Maybe Canadians are just getting the shaft for the teaser.
Hmm, that sucks. Would have liked to have seen that. Not sure why it wouldn't be part of the screening. I'll look for the trailer online in a week or two.
Sadly I can't find a video of it because of cross border video, but Robot Chicken's avenger iniitiative trailer is much better
Tony Stark walks into his home, only to find Nick Fury in it] TONY STARK: Who the Hell are you? NICK FURY: Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. I've come to talk to you about theAvengers Initiative. TONY STARK: At my house? In the middle of the night? And who the Hell are you? [camera pans to a burglar holding what appears to be a TV] NICK FURY: Run, stupid!
[He and the burglar run away, knocking over Stark in the process]
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I don't care what reviews say. In fact, I usually avoid them until after I've seen the film because I like to make up my own mind without any preconceived notions or spoilers revealed. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed in the negativity, as I think a lot of people put too much stock in 'professional reviews,' which affects the box office numbers whether the movie is great or not.
It was a pleasure to realize, once "Captain America: The First Avenger" got under way, that hey, here is a real movie, not a noisy assembly of incomprehensible special effects. Of course it's loaded with CGI. It goes without saying it's preposterous. But it has the texture and takes the care to be a full-blown film. You know, like with a hero we care about and who has some dimension. And with weight to the story.
I enjoyed the movie. I appreciated the 1940s period settings and costumes, which were a break with the usual generic cityscapes. I admired the way that director Joe Johnston ("October Sky" and "Jumanji") propelled the narrative. I got a sense of a broad story, rather than the impression of a series of sensational set pieces. If Marvel is wise, it will take this and "Iron Man" as its templates. See it in 2-D if you can.
It was a pleasure to realize, once "Captain America: The First Avenger" got under way, that hey, here is a real movie, not a noisy assembly of incomprehensible special effects. Of course it's loaded with CGI. It goes without saying it's preposterous. But it has the texture and takes the care to be a full-blown film. You know, like with a hero we care about and who has some dimension. And with weight to the story.
I enjoyed the movie. I appreciated the 1940s period settings and costumes, which were a break with the usual generic cityscapes. I admired the way that director Joe Johnston ("October Sky" and "Jumanji") propelled the narrative. I got a sense of a broad story, rather than the impression of a series of sensational set pieces. If Marvel is wise, it will take this and "Iron Man" as its templates. See it in 2-D if you can.
well that's a little reassuring. Ebert is still the only reviewer out there that i put any faith in
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Granted I haven't seen the movie but I still think that the perfect post credit scene for this movie would have been to have Nick Fury and his team noticing high levels of "vibranium" in the ice in the ocean.
Of course the way they framed the movie did not make this possible.
Granted I haven't seen the movie but I still think that the perfect post credit scene for this movie would have been to have Nick Fury and his team noticing high levels of "vibranium" in the ice in the ocean.
Of course the way they framed the movie did not make this possible.
I thought Cap never had a vibranium sheild until he met Tony Stark? Nope
Again through retroactive continuity, it is established that the shield was presented to Rogers by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[1] The shield is created by a fictional American metallurgist named Dr. Myron MacLain, who had been commissioned by the US government to create an indestructible armor material to aid the war effort. MacLain experiments with vibranium, an alien metal found only in Wakanda that has unique vibration absorption properties.
Rogers' indestructible shield was long referred to, even in continuity, as being composed of an adamantium steel-vibranium alloy. This contradicted earlier established continuity, as adamantium steel is only developed after Rogers is revived from suspended animation, during MacLain's later, unsuccessful experiments to try and duplicate the material of the shield. Adamantium steel makes its first appearance in Marvel Comics in Avengers Vol. 1 #66, July 1969.
The adamantium-vibranium error first appears in the Captain America entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (the composition of the shield is accurately described in the adamantium entry as "vibranium-iron") and was propagated in several subsequent stories by writers using the Handbook as a reference. An attempt to correct this was made in Captain America #303–304 (March–April 1985), which establishes that the shield is made of vibranium and an experimental "steel alloy", but that did not prevent the repetition of the "adamantium-vibranium" description over the years.
I am going to have to disagree with VFF's assessment of the movie.
While the 3D was not needed, I thought it was another very good entry into the Marvel?Avengers series of movies.
i loved the first hour of the movie as Rogers changed from a scrawny weakling into America's Hero. There was also a few added comic elements that I thought worked well with the pulp vibe the movie gave off. The second hour was not as good as the first, as it seemed a bit too easy, and Cap was barely challenged for the most part.
I thought Weaving was almost picture perfect as Red Skull. The part could of filled in a tad better, but it's really hard to develop so many characters in an origin story.
The one part I did not like was the ending. Just felt like he accepted the transformation of his life too easily. In the past origin re-telling's of Captain America he has never accepted the new situation that easily. Really wish they put more time into it.
I'd rate in somewhere between a 7.5 and an 8. Not as good as First Class, but a bit better than Thor. Right now on Rottentomatoes it is only at 71%, but it does have an average rating of 6.8 (much higher than most movies of its ilk).
I hope everyone checks it out so it can beat out Harry Potter on the weekend. Just avoid the 3D, as I probably rated it a bit lower as a result of the added 3D crap alone. Cap is my boy after all. Can't wait to see him in The Avengers.
Just got back from the movie, I liked it... probably put it on the same level as Thor and Transformers. A nice easy summer movie, something that's fun. I think most people in the theater liked it, people started cheering and clapping after (I didn't think it was THAT good... but pretty good). I'd rate it a 7.5/10. Not a must see but definitely worth a watch.
Best part was everyone was waiting the extra 10 minutes or so after the credits for the avengers cut scene but all that said was 'Captain America will be in the Avengers' and everyone got pissed off about that. Pretty funny.
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Just got back from the movie, I liked it... probably put it on the same level as Thor and Transformers. A nice easy summer movie, something that's fun. I think most people in the theater liked it, people started cheering and clapping after (I didn't think it was THAT good... but pretty good). I'd rate it a 7.5/10. Not a must see but definitely worth a watch.
Best part was everyone was waiting the extra 10 minutes or so after the credits for the avengers cut scene but all that said was 'Captain America will be in the Avengers' and everyone got pissed off about that. Pretty funny.
Sorry, but Thor was miles better than Transformers 3.
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I think a lot of my low rating has to do with the fact that I really knew nothing about the character going in and the little I did know, I wasn't a huge fan of. At the same time, I hadn't even heard of thor until a couple years ago and I loved that. That was a lot of fun.
Captain America to me was just really underwhelming. I stand by my review. To each their own.
That might actually be the better website to use for authentic reviews from now on. Warner Bros. now owns Rottentomatoes, and that very well could be a conflict of interest in them promoting non-Warner Bros movies when compared to their own.
RT takes critics reviews though, can't see how they can really manipulate it
I saw a matinee today and I enjoyed it a lot, would put it behind X Men and in front of Thor for this summer. I thought Evans and Weaving were really good
and there was a trailer after the credits, so it's not Canada in general getting shafted
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