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Time flies when you're having fun
PostedJuly 23, 2011
CaptainContinuity
from Houma, Louisiana
First things first. Chris Evans nailed it. When he was cast in the role I felt he could visually pass for Cap, but his smart alec demeanor as Johnny Storm scared me. I knew if he made one wise crack, I would flash back to Human Torch and walk out of the theater. He did a really good job of cap-turing my respect as an actor because I didn't think "Flame On" a single time.
The movie came closer to cap-turing what I saw in my minds eye as a kid reading comics than any superhero flick yet. The fight scenes, especially the assault on the last Hydra base, were spectacular without leaving the boundaries of physics. Each bad guy reacted as if he had really been hit by Cap, not launched by a wire after a fake swing. Small details immerse me more into the movie, and they paid great attention to them.
However, they doinked it with respect to continuity. Marvel is using so many references to tie in these movies to the Avengers, yet they overlooked one of their biggest tie-in easter-egg worthy moments.
At the beginning of the Hulk (Norton) smashes the ice flow and Cap is seen frozen in the resulting shock wave of cracking ice, with his shield on his chest. Yet his shield is found in a different location in this movie. When you use all of these tie-ins, shouldn't you make an effort to get the continuity right?
The movie came closer to cap-turing what I saw in my minds eye as a kid reading comics than any superhero flick yet. The fight scenes, especially the assault on the last Hydra base, were spectacular without leaving the boundaries of physics. Each bad guy reacted as if he had really been hit by Cap, not launched by a wire after a fake swing. Small details immerse me more into the movie, and they paid great attention to them.
However, they doinked it with respect to continuity. Marvel is using so many references to tie in these movies to the Avengers, yet they overlooked one of their biggest tie-in easter-egg worthy moments.
At the beginning of the Hulk (Norton) smashes the ice flow and Cap is seen frozen in the resulting shock wave of cracking ice, with his shield on his chest. Yet his shield is found in a different location in this movie. When you use all of these tie-ins, shouldn't you make an effort to get the continuity right?
I rate this movie 5 stars because this 2 hour plus movie truly felt like it was only 30 minutes long. Time flies when you're having fun.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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