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Message: <blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 5635756" data-attributes="member: 40123">Well, just watched this. And I have to say, it's not as good as Thor, but it's a solid movie and a great intro to the Captain.SPOILERS AHEAD!!!LIKESChris Evans - Truth be told, I wasn't exactly thrilled when I heard Evans was cast as Steve Rogers. He was annoying as hell as Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four movies, but here, he does a complete 180 and proves what a damn good actor he is. Where his Human Torch is an arrogant douche, his Captain America is a humble and earnest dude. Evans portrays Steve as an underdog you can't help but root for, like in the scenes before he gets the Super Soldier serum, which for me are the best in the film. He also brings a nice understated humor with Cap in those hilarious USO shows. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />Period setting - It's a good thing they hired Joe Johnston to direct this. Like he proved in The Rocketeer, the man knows how to create a convincing 40's setting. Despite the advanced tech Hydra displays, I bought that we were back in time when America was fighting in the Big One.Peggy Carter - Wow. Nice to see a romantic interest in a superhero flick who didn't feel useless. Yeah, Haylee Atwell is gorgeous, but mad props to her for playing Peggy as anything but eye candy. She's a tough as nails broad who eventually softens her outlook as she becomes attracted to Cap. Their relationship was handled nicely and provided one of the more poignant moments in the film. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry    :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" />The Red Skull - It's Hugo Weaving. Nothing more needs to be said. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />After credits teaser - ASSEMBLE. Nuff said. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />DISLIKESUneven second half - The first half of the film is great, with some nice character development focusing on Steve and his eventual moment of glory when he rescues Bucky and the 107th from Hydra, thus becoming a hero for real. Everthing after that though, is a bit of a letdown. Cap's WWII exploits I think were needlessly glossed over and could have had more focus. It seems like they were rushing to bring Cap to the modern world in the end, which I thought hurt the film in the long run. I would have liked to see more of Cap's heroics in WWII in other films.Lack of Nazi's - Hydra didn't feel like Nazi's, they felt more like Cobra from GI Joe. I wish the filmmakers didn't give us Hydra as Cap's default antagonists in an effort to be respectful to history. Cap is a WWII character like Indiana Jones, and he should be punching Nazi's left and right.Overall. I enjoyed the movie, but kind of bummed that Cap is now in the modern era. We should have had more films with him in WWII.</blockquote>

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