CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (Theatrical Release USA 2011)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.2|5.0 Starsìììì

Captain America: The First Avenger—superb special effects with above average storyline and acting—serves the Marvel comic book fan well. While the movie loses pace at some points during the film, as in Captain America’s return to end Red Skull’s scheme, it quickly regains its pace and concludes with a staging that sets an opening for 2012’s making of The Avengers. This movie works at a surprisingly high level of entertainment…almost as good as Black Panther and serves as a very good credit for the work of Director Joe Johnston (Jumanji and October Sky).

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline

Steve Rogers becomes Captain America.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Joe Johnston for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Nigel Gostelow, Joe Johnston, Stan Lee, and David Maisel for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), James Buchanan Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Colonel Chester Phillips (Tommy Lee Jones), Johann Schmidt/Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), Heinz Kruger (Richard Armitage), Dr. Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Dr. Arnim Zola (Toby Jones), Timothy Dugan (Neal McDonough), Gabe Jones (Derek Luke), Jim Morita (Kenneth Choi), James Montgomery Falsworth (JJ Feild), Jacques Dernier (Bruno Ricci), and Gilmore Hodge (Lex Shrapnel).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. It’s an exceptionally well done film for both the comic book fan and non-comic book fan.

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Ben Meyers