A Look Back #9:
'A Look Back' is a place where 'Movie Freak 77' reviews old movies, which he considers them one of his favorite movies. Hope you will enjoy these reviews.
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| Official 'Captain America: The First Avenger' Poster. |
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| "Chris Evans" and "Sebastian Stan". |
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| "Hayley Atwell". |
'Steve Rogers'(Chris Evans) is a
skinny asthmatic man, who has been rejected from World War II military
recruitment due to his physical disabilities and health problems. While in a an
exhibition for future technologies, Dr. 'Abraham Erskine'(Stanley Tucci)
enlists 'Rogers' to the Scientific Strategic Reserve as a part of an experiment
to create a new breed of 'super-soldiers'. Along with his collaborator 'Howard
Stark'(Dominic Cooper), 'Erskine' successfully transforms 'Rogers' into a
specimen of human perfection, which at first is only used as a symbol, but
fighting to prove his capabilities and his strength to fight and conquer the
evil 'Johann Schmidt'(Hugo Weaving) also known as 'Red Skull', commander of the
terrorist organization 'Hydra'. Other major characters include 'Colonel Chester
Phillips'(Tommy Lee Jones), officer of the Scientific Strategic Reserve and
'Rogers''s love interest 'Peggy Carter'(Hayley Atwell), 'Rogers''s best friend
Sergeant 'James 'Bucky' Barnes'(Sebastian Stan), biochemist of 'Hydra' 'Arnim
Zola'(Toby Jones), 'Red Skull''s top assassin 'Heinz Kryger'(Richard Armitage), Private 'Lorraine'(Natalie Dormer) and the members of 'Roger''s squad of commandos 'Timothy Dugan'(Neal McDonough), 'Gabe Jones'(Derek Luke), 'Jim
Morita'(Kenneth Choi), 'Jacques Dernier'(Bruno Ricci), and 'James Montgomery Falsworth'(JJ
Field). Also making cameo appearances are "Stan Lee" and "Samuel
L. Jackson" as 'Nick Fury'.
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| "Tommy Lee Jones" and "Natalie Dormer". |
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| "Hugo Weaving". |
'Captain America' was the last standalone
movie of Marvel's Phase One before the release of what is known as the biggest
blockbuster and superhero movie ever made. While it could have turned out to be
a disappointment, it actually was a very good movie. What differentiated the
movie from 'Iron Man', 'Iron Man 2' and 'Thor' was that it
was a period movie set during the events of the Second World War. And that is what
actually made it a very interesting movie that many audiences wanted to watch
it. The decision to discover the roots and beginnings of 'Steve Rogers' and how
he came to become the infamous 'Captain America' was successfully done allowing
the movie to stand on its own, while cleverly linking it to the whole Marvel
Cinematic Universe. And that later on became Marvel's ability to successfully
link the entirety of its movies to fit within its larger universe that it
created to itself. The movie actually does nail many elements that make a movie
successful; still the movie lacked a certain flair that allowed the movie to
become an epic superhero movie.
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| "Stanley Tucci". |
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| "Dominic Cooper" and "Chris Evans". |
Director "Joe Johnston" was primarily
selected to helm the movie due to his experience with superhero movie in the 'Rocketeer'
back in 1991. In the end, "Johnston" actually creates a very solid
period superhero movie maintaining the authenticity of the really world, whilst
including those superhero references. His directing style actually allowed
people to enjoy the action sequences where he indeed allowed audiences to
actually see the fighting scenes clearly. "Christopher Markus" and
"Stephen McFeely"('The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch andthe Wardrobe' and 'Thor: The Dark World') performs a great job developing
'Steve Rogers' and creating a solid story, which actually including many
touching and emotional moments. Another positive were their ability to bring
many strings from the Marvel Universe and swiftly including them in the movie.
Composer "Alan Silvestri"('Marvel's The Avengers' and 'TheCroods') composes a compatible score, yet fails to bring the magic that
music can bring to a superhero movie to define it.
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| "Hugo Weaving" and "Toby Jones". |
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| "Chris Evans". |
Over years and decades, the superhero
'Captain America' was known due to what he represented rather than his story
and accomplishments. And this movie successfully shows why 'Steve' became this
superhero and his true identity; a person who is always trying to show his
dedication and high value personality to leave his mark in this world and make
a difference. The highlight moments of the movie comes in the first half before
'Steve' was injected with the serum and became the hero we now know. Like I
mentioned before, the high points of the story comes with the swift development
of 'Rogers', as well as most of the supporting characters, who weren't reduced
to one dimensional characters. The action sequences may not be as grand as the
previous movies or similar ones, yet they are still enjoyable and well
directed. The best scenes of the movie were the training sequences at the
Scientific Strategic Reserve, 'Steve''s first time using his new abilities to
fight, the final confrontation and battle between 'Red Skull' and 'Steve' and
the post-credit scene. The ending was one of the touching moments of the movie
that really showed emotions and the acting skills of the lead actors.
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| "Chris Evans" and "Hayley Atwell". |
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| "Bruno Ricci", "Kenneth Choi", "Chris Evans", "Neal McDonough" and "Sebastian Stan" |
Like all Marvel movies, 'Captain America: The
First Avenger' includes a vast array of talented actors, whom each brings
something to the table. "Chris Evans" basically had his second chance
at a superhero franchise after his failed attempt with the 'Fantastic Four'
franchise. And for sure this role will be his career defining role that people
will remember him for in the future. His skills are shown with his ability to
show the character development of the character and the change he went through,
especially in the first half of the movie. "Hayley Atwell" performs
well as the love interest and is able to give the female character its own
stamp amongst the male cast surrounding her. "Chris" and
"Hayley"'s onscreen romantic chemistry and interactions were one of
the highlight of the movie. "Hugo Weaving" adds another excellent villainous
performance to his resume, "Tommy Lee Jones" and "Stanley
Tucci" succeeds in bringing weight and authority to their characters, and
"Sebastian Stan" develops 'Bucky' well to generate interest in his
character, when he reprises his role in future films. "Dominic
Cooper" was able to bring the 'Stark'-swagger and expand on what we saw in
the 'Iron Man' movies.
The lack of spectacular blockbuster
action moments may be the reason why this movie isn't one of the greatest
superhero movies, yet I am sure that 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' in
2014 will fix that point.
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| Official 'Captain America: The First Avenger' Poster. |
-Release Date: July 22, 2011.
-Starring: Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci, Sebastien Stan, Dominic Cooper, Richard Armitage, Natalie Dormer, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, Kenneth Choi, Bruno Ricci, JJ Field and Toby Jones.
-Based on: 'Captain America' by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
-Studio(s): Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures.
-Directed by: Joe Johnston.
-Screenplay by: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
-Music by: Alan Silvestri.
-Running Time: 125 minutes.
-Budget: $ 140,000,000.
-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 176,654,505.
-Foreign: $ 193,915,269.
-Ratings: -IMdb: 6.8/10.
-Rotten Tomatoes: 79%.
-Metacritic: 66%.
-PERSONAL RATING: 8.0/10.
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