Like 'Thor', 'Iron Man 2', and 'The Incredible Hulk', Another Disappointing Setup Film for 'The Avengers'

Rating: 6/10 (24 August 2013)

I have not seen 'The Avengers' yet, so I decided to see 'Captain America: The First Avenger', the only setup to it that I have not yet seen. I went in there with not-very-high expectations, and this film did not meet them.
How was the acting?
The acting was good in this film. Chris Evans did well portraying Captain America. His performance wasn't great, but it was good. Hayley Atwell did well playing Peggy Carter, the love interest. Sebastian Stan did very well playing James Barnes in the film. He stole the show and was the best part of it. Tommy Lee Jones also did very well playing Colonel Chester Philips. Hugo Weaving did well overall as the antagonist, Johann Schmidt. I couldn't really pick out anyone did poorly in this film, so it had overall good acting
How was the writing?
I thought the characters' dialog was average, but nothing special. Sadly, that's the only thing I can say about the writing that's not bad. The obviously choreographed action sequences were not thrilling. Even towards the ending of the film, with the not-so-good character development already in place, they had no background tone for action sequences to work with for a level of emotion to make the sequences more thrilling. There were also very illogical, unrealistic, and/or unexplained things. This is a superhero film, so I'll let things in that category that all superhero movies have slide, but there were many, many more incredibly ridiculous aspects than even 'Thor' had. For example, in this film, Captain America was not allowed to get hurt at all. There are also many more things where that came from. In the beginning of the film, they didn't make me like Steve Rogers (Captain America) nearly enough for me to care about him. It was the same with all of the other characters. So for me, the emotional parts were just slow parts. Also, adding to the unrealistic things, the characters make extremely unrealistic choices, do illogical things, and the romance between Peggy Carter and Captain America didn't build up at all, didn't make sense, and just came out of nowhere in a second. Lastly, for the majority of the film, the events weren't interesting.
Did it have an interesting premise?
Sadly, this film did not have a very interesting premise. I didn't like the idea of the smallest, skinniest kid ever and turn him into Captain America, using this energy that comes out of nowhere. The antagonist. doesn't have any layers. It's just one simple villain. The protagonist does have about two layers though, which is better than none, but doesn't make for an interesting premise.
Was it entertaining or boring?
The reason this film has a 4/10 and not a 1/10 is because for the second have of the film, it was good if you didn't watch it seriously. It had interesting aspects but did have many of the annoying little things that took me out of the film. It was enjoyable and entertaining. The first have, though, was not exactly boring, but was a little slow. The uninteresting premise contributed to its slowness, but it wasn't the only contributor. The characters weren't deep enough for me to want to know what was going on with them. The character development was somewhat interesting, but that's because it didn't last that long.
How was it overall?
In the process of writing this review, my rating changed from a 5/10 to 4/10, because the more I think about it, the worse it gets. The film overall was somewhat interesting, had its ups and downs, had good acting, a somewhat good second half, and not bad dialog. The film did have an extreme amount of unrealistic and/or illogical aspects and minor events. Each of which pulled me out of the film. It also didn't have any like-able characters, poor events, simple characters, entertaining but not thrilling action sequences, Many slow parts, and an uninteresting premise. It was even somewhat hard for this film to be enjoyable. I say that 'Captain America: The First Avenger' is not a good film. I give this film 2/4 stars and give it a C on the grading rating scale.
Do I recommend this film?
Even though it did have some interesting parts and some enjoyable/entertaining parts, as a whole it was somewhat hard to enjoy. I do not recommend a film that would be even somewhat hard to enjoy.
Will I buy this film?
Since I don't even recommend this film, there is no doubt that is not worth owning.