An Honest Review

Rating: 5/10 (5 November 2016)

Sort of a cheap film wasn't it? OK, it cost more than anything I own and my entire bank account plus what I paid for two college degrees to make, but really, kind of a cheap film.
Yeah, it's an introductory piece, but it's also the absolute worst of the bunch.
Iron Man was a great introduction, Ant-Man, also great. Captain America: The First Avenger sort of stank.
The problem? Waaaaayyyy too much CGI here. I know it's a Super Hero film, but Cap isn't exactly Doctor Strange and the heavy use of CGI just gave it that sort of Star Wars Prequel feel to it.
Remember that part in the Phantom Menace where the Droid army faces off against the army of racist stereo-types of Jamaicans and you look at it and think: "It's so fake it looks like the stock background for Windows XP." That is sort of the feel you get when you watch Captain America: The First Avenger.
You start singing to yourself "Fake, that's fake, that's fake too. Too fake, too fake, too fake too, fake too." It's hard to have a willing suspension of disbelief when everything looks so CGI that it's unbelievable.
It's hard to create any suspense when it all feels so much like a program you figure if Cap dies he'll just use his extra life.
The good news is, the MCU learned from their mistakes on this one and the follow ups were awesome.