Steve Rogers, a slight man from Brooklyn, desperately wants to join the Army to fight in World War II, but is rejected through all attempts until he meets Dr. Abraham Erskine at the fair. He is accepted into the SSR program and is chosen to receive the super soldier formula. Shortly following the successful procedure, Dr. Erskine is killed by Hydra agents, and Steve is shuttled off into a promotional tour to sell bonds as Captain America. When the tour goes oversees, Steve gets the chance to be a real soldier when his friend, Bucky's, unit suffers disastrous losses. Captain America rescues the soldiers and earns his own team to lead in the fight against Hydra.
Based on the Marvel comic.
Cast:
Chris Evans..........Steve Rogers/Captain America
Hayley Atwell...............................Peggy Carter
Sebastian Stan...James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Tommy Lee Jones..........Colonel Chester Phillips
Hugo Weaving...........Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
Dominic Cooper..........................Howard Stark
Stanley Tucci....................Dr. Abraham Erskine
Toby Jones..............................Dr. Arnim Zola
Neal McDonough.......Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan
Derek Luke.................................Gabe Jones
Kenneth Choi................................Jim Morita
JJ Field...............James Montgomery Falsworth
Bruno Ricci..........................Jacques Dernier
Richard Armitage.......................Heinz Kruger
and
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Quotes:
Bucky: Sometimes I think you like getting punched.
Steve: I had him on the ropes.
Steve: Bucky, come on. There are men laying down their lives. I got no right to do any less than them. That's what you don't understand. It's not about me.
Bucky: Right because you've got nothing to prove.
Bucky: Don't do anything stupid until I get back.
Steve: How can I? You're talking all the stupid with you.
Bucky: You're a punk.
Steve: Jerk. Be careful.
Erskine: Do you want to kill Nazis?
Steve: Is this a test?
Erskine: Yes.
Steve: I don't want to kill anyone. I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from.
Erskine: Well, there are already so many big men fighting this war. Maybe what we need now is the little guy.
Erskine: This is why you were chosen because a strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength and knows compassion.
Phillips: If you have something to say, right now is the perfect time to keep it to yourself.
Gabe: Wait. You know what you're doing?
Steve: Yeah, I've knocked out Adolph Hitler over 200 times.
Steve: I though you were dead.
Bucky: I thought you were smaller.
Bucky: I'm invisible. I'm turning into you. It's like a horrible dream.
Steve: Don't take it so hard. Maybe she has a friend.
Zola: What's this?
Phillips: Steak.
Zola: What's in it?
Phillips: Cow.
Red Skull: So what made you so special?
Steve: Nothing. I'm just a kid from Brooklyn.
Comments:
1) I guess I should explain my reaction to Chris Evans in general before I get into this comment. My first thought when I see him (once I get over the hum of appreciation) is "Holy crap, I'm so fat." I have no idea why I have this reaction, but I do. (This does work out well in motivating me to do my workouts.) In Captain America, I had a slightly different reaction. I think he's over-muscled as the Cap. As pre-Cap Steve though, I find him adorable. I'd date that. This is also why I appreciate the fact that the movie spends so much time on Steve before the procedure. He is sweet, fairly intelligent, clever, and wrap-your-arms-around-him-and-never-let-go adorable.
2) I've read some commentary on the movie where people complain that the dialog was too simplistic. From what I've read of the comics (bless Marvel for having digital editions of them), the dialog was simplistic in those too. I only read them a few weeks before seeing the movie and don't have fond childhood memories hanging on this though.
3) After the procedure, his pants were just a little short. Shouldn't they have been hulked out?
4) Is the thing with the cube during the fight in Red Skull's plane a way back in for Thor? I hadn't seen Thor until recently so hadn't really noticed.
5) The fight scenes looked like they were straight out of the video game.
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