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There isn't a trailer yet, but there has been some stills up on the internet for a while, click here and here if you haven't already seen them.
Is anybody else looking forward to this as much as I am?
Other than The Avengers, this is the one of the few films i'm excited about watching next year. However I am hoping the trailer turns out to be better than those for Green Lantern and Thor...
Managed to catch them filming some of this up here in September, and i must admit the set seemed pretty impressive. Missed all the gunfire and explosives, but did manage to catch Chris Evans chasing after a car a few times
Do we think this could be a good film? Or is there no hope?
Is anybody else looking forward to this as much as I am?
Other than The Avengers, this is the one of the few films i'm excited about watching next year. However I am hoping the trailer turns out to be better than those for Green Lantern and Thor...
Managed to catch them filming some of this up here in September, and i must admit the set seemed pretty impressive. Missed all the gunfire and explosives, but did manage to catch Chris Evans chasing after a car a few times
Do we think this could be a good film? Or is there no hope?
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Although comic book purists would die rather than admit it, some characters just look silly when rendered into live action, e.g, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Thor, Green Hornet, and really should be left on the page.
I really can't see this being worse than Thor or Green Lantern, it can't be! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for it anyway
Maybe Cap could be the reason why Hitler only had one ball.
Republic didn't set the bar very high for seriasl but Captain America, although no masterpiece, is better than many.
In this story he's DA Grant Gardner, played by Dick Purcell (who appears to have knitted his own costume), has no shield, uses a gun and isn't above shoving bad guys out of windows.
Although no less repetitive than other serials it has a certain amount of visual flair, some rather sadistic murders and Anna Nagel as Cap's glamorous assistant.
The fights are well-choreographed although Dick Purcell's stunt double looks nothing like him, the pace is fast and the body count high. Given its origins it's quite entertaining.
Not as good as Captain Marvel but way ahead of the boring Green Hornet.
I really can't see this being worse than Thor or Green Lantern, it can't be! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for it anyway[/QUOTE]
It hasn't! Captain America is released July 2011 and Avengers is due May 2012.
I certainly cant see this film doing as well as other comic book adatations of late.
Apparently it will be marketed differently outside America, playing up "The First Avenger" aspect.
I'm remaining positive on this. The stills I've seen give me hope, and they seem to be getting the Rocketeer vibe right.
The WW2 setting (I understand will at least be part of the film) may work against it, rightly or wrongly. And again, CA just doesn't have that same recognition as the tentpole superhero characters - Supes, Batman etc.
It won't be a Ghostrider / Wolverine type flop, but nor will it hit the dizzy box office heights of a Batman Begins / Spider-man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sff8gNloRRs
And a very eye-catching poster too: http://www.impawards.com/2011/captain_america_the_first_avenger.html
I think the third Transformers film has claimed July 4th. I agree with you, it would have been ideal for Cap.
A fitting date ... but CORNY !
What, and a guy in an American themed suit with a killer shield and facemask isn't corny?
haha well ya i suppose it is ... i shall sit back down
I might be wrong, but I think the Green Lantern might be considered for Turkey Title. I don't know why but it just looks cheesey from the trailers.
Thinking about it was the Green Hornet classed as a superhero (I know no super powers but the Green Hornet is a superhero in the same mould as Batman) movie? In which case that could have been considered Turkey Status, maybe?