Captain America: The First Avenger - Movie Review by Jonathan Kim

Jonathan Kim reviews 'Captain America: the First Avenger', and discusses the film's more informed view on patriotism.

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It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erksine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erksine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's head of its secret HYDRA research department, Johann Schmidt aka the Red Skull, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot. However, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America and his war against Schmidt begins.

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[Alanslashtom1]

Great review... I liked this movie a lot also. Steve Rodgers (Chris Evans) was excellent in that you see him as a 98lb weakling throughout the movie (even after the bulk up) - in other words, he's the same great guy. Best line of the movie:

Red Skull: "What makes you so special?"

Cap: "Nothing... I'm just a kid from New Jersey".

[joe24021991]

*My point of view*

Green Lanturn = 7 / 10

Thor = 7 / 10

Cap America = OVER 9000 !!!

[htruman]

Great review Jonathan, I love the movie, but I wish they made Bucky the Camp Moscot, as they did in the Original Comic.

[SkizzyMcfrazzlepop]

@Alanslashtom1 Yeah, that's one of the great things about the movie. But Steve Rodgers was from Brooklyn, not New Jersey.

[NothingSpecialMusic1]

@supermario0192837465 Agreed,

[TsugaruClan]

@tomatodamashi You have a very close-minded view of patriotism. Just because you love your country, just like loving your boyfriend or girlfriend, brother or sister, your best friend, mother or father, etc. that doesn't mean you avoid also talking about what's wrong with them. What does being devoted to and loving your country mean? Does that mean you blindly obey? What does being devoted to and loving someone else mean? You're presenting a very conservative, militant view of patriotism.

[TsugaruClan]

@tomatodamashi I agree with part of what you're saying. First, yes, he wasn't a main character. And yes, Hollywood is full of crap when it comes to their whitewashing, particularly of Asian or Asian-American roles. Look at the casting news for the Hollywood trashing of Akira. Three white actors are being named for lead roles in it. What a joke. Fiction or non-fictional Asian, Hollywood whitewashes them. BUT, with Captain, Hollywood didn't have to have an Asian-Am character, but they did.

[juliortega]

Jonathan, you disappointed me.

[SketchyBack]

Captain America was hands down one of the worst movies I've seen. None of the effects looked realistic, the drama was fake, the cheesy patriotic show was revolting, and the bad guy was pedestrian. Fake WWII stuff, fake Germans. None of the depth and humor of the other Marvel films.

[tomatodamashi]

Asian character...who cares??? He was a side kick. Asian characters are ALWAYS sidekicks. Give me a movie where Captain America IS Asian and I will be surprised. Beyond kung fu movies, Hollywood has a racist view of Asians in movies which is the only explanation as to why Dragonball, Chun Li, The last Airbender are SO white-washed.

We shouldn't applaud when some1 includes AN asian person in a movie especially when for the period, it doesn't make sense. But if called for, plz have an Asian lead!

[tomatodamashi]

I disagree with Kim in every way here. Patriotism is defined as a devotion to one's country. That's it. As for patriotic values, it is hard to say. Patriotism is loving one's country, and if that country is America, then loving what the country is doing as well, even when she is invading other countries. I've never thought of compassion as the baseline of US foreign policy. Hell America only attacks countries if theyre communist or have oil..Rwanda was much worse than Libya.

[Antichrys]

the asian american character really surprised me...