Johnston manages to deliver a great adventure and be very faithful to the comic book superhero

Rating: 8/10 (5 October 2016)

The phase 1 of Marvel finally ends after the main heroes of his universe being introduced to the general public. The director Joe Johnston, that suited well to the visual style of the film based on his previous work. Is it action films of pure entertainment as Jumanji (1995) and Jurrasic Park III (2001), works with the script the duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, responsible for the big screen adaptation of the first three films based on the works of CS Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia.
As the film released in 1990 has always been considered a huge fiasco in all aspects, the expectation generated for a new version of the hero was huge. But now the scenario was different since the very Marvel Studios decided to take ownership of their characters in order to create large franchises to transpose the pages of comics to film. With the recent successes of the previous company, was without the expectation of the fans of one of the best characters in comics. to finally see a version with proper and serious investment in previous and post production. Production on the film began in June 2010, with filming going until April 2011, on location in the UK, in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Los Angeles.
Johnston was never known for his outbursts of creativity and unique style of designing their work, serving more as a studio director, responsible to obey the direction of the executives and producers. In Captain America: The First Avenger, we can notice a steady direction and very well resolved in the narrative and visually. One of the hits, undoubtedly, was its design as a period film. Besides bringing a whole charm of the 40s to the viewer, portraying accurately the time and the conflicts that led to better understand the character of Steven Rogers and palpable context of icon creation Captain America. Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely had to have several comics in mind when addressing the character, but were based, as well as the actor Chris Evans to study the character, especially in a comic entitled "Mythos", which included the entire transition Steve Rogers becoming Captain America.
A perfect recreation of the 40s is that it brings the whole soul to the film and this is due to the work of photography Shelly Johnson - who had previously worked with Joe Johnston in Jurassic Park III (2001) and The Wolfman (2010) - who chose hardly wear bright colors, highlighting the gray tones and faded that climate destruction and war, exploring some internal scenarios darker. There is still the ultimate scenes, which take place today, the total contrast of the color palette used, which are more colorful at a time without war. The transition of the environment assembled by SHIELD to the streets after Fulga illustrates this concern visual Shelly Johnson.
The visuals have a great challenge ahead, with some great action taken. In total, more than 1600 effects shots, made by 13 different companies. We highlight the chase sequence of Steve Rogers (still no uniform of Captain America) the spy who killed Dr. Erskine streets, where we first see the powers of the new super soldier, ultra running so fast, jumping between cars, holding a submarine during the escape. Another scene is the redemption made by Captain America in the fortress of Hydra, Schmidt organization, freeing Barnes and the other captured soldiers, and having the first meeting face to face with the Red Skull. All fights in the last stronghold of HYDRA that Rogers leads an attack to stop Schmidt bombard various American cities, and all the final showdown in the plane of the Red Skull. On the other hand, there are scenes in which the use of CGI is not sharp and delivers a satisfactory result as, for example, the sequence of the invasion of the train and capture Zola, wherein Barnes has a tragic destination.
Captain America was certainly not easy to be a hero for bringing brought with it a patriotic symbolism very touched, and there is a strong anti-American sentiment worldwide. This patriotism is nonetheless shown several times, but Joe Johnston learned to deal with it and left everything in the right measure. The director knew the show parodying the side used by bureaucrats to sell so-called war credits that financed the expenditure with the American conflict. His figure so far pleased the audience common American, but when this travesty comes forward to the soldiers, it is ridiculed. On another occasion, was recreated the first cover of Captain America, which brought the hero punching Hitler in the face.
Johnston manages to deliver a great adventure and be very faithful to the comic book superhero, counting without hurry and with due attention all origin of Captain from the various attempts at enlistment and denials due to health boy, received a chance by Dr. Erskine, the phase of training in the army, the transformation into a super soldier, using the image of Captain America in his colorful costume as a means to inspire and bring confidence to the Americans during the War, and the activeness of the hero in the fields and battle. The romance between Rogers and Peggy is presented subtly and well developed. Johnston missed devote more to scenes of war, leaving the film more dramatic and more memorable scenes, even though the tone of optimism and hope were to prevail.
For those who did not know the character, is an excellent introduction to the whole context in which the Captain is inserted, in addition to showing the connections to other films in the first phase of Marvel. It's all very well concatenated and an entertainment must. And, as usual, we should not leave the theater before the credits ended. There's a teaser trailer for "The Avengers" next participation Captain America on screen, this time together with the other Marvel heroes.