Well this has been Marvels year so far, its release schedule preparing the way for next years Avengers. Joining 2011 lineup Captain America. Now to save you reading further I'll say it out loud, if you enjoyed Thor you will enjoy this film. It performs its function and it does it in an entertaining way. Its a little different from the other Marvel character debuts in that its a period film taking place in the Second World War. Joe Johnston delivers a good solid debut for in my opinion one of Marvel's less interesting characters.( Sorry but I'm a brit and as portrayed in this film he is a little less charasmatic than his fellow Marvel brothers).
The film has great design, a great villain as portrayed by Hugo Weaving and a great cast of character actors who deliver the goods. But for me this story suffers a little from streamlined and rapid pacing at the expense of character and story. For example, he has his own band of merry men, and if I was an avid comic fan I might get there place in his universe. But in this film they are hollow sketches , set dressing and too thinly written to make enough of an impression on this viewer. Hell walking out I couldn't even remember their names.
There are some great action set pieces and a cool musical number composed by Alan Menken, and character beats, but some of the tale is told very economically at the expense of engaging this viewer. It didn't help that certain reviewers referred to the film in the same breath as Raiders so my expectations were set high. Johnston gave us the brilliant Rocketeer, he also had a role in the design process forRaiders, Star Wars etc. but he also delivered the lousy Wolfman.
Thankfully this is no Wolfman, and its not a bad film, its just after Thor , Green lantern, I'm all superheroed out. The one highlight was the Avengers trailer posted onto the end credits.
Captin America is a fun 2 hours but its no Iron Man and it certainly aint X Men First Class. Its a quality movie, it entertains but just lacks that factor X marking it out as a special edition to the Marvel movie line. But it does set up the Avengers nicely and it doesnt embarass itself.
In closing I saw this in 3D and as a post conversion it was very effective and did not feel out of place.
I dont think you'll miss much seeing it 2D but the 3D serves its function so its a matter of choice.
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