There is so much "business" that the fourth big comic book movie adaptation of the summer has to take care of that frankly, it's astounding that director Joe "Jumanji" Johnston is able to take care of it all, and with style. Captain America" has to connect this World War II-era hero to modern times. The movie has to tie into all the other Marvel comic book movies that are part of "The Avengers," because as the title implies, the good captain is "The First Avenger." It has to deliver the origin myth -- how Captain America was born out of a "super soldier" experiment during WWII. The film has to back-engineer its way into the meeting between the Captain (Chris Evans) and the Avenger leader we know as Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), and give us a credible version of future Iron M...
'Captain America' soars to No. 1 at box office LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a battle of summer movie heroes, Captain America topped Harry Potter this weekend at the box office.
'Captain America' has adventurous spirit Captain America: The First Avenger" is a bit of a goofy superhero movie, which makes it more fun than the tortured products that have come down the line recently. As with other films about the studs and ladies of the Marvel Universe, this one aims audiences in the direction of next summer's "The Avengers," where all the good guys get together and we assume the bad guys don't have a chance.
Children everybody's business When I recently saw the movie "Captain America," I was dismayed to see at least 20 preschoolers in attendance. Granted, the title is based on a comic book, but the PG-13 rating should have been a big clue. Of course, ratings were designed with the assumption that all parents are conscientious. The toddler in front of me seemed to realize she didn't belong there. She squirmed, covered her eyes and whined to go home, as her parents insisted she sit quietly and "enjoy" the violence, gore, cursing and partial nudity that loomed on the screen.
LOS ANGELES - In a battle of summer movie heroes, Captain America topped Harry Potter this weekend at the box -office. Paramount Pictures' "Captain America: The First Avenger" opened at No. 1 with $65.8 million, according to Sunday studio estimates. The Marvel Comics superhero adventure, which stars Chris Evans, sets up next summer's all-star blockbuster "The Avengers.
THOR" -- **** -- Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgard; PG-13 (intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence); in general release Marvel is placing all of its chips on the table for next year's summer tent-pole film "The Avengers" -- a movie bringing many top superheros such as Iron Man and Captain America into a single film. In fact, during Comic-Con 2010, Robert Downey Jr. called "The Avengers" project "the most ambitious movie ever!
Captain America: The First Avenger" is the rare movie that earns its earnestness. It's honest, spirited, humble and even unironically patriotic - and yet it's rarely hokey. In part, this is because the movie is set during World War II, when patriotic sentiments came easier. But it's also because the movie accepts its hero's sincere national pride without question or condescension. Rather than distance itself from its title character's country of origin, "Captain America" drapes itself in the flag - and looks good doing it.
By Virginia L. Clark Besides breath-taking scenery and long and winding roads, New Mexico bikers have the added glory of Dennis Hopper's film, "Easy Rider," shot partially here in Taos and surrounds where Peter Fonda rides the classic Captain America Harley. In the movie a drug deal goes down (using Captain America of course) and a counterculture attorney in disguise is murdered by fundamentalists defending their version of the American way, "To live free or die." New Mexico's highways are soaked in Easy Rider mystique. You only have to slit your eyes against the wind and lean into an S-turn coming out of E- town (Elizabeth Town) and you are flyin' free. Deer, wild horses and coyotes, raptors, ravens and vultures, all are partners on the ride. And then there's the two-legged denizens, c...
Past and future meet in "Captain America: The First Avenger," which opened in theaters Friday. The mostly World War II-set movie introduces us to one of Marvel Comics' earliest heroes, while extensively employing groundbreaking digital effects and laying the last building block toward next summer's all-star superfolk mash-up, "The Avengers.
Serious comic book fans tend to look at comic book movies with a certain amount of trepidation. You hope for "Dark Knight Returns" but brace yourself for "Howard the Duck." You want thrills, novelty and a certain amount of reverence for the source material, but you often expect bad dialogue, bad acting and gutless reinvention for the sake of merchandise tie-ins. Comic book moviemakers forget how much fans like me have already invested in these characters. As kids, we sacrificed our lunch money, the money we made mowing lawns or shoveling snow from sidewalks to keep up with stories that often speak of the powerless rising up to right wrongs. We identified with the heroes, who were just like us - except, of course, they had super strength, Admantium claws or nifty power rings that could c...
..."Captain America: The First Avenger" opens this weekend. It...
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