Captain America: The First Avenger
At the current rate, all the Marvel superheroes will get a film in their own image. The latest list is “Captain America: The First Avenger” by Joe Johnston to the letter that applies a formula that has proven itself. Place at an exciting entertainment quickly forgotten.
Since Hollywood has opened a Pandora’s box and a multitude of adaptations of comics featuring heroes of yesterday were spread on the surface of the planet, the writers are not even obliged to pay hands-on to refine the stories. There is a basic model that is recreated over and over again. Transpositions must have a lot of action so as not to annoy, a little humor, stunning special effects, a 3D cosmetics, a scenario for human-flavored explain the “motivations” of the main character, a mentor who sacrifices himself, a romance with rose water, one manly friendship, an evil villain, thrilling confrontation and a final open in case the production make money and you order a suite.
“Captain America: The First Avenger” perfectly fulfills this mandate, especially by comparing it to crappy “Green Lantern” which took the show there a few weeks. The second world war in full swing and Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) wants to defend the United States in front. Except that he is too frail and sensitive. Recruited by a scientist (Stanley Tucci), led by a colonel (Tommy Lee Jones), benefiting from the advice of an inventor (Dominic Cooper) and the attention of a pretty woman (Hayley Atwell), the poor bastard gets a serum which will boost its forces. He will need it as a mysterious villain (Hugo Weaving) attempts to destroy the planet.
This is the perfect example of the feature film “Transformers” that plunders the left and right to build its own entity. The process is perhaps not very honest, but the result holds up in the absence of really convincing. The main storyline is like a cross between “Hulk” and “Iron Man”, two other Marvel licenses. The story takes place during II War world and it looks like a revamped version of the excellent “The Rocketeer”, also directed by Joe Johnston that there are two decades. Add to that the scenes that muscled their eye to the “Star Wars” with all its light effects, a clash at the gym ceiling “Inception” and the picture is not yet complete as the process identity is missing.
The effort is quite true that the kind of fan expects nothing less. It is shallower than a “X-Men” and it is taken much more seriously that “Thor”, but interest is still to go. The technical qualities are more than appreciable, how to register the trial in history is commendable and shows the effective one filmmaker who is approaching his best offerings (“Jumanji”, “October Sky”) and not of his recent disappointments (“Wolfman”, “Hidalgo”). Especially since the interpretation is more than satisfactory. Chris Evans impresses in the title role, Tommy Lee Jones is having fun replaying the old cranky pitbull and Dominic Cooper makes a nice offhand to his character. However, the movie buff was entitled to expect a better performance of the tired Hugo Weaving, yet unforgettable in the trilogy “the matrix”. It is bad to dance, not the contrary.
Too long to start and do not benefit the breath of a true artistic creator (not “The Dark Knight”, “Watchmen” or the first “Hulk”), “Captain America: The First Avenger” just provide what the customer request. What good is it to be inspired is so easy to reproduce what has already been successful? At least a minimum quality is present. And the whole sequence begins with snow, the perfect antidote in times of extreme heat.
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