Movie of the Week: Captain America
Aug. 4th, 2011 02:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaceyA hideously early showing at 12.10 p.m. so H and I could catch the 2D verion of this. I can't imagine seeing this in 3D would add anything.
I never read Capt. America comic books so I'm not sure how faithful this is to the original story, but it didn't matter. It was a good story, well done. I don't remember seeing Chris Evans in anything previously (turns out he was The Human Torch in the two Fantastic Four Movies, so that shows you how much of an impression they made on me) but he was convincing in this as both the runt who continuously tries and fails to pass the physical for army enlistment during WW2, and as the scientifically enhanced super soldier who becomes Captain America.
The supporting cast was excellent. Tommy Lee Jones and Hugo Weaving are always worth watching, though I completely failed to recognise Richard Armirage as the spy, Kruger. Hayley Atwell was the love interest, Peggy, looking almost unrecognisable in 1940s red lipstick.
Verdict: unexpectedly good. Much better characterisation than most of the recent batch of comic book films and a gazillion times better than Green Lantern.
I never read Capt. America comic books so I'm not sure how faithful this is to the original story, but it didn't matter. It was a good story, well done. I don't remember seeing Chris Evans in anything previously (turns out he was The Human Torch in the two Fantastic Four Movies, so that shows you how much of an impression they made on me) but he was convincing in this as both the runt who continuously tries and fails to pass the physical for army enlistment during WW2, and as the scientifically enhanced super soldier who becomes Captain America.
The supporting cast was excellent. Tommy Lee Jones and Hugo Weaving are always worth watching, though I completely failed to recognise Richard Armirage as the spy, Kruger. Hayley Atwell was the love interest, Peggy, looking almost unrecognisable in 1940s red lipstick.
Verdict: unexpectedly good. Much better characterisation than most of the recent batch of comic book films and a gazillion times better than Green Lantern.
