Captain America: The First Avenger

[Scott]

My only gripe on what they have done wrong...they should have released this weekend to coincide with the 4th of July!  I realize with Transformers and Cars that is a lot of competition but it would have made a lot of sense.

[Brian]

My only gripe on what they have done wrong...they should have released this weekend to coincide with the 4th of July!  I realize with Transformers and Cars that is a lot of competition but it would have made a lot of sense.

Yeah, I always thought that as well.  You can see with the new trailer and poster that they are pushing the "America" angle a little bit more (at least here in the states).  I'm sure they would have rather released it for the 4th weekend, but like you said, the competition is pretty steep.  I'd hate to see it get crushed at the box office, and it is already opening close (the week after) the final Harry Potter film the way it is.  It is too bad TF wasn't earlier/later in the summer, because a Cap 4th of July would have been perfect.

Also, just saw this nifty retro Cap movie poster.  I think it came out a week or two ago, but I hadn't seen it until today:

[Brian]

Just saw this clip, with Cap fighting Hydra soldiers, thought it looked pretty sweet.  SPOILERS if you don't want to see anything from the movie - but it makes for a pretty nice action sequence I think:

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/07/14/exclusive-captain-america-clip

[inadvertent imitation]

I love that poster. I wasn't sure about this one, but that poster sold me. (sucker...)

[Brian]

According to this report:

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=41952

It sounds like the first trailer for Avengers will be the "after credits" scene for Cap.  They give a brief description at the link above, so if you are interested you can check it out there.  Also, SPOILERS because they do describe the final scenes of the Cap movie as well, so you may want to avoid that.

[ruiner]

It's amazing how far CG has come.  The puny body effects (I assume it's a body swap) are just flawless.  Absolutely impressive.

Think again:

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/brawny-captain-america-saved-skinny-steve-194607211.html

[BillCable]

Even more impressive!

[efranks]

Just bought my ticket for tonight's midnight show.  Looking forward to the movie, looking forward to not being in my sweltering apartment even more.

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[efranks]

Yep.  So.  It was good.  It was as good as Thor but I still think Iron Man 1 was the best origins movie for this set of Avengers.

Evans was good as Captain America and the backstory worked well enough.  I thought that once he really turned into CA that they truncated some of the action because they took so long on the build-up and still needed time for the final showdown with the Red Skull at the end.

The movie didn't start or end where I thought it would, that's neither good or bad, just not what I expected.  Flowed well for most of it, the story was okay, but maybe lacked a little exposition...that may be something we'll have to wait for the Avengers to get more of.

Over all, glad I went.  It was pretty fun and the Avengers trailer at the end kicks ass.

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[JediMoses]

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie.  Cap has never been one of top favorites, and the history of screen (TV or Movie) is so horrible that I had few expectations.  It was nicely done and a great way to escape for a few hours. 

[Sprry75]

I loved it. I was surprised by bow much I enjoyed Thor, but Captain America was even better. Good in a lot of different ways. Probably my favorite Stan Lee cameo as well.

[Brian]

I saw it yesterday, and loved it as well.  I thought it was a really well done movie, and a lot of fun too.  I was surprised at how un-Johnny Storm like Chris Evans was too, he made a good Steve Rogers/Cap I thought.  The after-credits scene was goosebump worthy as well.  Plus, as a bonus, we got to see the Amazing Spidey trailer before the movie too.  I know not everyone is as high on that one yet, but the descriptions from the SDCC stuff and everything have me pumped for next summer.  Avengers, Spidey, and Dark Knight Rises all in the summer...plus the Hobbit later in the year.  Anyways, thought Cap was great....my favorite comic movie of the summer (and I've liked them all, at least to some extent).

[JediJman]

It was pretty fun and the Avengers trailer at the end kicks ass.

Oh snap.  I gotta go see this.

[Paul]

We went last night and saw it in 3D...3D was not my first choice, but it was the "time" we wanted to go.

It was a good fun film that had the same Popcorn appeal as Iron Man.

The "snippet" at the end was definately worth it and I was shocked at the number of people that left during the credits.

[Scott]

I started reading comic books back in 1984 and really got into it when Secret Wars came out.  Captain America was the appointed leader of the heroes and I for some reason fell in love with the guy.  I collected the comics until around the time he quit being Cap...but my love for the character always remained.  I don't consider myself to be ultra-patriotic or anything so the America part of the whole schtick is a little lost on me but the shield and the uniform and the super athlete and especially the being a good and decent human being part of the schtick has always kept him at the top of my list. Yeah he doesn't have super powers and he's not a mutant and he really doesn't even have a catch phrase but he was my super hero.

I finally saw the movie tonight (IN 2D!) and loved every second of it...I've seen the crappy 70's movie and the half hearted other attempts but this was pure awesomeness.  Loved all of the little winks and nods (Zola on the screen at the beginning!) that they threw in there.   Absolutely loved Weaving and his Red Skull.  I cannot wait for next summer and The Avengers as naturally they were my second comic love being such a huge Cap fan and collecting most of their books at the same time.  The trailer was pretty cool but way too short.   It is absolutely awesome they were able to pull this off and next year is the big payoff!