I was thinking of buying all the Marvel movies coming this year, including Thor, Cap and X-men first class, which i liked a lot. Captain America, however, is not the sort of movie I'd watch several times, I think. While it stayed true to the character and had a decent plot and character development, I think the action was kind of lacking. I don't mean lacking as in there wasn't much, but as in it looked fake. A bit like watching the Power Rangers, where you know the good guy is going to win and the whole action sequence is scripted that way.
It's not the same as, say, Hulk 2 when he was fighting on campus against the Army. You know Hulk is going to win because the Army is straight out outmatched, but they put up a believable fight. On captain America, he's one guy against a whole army, where he could have been easily roasted and no, somehow he makes it alive and it feels like he's being aided to survive. I call that "noticing the director's hand", when something sort of implausible happens, just so the director can get what he wants on the screen.
Other than that, I enjoyed everything else about the movie, but it's usually the action and the feel of the movie what keeps me putting the DVD back in the player. I may end up buying it anyway if only to feel like i've got the whole collection. It's not terribly bad by any means, but it could've had some more realism on certain parts.
So, X-Men First Class, Thor, Captain America and I didn't watch Green lantern. It had rather poor reviews and I preferred to save it for a rental.
Post edited November 06, 2011 by El_Caz
