Captain America

I doubted that they’d be able pull off a superhero as corny as Captain America in this post WW2 propaganda era, but by golly Joe Johnson proved me wrong. Chris Evans does an admirable job as Steve Rogers, utilising some freaky voodoo witchcraft to thin himself down in his pre-Capt. state. However, despite the straight-up fun action-filled venturing and some geek-out-worthy hints to The Avengers, there’s not much to our protagonist, shoehorning a blatant “it’s not what it looks like” scene to manufacture some conflict. It’s still a very enjoyable film, just not on the Iron Man or Thor level. 

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Thor

Sometimes it’s graet to be wrong. I wasn’t sold on the trailers for Thor, but I’m totally sold on this movie. The godly future avenger makes an immensely satisfying big-screen debut. Director Kenneth Branagh does a thoroughly competent job merging the avengers world with the realm of the God; a tough task indeed. The thunderous moments of action are nicely interwoven with the thought-through moments of character development, all with the pacing of the first Iron Man. To my utter surprise, Thor kicks a huge amount of Assgard (hey, it was either that joke or a terrible MC Hammer reference).

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