I'm just a kid from Brooklyn

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2017)

Captain America: The First Avenger is a good film that showcases the powers of a superhero and they aren't about physical prowess or incredible intelligence. It's about heart.
My favorite scene in this movie that truly shows him as a hero is when he dives on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers, everyone of them being horrible to him in training. When the grenade doesn't go off as it's a dummy, everyone else is hiding but he took it upon himself to sacrifice himself for the greater good. That is a true sign of a hero and the most heroic thing he did in this movie.
I loved Atwell's Carter as not being a damsel in distress and breaking gender norms, even in the era it's set in. The villain, Red Skull, was decent, showing off his intelligence, his own physical prowess and evilness but kind of bordered on over-the-top German bad guy. I also liked Howard Stark, his ingenuity and his similarities to his yet-to-be-born son, Tony, with his private life, i.e women.
While I did like the film establishing Steve's character and personality traits before his physical abilities I will admit that it took awhile for the action and pacing to actually get going as he wasn't transformed into his super-soldier self until 40 minutes into the film.
The cinematography, costume and set pieces did a great job making this look like the 40's but it still could easily take it out and make it look sci-fi and not like a period piece with the tesseract weaponry and especially at the end of the film with the final assault where it kind of took you out of the decade it was set in.
+ Established Steve's character before exploits + Side characters especially Carter, Erskine, Stark, Howling Commandos, Red Skull + Made me believe it was in the 40's... - Initially, until it got too obscure - Villain was enjoyable but still got to be too cliché German villain -Took a while for the action to take place.
Final Score: 7.1/10