Best live action adaptation of Cap so far, but still lacking in some areas

Rating: 6/10 (28 April 2012)

The cgi transformation of sickly Steve Rogers into muscular Captain America was very impressive and the action sequences were good for the most part. Key actors Chris Evans as Captain America/Steve Rogers, Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, Tommy Lee Jones as Colonel Chester Phillips, Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt/the Red Skull and Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark did a good job of convincing us they knew what they were doing. However, in my opinion, this was the second weakest "pre-Avengers" movie, with only the Hulk faring poorer.
Not to say this wasn't a fun movie, but some of the flaws were glaring for longtime fans of the comic series. Bucky Barnes should have been younger than Steve Rogers, some of the action seemed rushed and there seemed to be a tendency to substitute cgi special effects for more realistic action far too often. Oh, yeah! Then there's the atrocious casting of Samuel L. Jackson as an alternate reality black and bald Nick Fury. I'm still not sure which Marvel reality this movie series is supposed to be based upon, but then I'm a sucker for consistency.
Overall, not bad. I give it a 6/10.