Review of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) by Conni B — 05 Aug 2014

Rating: B+.

Captain America is definitely not the best superhero there is. He's no Batman or Iron Man, for sure. A huge comic book reader myself, I feel most Captain America comics I read are ones that I usually say to myself, "meh." Nonetheless, I was excited when this movie was coming out, because I love superhero movies and my expectations were that this would just be another great superhero action flick with explosions and guns and all that stuff. But my expectations were slightly exceeded. Marvel figured out how to take a more simple dude from their comic books and make a huge blockbuster. The film lived up to all of the hype and resulted in a surprisingly cool film with a great cast, spectacular action sequences and a seemingly brisk pace. All in all, another great superhero movie much like all the rest of the films in the MCU.