Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
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Movie: "Captain America: The First Avenger" (Starring: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci, Tommy Lee jones, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Neal McDonough) Release Date: 7/22/2011 Rating: PG-13 (for probably the usual Marvel superhero film action violence: bloodless but intense throughout) Running Time: 121min. (2h. 01m.) Budget: $140 million IMDb Synopsis: Spoiler:
IMDb Info and Rating: 7.5 (26,556 votes as of 8/08/11) Rotten Tomatoes: Fresh:155 Rotten:42 (79% as of 8/08/11) Metacritic: 66 metascore ('Generally favorable reviews' as of 8/08/11) Trailer: <object width="720" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/37171"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/37171" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" width="720" height="349"></embed></object> Poster Art: http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/...c9c/detail.jpg |
Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by Super X
(Post 10860309)
Here's a positive review by Roger Moore from the Green Bay Press Gazette:
http://greenbayhub.greenbaypressgaze...text|FRONTPAGE
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
(Post 10860410)
That's so weird. Roger Moore writes for the Orlando Sentinel and apparently some other company the Green Bay Press Gazette publishes. He uses the same reviews for both. Weird.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Extremely positive review:
http://thefilmstage.com/2011/07/20/r...first-avenger/ Recalling the serials that populated the time period it encapsulates, Joe Johnstons Captain America: The First Avenger, the last in a long summer of superhero films, deals in absolute good and absolute evil in a world in which a first kiss is just as important as preventing a maniacal villain from blowing up the world. Even after moving on from his roots as a visual effects artist for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg in the 1980s, Johnston has suffered a career full of what mostly feels like Spielberg-ian retreads (The Rocketeer, Jurassic Park III, Hidalgo). Here he shines, utilizing the never-ending resources provided by Marvel Studios to create something truly memorable. |
Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
UGO had this to say:
YOU WILL LIKE THIS IF... You love superheroes, war movies, period pieces and/or a good time. YOU WON'T LIKE THIS IF... You’re a Nazi, a member of Hydra or you just plain hate America. http://www.ugo.com/movies/captain-am...avenger-review We're heading to Dallas Saturday morning, so I bought some tickets for the 11:20am showing at Studio Movie Grill to get some lunch at the same time. My kids should dig that since there aren't any theaters like that in the greater Tulsa area and the only one in OKC you have to be 21 to eat at. |
Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
^So the majority of the rest of the world is not going to like this?
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
A friend of mine who's seen the film says it's pretty good, but far from spectacular. I'm sort of getting this vibe from a lot of the buzz I've heard that doesn't originate from the fanboy community. I remain cautiously optimistic. :up:
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 10860799)
^So the majority of the rest of the world is not going to like this?
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Currently 33% at RT... uh oh...
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by Labor
(Post 10860434)
Extremely positive review:
Recalling the serials that populated the time period it encapsulates, Joe Johnstons Captain America: The First Avenger, the last in a long summer of superhero films, deals in absolute good and absolute evil in a world in which a first kiss is just as important as preventing a maniacal villain from blowing up the world. http://.com/2011/07/20/review-captai...first-avenger/ |
Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
I don't think that means the Captain America serial specifically, just serials of that time.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 10860847)
Currently 33% at RT... uh oh...
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by madcougar
(Post 10861137)
Yeah... they hated Green Lantern and that wasn't nearly as bad as they made it out to be. I never thought that either trailer made this look like a "can't miss" movie, but as a huge comic book guy, I was going to see it regardless. Guess we'll see...
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by madcougar
(Post 10861137)
Yeah... they hated Green Lantern and that wasn't nearly as bad as they made it out to be.
Still though it seems to be rising, so I hope as more reviews come in we get more positives. |
Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Rotten Tomatoes:
Fresh:13 Rotten:08 (62% as of 7/20/11) Metacritic: 62 metascore ('Generally favorable reviews' as of 7/20/11) |
Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 10861196)
You're right. It was worse.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
^but that's far, also I heard they don't let you come back
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Green Lantern had a 26% which was about right, I'd say maybe 1 in 4 people liked it. I was definitely in the other 74%.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by RichC2
(Post 10861282)
Green Lantern had a 26% which was about right, I'd say maybe 1 in 4 people liked it. I was definitely in the other 74%.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
I'm worried about most of the critics saying it's just one long trailer for The Avengers. I hope it's not that obvious.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
I hope this is good. I don't think it looks like anything fantastic but it seems like it should be a fun time. I'm gonna try and go see it tonight. I've enjoyed the other offerings from Marvel so far this year, but I thought Green Lantern was an absolute disaster. The trailer for this gave me a better vibe than I got from Green Lantern though.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
69% on RT, sounding better.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
(Post 10862558)
I'm worried about most of the critics saying it's just one long trailer for The Avengers. I hope it's not that obvious.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by pinata242
(Post 10861358)
Way to be a sheep.
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Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by RichC2
(Post 10862581)
By that logic anyone who didn't like Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever is also a sheep.
Also, it was tongue-in-cheek, Mr. Serious. |
Re: Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) The Reviews Thread
Originally Posted by pinata242
(Post 10862589)
Also, it was tongue-in-cheek, Mr. Serious.
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