Captain America 5 Minute Review

So I’m not a huge movie buff. I have a set of my favorite Disney movies I watch on repeat and a few retro films thrown into the mix that I watch when I feel sick but I do very little to keep up with the film industry and what they’re coming out with, mostly because I haven’t seen a movie really “catch my eye” in a long time. Disney’s golden age of film making has seemed to have halted with them largely pushing remakes in the last couple of years. But that all brings me to this statement:

I have never really seen a Marvel movie.

Ahem. 

Unlessss you count that time I watched Infinity War while third wheeling on one of my sister’s dates (please, never again. ) So it’s no wonder I watched it my internal monologue went something like this:

“Welp, that person died. By the music, I’m assuming that was significant.”

“Aaaaah yes, I remember seeing memes about this.”

“Welp, I hope that wasn’t an important plot point because I have no clue what they are talking about.”

“People are crying? Should I cry? Do I look heartless?”

“Disney is gonna make BANK from all these possible action figures like daaasng.”

So I had a friend who was kind enough to help remedy that. So began the saga of me watching the Marvel Movies in chronological order.

Starting with a movie I had heard quite a lot about:

Good ol’ Captain America staring the living embodiment of American pride and patriotisms in the 1930’s and 40’s and costarring his loveable sidekick buddy who you feel like he makes great team with except if you were to probably average the amount of time these two interacted in the movie, it would probably come out to maybe 7 minutes (Please don’t come at me, I really liked this movie actually).

Spoilers ahead! (obviously but I feel like I should preface as such anyways. Though I am very very late to this party so I would be kind of surprised if you hadn’t already seen this movie but who am I to judge?!)

So, first thoughts, I totally love the time period it’s set in. World war 2 movies are pretty cool in general. I realize the market is coming more and more saturated with World War 2 movies and people are getting sick of them but I honestly cannot get enough of them. I mean, The hair? The clothes? The impending doom looming over everyone’s heads? The bold lipstick?

Okay, in all seriousness I think I love movies set in this time period so much because they are just LOADED with heavy story material and while I do love the aesthetical flare of this time period, I think it has more to do with the fact that this was a very real and dangerous time that people lived in and there were very real sacrifices people made. Seeing movies set in these time periods remind me of that and while they make for an amazing “good vs. evil” struggle that we love to watch, I think what really get me is the emotional weight these stories can often hold set in this very dark time.

Now moving right along, this movie had great music. I mean, not Lord of the Rings kind of iconic scores but I did really enjoy the overall track. There really isn’t much else I have to say on this.

Now, on to the writing-

I thought it was really cool how they made Steve a righteous character/hero without making him too cookie cutter. I think that’s really hard to do sometimes. 

Peggy was fabulous and fun to watch because I think it’s always nice to see at least one character sort of have their act together. You can’t help but respect the character’s hustle.

The Bucky-Steve friendship was a very enjoyable dynamic to watch. Too bad it was terminated part way through (in this particular movie) but understandable as it did propel the plot forward and contribute to Steve’s character arch. 

Red skull was kind of a corny villain or maybe it was the fact that he looked like a sun-dried tomato, but MAN HE WAS UGLY but still fun to watch nonetheless. Corny is a little fun sometimes. 

Overall, really enjoyable but I have one question:

If his shield is vibration proof, then how does it bounce off of stuff? Or maybe it’s just a case of movie physics and I’m just asking too trivial of a question. 

Overall really interesting and a nice twist on the super hero genre style movie.  

Favorite scenes were as followed:

1. When Steve is reminiscing of all the places he got beat up while in the car with Peggy Carter. I think one reason this character gets so much love is Marvel also seemed to emphasize a loveably awkward side to his character that is admittedly fun to watch. 

2. Steve throwing himself on the grenade. It’s a little bit different “right of passage” then most movies do for their main character. I simplistic scene that lasted like 5 second but told a lot about the characters present while establishing what makes this Main character different. 

3. Peggy shooting his shield when she is mad at him with a dead pan face. Iconic and so very funny. 

4. Final scene where he’s about to crash land and he’s talking to Peggy over the intercom. May have shed a 1/4 of a tear but don’t tell anyone, my reputation would be ruined. 

5. Him blowing up his motorcycle nonchalantly  

Also, why did no one tell me Steve can draw really well??? Don’t know why that stuck out to me but monkeys are hard to draw. I don’t know why, but I just think it’s cool when they accentuate character talents beyond just being “the chosen one”.

Aaaaand that’s it I think! Those are all my imminent thoughts upon watching Marvel’s Captain America!