The last big comic book movie of the Summer. Not the one I had the most invested in, (cough cough Green Lantern), but it definitely had promise. Chris Evans plays Steve Rogers, a man not physically fit to be in the army, but determined to be there just the same. Rogers lies and tries to get enlisted, saying he is from a different town every time. Stanley Tucci plays Dr. Abraham Erskine, a scientist with a special project, who Rogers is just the person to full it.
Colonel Chester Philips, played by Tommy Lee Jones, needs to set up an army of super soldiers to combat the evil Hydra, a section of the Nazi army that specialists in magic. Led by Johann Schmidt, Hugo Weaving, they are looking for ancient relics to power a super army, to conquer the World. Hydra agents sabotage the experiment, and Rogers ends up being the only super solider. Rogers must go after Hydra to stop them before they blow up major US cities.
Seeing Tony Stark's father, Howard Stark, in a pretty major role was fun. Hopefully in The Avengers movie they will play something with that. Steve- "I knew your father Tony. You are nothing like him." Something like that, something with some teeth. That would be fun. Seeing Bucky Barnes was fun. As was seeing Dr. Zola, and Dum Dum Dugan. I hope we see more of Bucky. The movie sets us right up for The Avengers. They literally could start right where this movie ended. Stay for after the credits for a sneak peek at The Avengers, (or just look for the trailer online, it is there now).
I enjoyed the movie. It was fun. There was comedy, there was action. I only got misty eyed once, and that was more to do with the period of which the movie took place, and less about the characters. Costumes were cool. The effects that they do to Weaving's character are spot on, exactly how I imagine his character to look.
During the movie, you see a USO show. Girls singing and dancing for the troops. I leaned over to Jessica and said, "Did they have breast implants in the '40s?" Trying to be funny. Without missing a beat she says, "Duh, Stark Industries." Too funny.
4 out of 5
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