The howl of arctic wind leads us to a snowy wasteland, where a present-day government team discovers a frozen.
(The names and settings change, but the mold stays the same.) With check-list precision, Cap's origin story hits all the expected beats while laying another stone on the path to The Avengers. It's a formula that Marvel, for better or worse, has capitalized on.
But that's better than leaving the theatre discussing the black-out rage issues a movie like Green Lantern has that Cap, successfully, avoids.īroadly speaking, superheroes generally have the same origin story parameters. After one viewing, Joe Johnston's best movie since October Sky leaves nothing new to be found there are no significant discussions of subtext or nuance to be had after leaving the theatre, like we had after seeing X-Men: First Class, Dark Knight or Spider-Man 2. But like Iron Man 2 and, to some degree, Thor, Cap seems content with being a base hit instead of going that extra, edgier mile to become a home run to be that movie you revisit time and time again because you're still trying to master it. It's a summer movie adventure whose story takes place across a few years and several locations, and it has a fun time doing it. Rather, it's just a "good" movie, a very efficient and enjoyable piece of matinee entertainment. Captain America: The First Avenger is that rare summer movie that delivers on everything promised in its trailers, and that's about all it does, which isn't to say it's not a good movie.
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