Review of Captain America (1990) by Chris M — 22 Aug 2008

Wow... What else can you about a movie that took one of the easiest characters in the marvel Universe to make a movie about , and totally didn't even TRY to CATCH the ball, let alone DROP it... 1st off why in the hell did we need have latex ears popping out of the mask.

Cap's ears don't show in the comics. And the fake ears looked like trash. And seriously the way this story went I don't even get why Cap wore a mask, when he would remove it every 5 minutes regardless who was around, or where he was.

And in one of the most pointless character changes in history of film making, they took Cap's iconic foe, The Red Skull, and changed him from Hitler's most sinister Nazi agent into and Italian Fascist .

.. ummm... OK. Oh and this sinister villain was clearly written as a true genius in this film. To illustrate this point, there was a flashback to WWII where Skull has Cap tied to a missile, ready to launch at the U.

S. So in a dramatic effort to thwart Skull, the tied up Cap frees up a hand and grabs the Skull's arm.Cap's super human strength making escape impossible, of course our maniacal villain does what any other mastermind villain would do.

.. he pulls out a knife...ok... and cuts off ... ok... HIS OWN HAND... what? In another brilliantly scripted premise, Cap has this excellent ruse he uses to save his friends who drive him everywhere from dangers he must face alone.

He feigns illness to get them to pull over. He then exits the vehicle, and doubles over, making vomiting gestures. The deceived friend then exits the driver side to come to their vomiting costumed friend's aid.

But to their surprise, Cap then reveals he is not sick at all, and using his superhuman agility, he darts past them and jumps into the driver's seat. This trick was so good he did it twice... If you're a fan of Cap, do yourself a favor.

Pretend this didn't happen.