail and sickly features prevent him from doing so. Meeting a Bavarian doctor, he is enlisted to a squad in New York under Col. Philips and SSR officer Carter. Around this time, his soldiers were being trained, one of which to be the test subject to an experiment for creating a super soldier. From here on, frail Rogers becomes the American super soldier, ultimately having the title Captain America. While he is initially perceived as entertainment, he makes a name for himslef as he brings back prisoners of war, among which his best friend Sgt Barnes. Together with Barnes, and a squad of refuges from the rescue mission, Rogers sets out to destroy the bases of HYDRA and confront the man who also has strength beyond measure: Johann Schmidt, aka Red Skull.
Lasting for 2 hours plus, this film was made by Marvel Studios, being a stepping stone for The Avengers film. As with the Iron Man titles, this film was successful, receiving little criticism behind it. Chris Evans played the titular character(s), who also did Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four films. In addition, other well known faces like Tommy Lee Jones appears in the film. The movie hints a sequel, and a hardcore fan of Marvel can basically guess what's to come after the film, and talks for a sequel are already under way.
Captain America: The First Avenger was a film I saw needlessly in 3D, but otherwise worth checking out. This film gains 8.3 of 10, which gives me a faint hope that the Avengers could be just as good. I'll just have to hope that transition plays through.
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