Limited Potential

Rating: 7/10 (23 July 2011)

I thought this movie wasn't great but not bad either. I would categorize it somewhere in between average and good. This film moves at a steady pace and the plot points are pretty dull so there aren't any real surprises. The action is OK but at points it's borderline dumb. Your lead character is Steve Rodgers who goes from scrawny to brawny via a super serum and seemingly everything about him gets enhanced except for his personality. Big and buff doesn't translate into entertaining unless you like to frequent establishments such as "Swinging Richards". Chris Evans makes a pretty good Captain America but that in itself is part of the problem. Not Chris Evans but the character of Captain America. We live in a time where people want dark, edgy action topped off with a great story so Captain America and Superman really stand to suffer in my opinion. They don't have the charisma or ego as other superheroes and if a movie like Captain America isn't superbly written and/or directed, then you end up bored 80% of the time like i was. As i said, it's not bad and worth checking out if you're a comic book fan but it's not as entertaining or good as "Thor" or even "Iron Man".