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| zcbm09| Captain America: The First Avenger |
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| Director: Joe Johnston |
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Christopher Markus, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Stephen McFeely |
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Alan Fine, Amir Madani, Dan Masciarelli |
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Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan |
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| Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 |
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(NTSC Widescreen) |
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English, French, Portuguese, Spanish |
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| Studio: Paramount Studios |
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DVD Region: 1 |
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PG-13 |
| DVD Release: Oct 2011 |
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Discs: 2 (Blu-ray) [$42.99] |
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| Reviews: The Marvel Comics superhero Captain America was born of World War II, so if you're going to do the origin story in a movie you'd better set it in the 1940s. But how, then, to reconcile that hero with the 21st-century mega-blockbuster "The Avengers", a 2012 summit meeting of the Marvel giants, where Captain America joins Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk and other super pals? Stick around, and we'll get to that. In 1943, a sawed-off (but gung-ho) military reject named Steve Rogers is enlisted in a super-secret experiment masterminded by adorable scientist Stanley Tucci and skeptical military bigwig Tommy Lee Jones. Rogers emerges, taller and sporting greatly expanded pectoral muscles, along with a keen ability to bounce back from injury. In both sections Rogers is played by Chris Evans, whose sly humor makes him a good choice for the otherwise stalwart Cap. ("Benjamin Button"-esque effects create the shrinky Rogers, with Evans's head attached.) The film comes up with a viable explanation for the red-white-and-blue suit 'n' shield--Rogers is initially trotted out as a war bonds fundraiser, in costume--and a rousing first combat mission for our hero, who finally gets fed up with being a poster boy. Director Joe Johnston ("The Wolfman") makes a lot of pretty pictures along the way, although the war action goes generic for a while and the climax feels a little rushed. Kudos to Hugo Weaving, who makes his Nazi villain a grand adversary (with, if the ear doesn't lie, an imitation of Werner Herzog's accent). If most of the movie is enjoyable, the final 15 minutes or so reveals a curious weakness in the overall design: because Captain America needs to pop up in "The Avengers", the resolution of the 1943 story line must include a bridge to the 21st century, which makes for some tortured (and unsatisfying) plot developments. Nevertheless: that shield is really cool. "--Robert Horton" |
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