Captain America is Private America

Rating: 6/10 (21 October 2011)

One of the blockbuster in 2011, with the handsome Chris Evens who's been having his good share of being the leads in superheroes movies. Overall the film isn't too bad, but compared to other superheroes movies, it can only received an average weight.
The movie takes place in the 40s when WWII were being real bad. However, it has one simple story line. To support war, the American and Germanic scientists was working to create a perfect solider. Steven Rogers (Chris Evan), who was born with an unimpressive physique, is continuously denied to join the army. However, his persistence catches the attention of Dr. Erksine and he let him join the army. With help from Dr. Erksine, Steve goes through the transformation and begins his story of being the leader of American army, fighting against their nemesis – Johann Schmidt Red Head – to protect their country and bring peace to the world. Unlike other works by Marvel, Captain America is unexpectedly simple, with a linear story, 2 sides of good and bad guys, and a predictable ending.
Despite being a blockbuster and set for commercial appeal, the movie doesn't get a good cast. Except for the hunky Christ Evans, we have Hugo Weaving and Stanley Tucci in supporting roles. Main female lead (Hayley Atwell) is of little fame, and the relationship between her and male lead is quite redundant, to color off the movie. Characterization is dull and dialogues are unmemorable.
Captain America is a superheroes movie, but it lacks a superheroes feeling. The fight scenes are nothing sort of fabulous or spectacular, the powers are not supernatural like X-men, Spiderman or Superman, the technology are not futuristic as in Iron Man or movies like James Bond and Mission Impossible. Fighting scenes with guns and big guns are similar to what you've seen in other action movies, while melee combats are like fights between medieval soldiers. In one sense, this makes the heroes more human and related. Too bad, the characters were developed so poorly that audience can't feel anything.
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