nightwind1
Explorer
Not at all. This is Cap as he was meant to be, and as he is written when he is written by someone who understands him. This IS Captain America.
Captain America: The First Avenger
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I thought the movie was good to very good overall. I thought Evans was good in the title role and Hayley Atwell was very good as well (and gorgeous - she really fills out those costumes rather well) I liked Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving & Stanley Tucci in their roles as well.
Not great - I agree with the above post from horacethegrey - after he rescues the 107th, the film feels a bit disjointed and then ends kind of abruptly.
Also, the teaser for next year's Spider-Man reboot was shown before the movie. Normally, I love Spidey - heck, I grew up reading Amazing Spider-Man religiously from the early 70s through the mid 90s - however, the teaser just left me cold. I liked the first Spidey movie a lot, thought the 2nd was good and the 3rd was overcrowded, but okay. Never felt "meh" about any of them, though. It just left me no desire to see it.
Not great - I agree with the above post from horacethegrey - after he rescues the 107th, the film feels a bit disjointed and then ends kind of abruptly.
Also, the teaser for next year's Spider-Man reboot was shown before the movie. Normally, I love Spidey - heck, I grew up reading Amazing Spider-Man religiously from the early 70s through the mid 90s - however, the teaser just left me cold. I liked the first Spidey movie a lot, thought the 2nd was good and the 3rd was overcrowded, but okay. Never felt "meh" about any of them, though. It just left me no desire to see it.
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Mouseferatu
Hero
At the risk of threadjacking...
I had the precise opposite reaction. I'm a huge Spidey fan. I'd say, if I had to pick a single favorite comic book character, it'd be him. And I liked the first two Maguire movies. But to me, this trailer just feels more like Spider-Man than those movies did.
Plus, everything else I'm hearing about it--such as they're letting him be a lot more of the wise-cracker he's supposed to be--rings positive for me as well.
I was always more a Ghostrider (although having seen the first movie I was distraught) fan and an Iron Man fan ( I love the first movie).
Having said that , I went to a small picture theatre I know (less people) and saw Captain America.
I liked it a lot. I would of preferred Cap fighting Nazis but Hydra was close enough.
Agent smith as Red Skull rocks. I feel a little bad for Hugo Weaving who has played a fair few villains by now but I think he .. (and this is no slight on the actor) does his best work when you hear the voice but not the face. His voice just brings a whole new level for the game and for an actor thats 9/10 win. Hes almost the go to guy for villains in Hollywood now.
Question:
A) Did Red SKull die or was he simply 'beamed' back to Asgard ?
B) Is Repulsor technology as 'developed by both Howard and Tony Stark' really just Asgardian technology developed from the Cube? Iron Man 2 Reference: Is the 'new' element simply one that was created by the Asgardians?
Having said that , I went to a small picture theatre I know (less people) and saw Captain America.
I liked it a lot. I would of preferred Cap fighting Nazis but Hydra was close enough.
Agent smith as Red Skull rocks. I feel a little bad for Hugo Weaving who has played a fair few villains by now but I think he .. (and this is no slight on the actor) does his best work when you hear the voice but not the face. His voice just brings a whole new level for the game and for an actor thats 9/10 win. Hes almost the go to guy for villains in Hollywood now.
Question:
A) Did Red SKull die or was he simply 'beamed' back to Asgard ?
B) Is Repulsor technology as 'developed by both Howard and Tony Stark' really just Asgardian technology developed from the Cube? Iron Man 2 Reference: Is the 'new' element simply one that was created by the Asgardians?
Well to me it looked like it was consuming Red Skull and then he sorta.. disappeared. Which could of meant that the Cubes power destroyed him but then the beam of light surged towards the heavens (and Asgard?). So then I thought he might of been beamed to the High Security Prison in Asgard.
In Regards to B, Im still of the theory that the cube is connected to the Stark developments with repulsor technology. In Re to the Tech fair you are right. It was before he found the cube. Stil, with that reveal I think it pays a lot more to the fact he used it to further his work on repulsor.
In Regards to B, Im still of the theory that the cube is connected to the Stark developments with repulsor technology. In Re to the Tech fair you are right. It was before he found the cube. Stil, with that reveal I think it pays a lot more to the fact he used it to further his work on repulsor.
My reaction has been pretty back and forth:
1) I hear they are making a reboot, which feels way too soon, especially since it looks to be retelling a nigh-identical origin story to the last time. Initial reaction: Not interested.
2) I hear a bit more about it - that they are patterning it a bit more after Ultimate Spider-man, aim to have a bit more humor in it, and have a good cast lined up. Reaction: Tentatively interested.
3) I see the trailer, which looks nothing like that above description, and looks to be playing up even more the moody, emo, sulking Peter Parker than the last trilogy of movies. Maybe it is just the trailer, but... reaction: Not interested.
Moving away from the threadjack, though... as for the Captain America movie, I thought it was fantastic. Easily coming in behind Iron Man as my second favorite of the current crop of superhero movies.
And, as Sutekh points out, I thought Hugo Weaving was great - mainly because he is able to shine when he has a different face and different accent from his normal voice. Otherwise, at least for me, I still can't shake the image of Agent Smith from whatever role he is playing.
Agamon
Adventurer
I really shouldn't have watched Saving Private Ryan the day before going to see this. I had to keep telling myself, "Comic book movie, comic book movie, comic book movie..." 
Otherwise, it was pretty good. Behind First Class, on par with Thor. Hugo Weaving and Tommy Lee Jones were great.
And, no Red Skull isn't dead. Don't be silly. Bucky is though.
Otherwise, it was pretty good. Behind First Class, on par with Thor. Hugo Weaving and Tommy Lee Jones were great.
And, no Red Skull isn't dead. Don't be silly. Bucky is though.
MarkB
Legend
Nitpick: I'm pretty sure the fair in the movie was a standard Worlds Fair type event. The plans which contained the new element were from the first Stark Expo, a purely Stark-sponsored event which would have come later.
