Probably in the top-ten superhero movies

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 2011)

After the decent Thor, the disastrous Green Lantern and the under-performing X-Men, the Summer of the Superhero looked in danger of becoming its box office last stand instead. While Captain America may not break any records, and it likely won't surge much past 200 million domestic, it is still one of the best SH movies to come from the glut of the past decade.
It's first and last half hours are the most compelling. The former a rousing build up that actually has you caring about a character, and the latter a non-stop parade of action sequences, reminiscent of old time serials. Not quite in a league with 1978's Superman (still my benchmark for the genre) or The Dark Knight, but easily as good as any X-Men movie, and possibly better than Iron Man, Cap arrives just in time to give the bloated, sagging genre a shot in the arm. Time will tell if word of mouth will make it a smash, but it bookends Marvel's summer on an up note and should ramp up anticipation for "The Avengers" next summer.