Wow Pow Sockem’ Rockem! I thought I was looking for a needle in a haystack when I starting looking for a movie to review this time. I wanted something fun and entertaining for summer but I also wanted something patriotic in celebration of Independence Day. Something, well not Independence Day, which I love but had already reviewed.
I am so sorry to admit that I had never met my new favorite superhero, Captain America. What a man—95 years old and doesn’t look a day over 30! Somehow you don’t feel like a cougar if they really are 95.
I enjoyed this movie immensely. The ultimate good vs evil flick with the suspense of sorting out who the good guys are was amazingly entertaining.
Being a Marvel Comic novice, I decided I was way overdue for a short history lesson on superheroes. Our boy, Steve Rogers was born to Irish Catholic immigrants on July 4, 1920. Raised on duty, honor and humility, when World War II was heating up and with both parents dead, undersized Steve tries to enlist in the military. He was rejected as 4F but was recruited by Operation Re-Birth, a top-secret performance enhancing experiment. With the help of Super Soldier Serum, Captain America is still alive today and fighting the fight for right.
Captain America Winter Soldier is the second of the current generation of Capt films and was released in 2014. The First Avenger was released in 2011 and Captain America Civil War will be released next year (I’ll be in line). There were also earlier versions released in 1944, 1979 and 1990. I still can’t believe I missed all of these.
The special effects on this film were absolutely amazing. Car chases, bombs going off, guys jumping off aircraft in flight or crashing through windows all made for some tense moments, but all great fun.
The cast is stellar. Chris Evans plays Steve Rogers, Captain America. His female counterpart is Scarlett Johansson. Samuel L. Jackson is pretty awesome as Nick Fury and Robert Redford (now he does look 95 but in a good way) plays Alexander Pierce. Other notables in this $260 Million blockbuster are Anthony Mackie and Sabastian Stan.
Disney has put together a complicated political thriller in comic book form and I am duly impressed. While all the action is happening you don’t think much beyond wanting the good guys to win. The problem is, you don’t really know the good guys from the bad guys until the end. For me, it doesn’t get any better than spending a couple of hours watching our American values defended and the Marvel-ous Captain America does that so well.
So, try to pull yourself away from all the politics going on right now with the campaigning heating up. Instead, why don’t you sit your kids or their kids down in front of that Big Screen TV with a Big Bowl of Popcorn and spend some time bonding over some values that are worth pondering. True American Ideals courtesy of Captain America! Let me know if you plan to join me in line in 2016 by emailing me at chastings@rockcliff.com.
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