Why Movies?

Do you love movies?


When I was a kid, my brother and I used to go to the Saturday Morning Matinees to watch our favorite serial stars, like Commander Cody, Flash Gordon, heroes who always faced certain death at the end of the episode, and somehow always made it back the next week.

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Thanks, Fred

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Captain America: The First Avenger - 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger


Marvel Enterprises, Marvel Films, Marvel Studios - 2011


Directed by Joe Johnston


Cast:


Story: It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erksine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erksine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's head of its secret HYDRA research department, Johann Schmidt aka the Red Skull, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot. However, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America and his war against Schmidt begins. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com),borrowed by me from the IMDB website.

Review:Don't you love continuity? Up to now, the Marvel universe has come to life with films like Blade, X-Men, Spiderman, Daredevil (Okay, bad example), and numerous others, but from the revison of the Hulk and the appearance of the Mighty Thor, we now have the makings of the Avengers, a film to be released this summer that will surely have all us comic book (Graphic Novel?) kids out to the theaters. This particular film should be commended for casting (Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci, Hugo Weaving, and the entire cast bring the incredible Captain America to life with almost scary precision) and costuming rendering the World War Two uniforms and civilian garb with exceptional accuracy. Special kudos to the end credit designers for their use of the water color effects on the posters of the era and incorporating them so well. This film is a must see and must own for those of us who remember with lingering fondness the comics we spent our allowances on.

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