I owe the captain an apology...

Rating: 8/10 (4 September 2011)

After watching The Green Lantern, I wasn't expecting the next superhero-summer-movie I watch to be anything but crap. Oh how wrong I was...
I've never read any of the comics, I was never very interested in the superhero either. Until now... The film tells the story of a short skinny dude who wants nothing more than to join the army to help serve his country. Of course he finally does and becomes Captain America and yada yada yada, watch the movie.
I really love (Yes that's right, LOVE not LOVED) this movie because I relate to it in so many ways, I'm not really skinny and short but I've had been pushed around and beaten up so I know what it's like. All I ever wanted to do was teach jackasses a lesson. Now if only I could inject some super-juice into my body to gain superpowers... I also love the message it sends out there, "Do what's right" or "Stand up for yourself" that sort of thing.
Dumb cliché's aside... the action was also pretty decent. It wasn't exactly what I expected (I was expecting a bunch of slow-mo fighting and some karate flips) but its pretty good. At least it's no Green Lantern.
Pretty explosions aside... The acting was great. When I found out Chris Evans was playing Captain America I was like "Hell yes!". He's an awesome actor, I didn't hate his Johnny Storm role either. So I was looking forward to seeing him kick ass with a shield. Tommy-Lee Jones does a wonderful job as usual. Hugo Weaving does a decent job. Not exactly his "Agent Smith" from The Matrix but he still did a decent job. Hayley Atwell was good too. And then of course there's the rest of the cast...
The script was great. I loved all the lines, although I was expecting an awesome one-liner at the end but... oh well. I expect too much.
So to wrap things up... If you still haven't seen the movie, stop reading this review, get off your ass, and go watch it! Oh and I owe the captain an apology. I thought the movie and everything about the movie was gonna suck. But I was wrong, it is officially one of the best superhero films I have ever seen. I'm sorry Cap.