Year: 2011
Director: Joe Johnston
Country: US
Language: English
To be blunt, I hated Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Incredible Hulk (2008) was a bore, Ironman I & II were forgetful, Thor's "fish out of water" theme was cringeworthy and The Avengers was a let-down even with my incredibly low expectations. I pushed off the Captain America movies until, well, until I watched everything else. I was prepared for the worst, but was pleasantly surprised.
Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), a rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization.
Director Joe Johnston and production designer Rick Heinrichs give us a wonderful throwback to WWII yarns with nazi occultists. It's Raiders of the Lost Ark for a new generation. Johnston’s eye for the era’s romantic wartime iconography steal the show in early scenes and the filmmakers have great fun rewriting history with futuristic gadgets and highly stylized vehicles, all with past-meets-future touches,
Almost entirely a period piece, Captain America is a superior superhero movie because it leans on its strong character and mesmerizing setting, rather than purely being entrenched in action for the sake of action. This is the first phase one MCU film that feels like its own entity rather than a build-up for the eventual (dissapointing) Avengers flick.
I was never a huge fan of Captain America, but I was enchanted by this picture as I imagine most who saw this were. Its got a nostalgic charm that is rarely seen in action movies like this. I couldn't wait to see the sequel The Winter Soldier.
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