Beats My Low Expectations!

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2011)

Although it is a solid 7, it most definitely beat my expectations. The thing that impressed me most was how they put in the necessary Avengers info with out being *too much* or bringing down the story. I had trouble deciding how the combat would be incorporated besides a run of the mill gun display, especially out of a cartoon. However the director, Joe Johnston and the writers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, did an exceptional job with how they spiced up fight scenes. Chris Evans and Hugo Weaving adapt to their roles quite well. Evans is pretty much what everyone who grew up with Captain America would expect in the role. Weaving was not who one would expect in the role of Johann Schmidt/Red Skull besides, perhaps, his unforgettable performances as antagonists in The Matrix trilogy, the current Transformers and many more. I wasn't sure he would fit the role but I was impressed, especially because his character was built extremely poorly. There aren't any points in the movie where one is bored even in the slightest. Overall this is an undoubted See It! The main reason I would say it isn't higher is because of some slightly overly used scenes that have been appearing in many superhero movies recently. Also the fact that they did a fairly poor job writing the part of Johann Schmidt/Red Skull.