Captain America: the First Avenger...and other movie stuff

[fatima]

Went to Manhattan and watched Captain America: the First Avenger with cipher0099, who is really bubbly and adorable. ^.^ In her words, this movie is full of Jack Sues and one Mary Sue, plus the plot is full of "???" points konwn as gapes of logic. It's super-hero-y enough and not bad in that sense, but Watchmen this ain't. (Still, Natalie Dormer with short blond curls! OMG! And I just found out she will be playing Margaery Tyrell in ASOIAF next season! Double OMG!)

Chris Evans is pretty good looking, though not in the "devastatingly handsome/beautiful" way that Chris Helmsworth or Chris Pine is. (Why are they all named Chris...?) But I have to say, what excited me THE MOST was the secret promo after the credits for The Avengers. LOKI!!! LOKI!!! THOR!!! I was fangirling so hard that I literally gasped for air.

Now the question is: Do I go watch 3D SEX & ZEN???

Note to self: need to proofread that T/K fanfic translation tomorrow...I've been so, so bad. -_-

Comments

[dissociate.livejournal.com]

Captain America was definitely a very vanilla superhero film for me. XD I can't say I didn't find it totally enjoyable, but I wouldn't necessarily see it again, either. But I do think the Watchmen comparison is a bit unfair, because whereas the graphic novel itself stands apart to me as a work, I would personally rather see CA again a dozen times than see another plodding, self-important rendition of Watchmen on-screen. XD

[verizonhorizon.livejournal.com]

Heh, see, and I hated Watchman, because it was slow-starting and boring and I never finished.
Whereas Captain America was A++++ for me. A great film in the genre of superheroes. It had a million references I loved - from Star Wars (the speeder chase) to Mulan (capturing the flag) to Indiana Jones (various badass Nazi kicking ass things). It was fun and family friendly and my kind of movie. I like deep books, but I guess some pure blockbuster non-thinking entertainment is what floats my boat in the summertime!