I didn't realise that there was an order to The Avengers, but after seeing The Avengers, Thor, Iron Man 1 & 2 and most recently Captain America I now realise the links between them all. So, first piece of advice that I'm probably ever going to give to you and that is if you're planning on watching The Avengers series then watch Captain America first! That's because it'll set you up for the other films and then it'll all come together for technically the final film of the Marvel series' which is The Avengers!
However, getting back to focus on Captain America. I thought this film was a really good film. It's based on Marvel's Superhero Captain America. Hence the name of the film.. For an action/superhero film which I tend not to enjoy I was really surprised. I've found that with a lot of Action films that there has a tendency to be a lot of violence and people ending up dead. But in this film and also with the other films in the series of Marvel characters, its a lot more about the saving of people and the heroes journey to become that victor. Ok, there has to be a few deaths within the film but, that is not hugely focused on.
Captain America is set within the Second World War, and yet the audience can see a different perspective of this huge period of history from the angle of the Americans. OK, so it's probably not as accurate as some would have hoped for however, it's a platform for the character to evolve from. What I enjoyed the most about this character is that at the start of the film, you find yourself sympathising with the main character because he is portrayed to be weak, unfit due to health problems and not allowed to fight for his country which at the time, every man had to do within reason. Midway through the film, we see his character evolve and become the strong, powerful solider hero which Marvel originally created. By the end of the film, again the audience and I saw that the character evolve again to which his emotions are brought to light. I guessed that this would imply that superheroes have emotions just as much as normal everyday humans have.
The actor who played Captain America, Chris Evans, was in my opinion the best candidate and ticked all the boxes for the films criteria. He'd had experience as being a superhero before, through his performance as Johnny in the Fantastic Four. This film needed an Actor whose voice, is strong, dominant, and physically could stand being a solider and hero. Plus inevitably this film would make Chris Evans, a role model to both young and middle aged audiences because of the popularity which Captain America had before the film was produced and released. So no pressure then Chris.
So down to Le Crunch, and I thought that Chris' performance as Captain America was superb. He manned the role as both a solider and superhero really well, taking it in his stride. The pressure of portraying a weak man and showing the evolution of him into a strong powerful solider was really well done. All in all I couldn't falter his performance. The actors and actresses around him were just as good, and I really liked it. They've made the target audience for Marvel much more wide open and now the whole of The Avengers, Captain America series is not just a movie for boys anymore! Ladies, get your tickets there is a new Edward Cullen in Town.
Soundtrack: Music by Alan Silvestri - He also composed the music for the Avengers film. Really gets a feel for the genre which the film belongs to. Amazing and motivating music!!
My rating for this film would have to be 4.5 out of 5.
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