Good but not great

Rating: 6/10 (8 August 2011)

As a comics to movie vehicle, it was much better than some of the past turds like "The Punisher," "Ghost Rider," "Hulk", etc.
The fight scenes were decent and (intentional or not), the cgi special effects gave the perspective / appearance of the over-the-top action drawn by comic artists.
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The story dragged at times unnecessarily and the writing was a bit inconsistent. Examples:
We know Steve Rogers is sickly, wimpy and weak. There was no need to belabor the point for a good portion of the movie.
The "buy bonds" scenes. He was being used a a pawn to sell war bonds. Was it necessary to devote ~20 minutes to show him being turned into a caricature?
Throw-away HYDRA soldiers. These were supposedly elite NAZI troops converted to serve HYDRA. In battle, they looked like they didn't know how to use their own weapons and were killed en masses. Additionally, foes were were able to easily take their weapons and use them on them.
Red Skull's final act at the end was puzzling, it absolutely made no sense. The man is obviously mad as a hatter but is not stupid.
Still, worth a strong 7 rating in my opinion.