Iron Man. The Hulk. Thor. After years of lackluster superhero movies (Daredevil, anyone? Anyone?), Marvel turned the knob up to eleven the past few years, and has kept it there with a string of well thought out films that weave together a shared mythology as well as an ever-growing fan base. Captain America: The First Avenger builds up that positive momentum and whips it into a frenzy of action, adventure and plain-old fun.
Pity poor Steve Rodgers. He’s the 98-pound-weakling that the weaklings in the old Atlas ads used to beat up for lunch money. With a string of health problems as long as his skinny little arm, there’s no way any recruiter during World War II would ever sign him up; Uncle Sam Wants…somebody else. That doesn’t keep Steve from trying though, and one night he’s overheard talking to his friend Bucky (a Greatest...
Pity poor Steve Rodgers. He’s the 98-pound-weakling that the weaklings in the old Atlas ads used to beat up for lunch money. With a string of health problems as long as his skinny little arm, there’s no way any recruiter during World War II would ever sign him up; Uncle Sam Wants…somebody else. That doesn’t keep Steve from trying though, and one night he’s overheard talking to his friend Bucky (a Greatest...
- 7/22/2011
- by Denise Kitashima Dutton
- Atomic Popcorn
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