Captain America: The First Avenger
Film review by: Witney Seibold
After having sat through exposition-heavy superhero nonsense like “Green Lantern,” and being increasingly assaulted by films preoccupied with creating a cross-movie superhero “canon” like “Thor,” and “Iron Man 2,” Joe Johnston‘s “Captain America: The First Avenger” is something of a refreshing break. Here, finally, is a film that seems to be more about the clear-eyed adventure and blind heroism that used to come with action movies, and is in unfortunate short supply these days. It’s hero, while not necessarily a huge-hearted altruist, is at least an innocent in over his head, as opposed to a broody wimp or a sullen thug. (more…)
