Slick special effects and a cast worth the trip to the theatre

Rating: 6/10 (30 October 2011)

What has generations far apart come together? Comic books and screen versions of them, that's what; okay sometimes there's music and other stuff but I digress. Nobody will find much argument in that 'comics' are harmless fun, except of course psychologists with a theory to the contrary; all those recent theories have proved over time to be hogwash, crap for the layman. Marvel and DC productions, for the most part do well at the box office, provide big names actors with a nice income for little effort, help less notable actors gain more traction and fill our existence with a little vicarious outlet for society's woes. I'm addicted to sugar, salt, caffeine, carnal fantasies (beware of those who claim not to be), music and intellectual enlightenment and for some weird reason, ludicrous super heroes; in other words as a well rounded human I now and then need my fix of the likes of Captain America.
In the early part of this movie, the character of Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America, played by Chris Evan, is a puny young man, totally unfit physically to join the army; the face of that character at this point is clearly that of Chris Evans but the body is quite obviously not. That bit of special effect blew me away by its flawless, and I do mean flawless, imagery. If the production could be that imaginative and technically innovative, I would have to see the rest of the movie. Hugo Weaving, one of my favourite bad guys was as good in his role as Johann Schmidt as he is in all his more serious endeavours. These are the only two reasons I liked the movie. Adding anything more would simply be 'bs'.