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Another month, another Marvel comics character - who will in due course appear in the Avengers - comes to the screen.
A hero who got his start slapping nazis during world war two. And then was brought back decades later. Unlike most heroes who did that it wasn't a retooling it was the original. As the initiated will know.
So to go for a present day set story or an origin that sticks to the original? They went for the latter. Which turns out to be the right choice.
We start with people in a frozen wasteland finding something buried. Sight of a symbol triggers lots of alerts. It's been buried for a while...
Back in the 40's nazi organisation hydra are on the track of a mystical object. Even more evil than the SS and fanatically devoted to their leader Johan Schdmit, hydra has designs of their own. And their tentacles are everywhere...
Over in New York Steve Rogers is a man desperate to do his bit and join the military. But when you have a list of ailments as long as your arm the doctors wont let you.
A chance encounter with one particular doctor gives him an unexpected opportunity....
As you may have seen from the trailers the first we see of Steve is a short and weedy guy. Chris Evans image having been digitally messed with in order to make him look that way. In the trailers it looked a bit too obvious but on the screen it actually works rather well and you do get used to it very quickly.There's only one short scene where his proportions do seem to change.
This being an original movie its then time for lots of exposition as we follow him through boot camp where his determination makes up for everything else, and catches the eye of Peggy Carter, british member of an elite science team. Hayley Atwell does well here thanks to the kind of writing that Rosie Huntington Whiteley might have benefited from on transformers dark of the moon.
The first action set piece - look for a former spook playing a different kind - brings the first glimpse of hydra technology, which has a pleasing art deco kind of look to it - and then Steve has to serve his country behind the frontline.
Until the chance comes to show what he really can do...
American flag waving and the like is something that many brits seem to be resistant to. But this isnt about that. It's about ordinary people rising to the challenge in dark times and just wanting to do their bit. And on that level it succeeds perfectly, creating characters you can root for.
The second action set piece does bring in extra members to the supporting cast - who will be familiar to comic readers - but whose exploits are confined to a montage action scene. One point where I might have enjoyed more detail.
Also back in the day captain america had a teenage sidekick, but that presumably might have looked too campy, thus james 'bucky' barnes is played and written rather differently here.
Hugo Weaving does provide superb villainy as Schmidt. He almost doesn't need the characters little secret. He and Steve are, as the script highlights on occasion, opposite sides of the moral coin. Both having a different approach to having gained great power. It's interesting food for thought.
To an extent this does act as a trailer for the forthcoming avengers movie. doing all at the end that needs to be done to get captain america into that, but it stands up well enough in it's own right to be an entertaining character story and action movie with it.
Marvel comics movies do continue their efforts to make it all one universe on screen. Look out for a certain industralist and an object or two that might seem familiar if you saw Thor.
Acting wise though the standout here is Tommy Lee Jones, as military man colonel chester phillips,delivering sardonic put downs with great aplomb. And doing some great acting with just body language in his final scene. I don't expect it would happen but he deserves a best supporting actor nomination come oscar time.
It's another capable and above average origin movie from a studio that are getting good at making them.
There is, as usual, something at the end of the credits. It's a bit more than just an extra scene this time.
Languages and subtitles on this dvd are as follows:
Languages: English, Hindi.
Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish.
The disc begins with some trailers but you can skip those via the next button the dvd menu.
There's a commentary from the director plus two of the production staff.
A ten minute long - and pretty good - documentary about the design of the Captain America costume.
A ninety second [approx] long trailer for the forthcoming Avengers movie. Which is mostly scenes from other Marvel moives. Epileptics beware some fast editing at the end of this.
And there's a trailer for a new Captain America video game.
Plus a trailer for a new Avengers tv cartoon series.
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An old fashioned hero just full of surprises. Great film.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2015
Captain America: The First Avenger is the fifth film in Marvel's phase one series of movies leading up to Avengers Assemble and of all of these films this is the one that made me the most nervous, I mean how do you turn Captain America into a film?Just like this apparently.This is obviously an origin story following Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) a kid from Brooklyn who's not that big, not very strong and with several ailments. He wants to do his part to fight the Nazis despite being stamped unfit for duty at several different recruitment centres. His heart is in the right place though, he is full of courage, values and strong moral character so is chosen for the super soldier serum created by Dr. Erskine (Stanly Tucci).An awful lot of this film is about his character, not the powers, setting up who he is and I really loved that about it, it made me really like the character long before he became a superhero.After Steve gets the serum the action really kicks in with him developing into a six foot ripped super soldier. The special effects used to transform him into a tiny weakling using lots of techniques are utterly convincing and really help you get drawn in. The costumes props and clothes designs fitting the era perfectly and most importantly redesigning his costume to be accurate yet more modern and not campy, the films visuals and atmosphere are spot on.The action scenes as Captain America fights the evil organisation Hydra led by the menacing Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) are exciting and over the top yet feel realistic as Cap throws his shield around and performs daring attacks and raids with his squad The Howling Commandos.The casting to this film, much like most Marvel studios films, is pretty much perfect. Chris Evans just owns Captain America, Hugo Weaving is truly menacing as the Red Skull and Hayley Atwell is both sexy and dangerous as Agent Carter. The cast play off each other really well leading to some genuinely funny moments as well as emotional ones.The Blu-Ray has a nice array of the extras I enjoy, A Marvel One shot starring agent Coulson, half a dozen making of featurettes about the special effects, costume and film design, deleted scenes and trailers.I'm not going to lie, I love this film and I never expected to. It has heart, humour, perfect casting and they did something I never thought was possible, they made Captain America cool, and it's sequel The Winter Soldier is even better.Recommended.+ Focus on Steve's character at first adds nice depth.+ Marvelous special effects and period costumes.+ Action is exciting, shield usage is perfect.+ Great casting.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2015
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