Saturday, 18 May 2013

"Captain America! How exciting! I'm a great fan of your films!" - The Red Skull

Movie no 1
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 - imdb (link) 


After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending USA ideals.

Cast

Steve Rogers/Captain America - Chris Evans

Villains - Johann Scmidt/The Red Skull - Hugo Weaving
           - Dr Arnim Zola - Toby Jones
           - Heinz Kruger - Richard Armitage

Allies - Peggy Carter - Hayley Atwell
         - James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes - Sebastian Stan
         - Howard Stark - Dominic Cooper
         - Colonel Chester Phillips - Tommy Lee Jones

         - Nick Fury - Samuel L Jackson

Stan Lee - A General



Director - Joe Johnston
Writers - Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely


42 comments:

  1. I still have no idea how they did the pre-Cap Steve Rogers stuff. I suppose the same way as the hobbits were done.

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    1. It's really impressive.to the point of being distracting.

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  2. Random appearance of Clara.

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  3. And the Dream Lord. It's like a Who casting audition.

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  4. Tommy Lee Jones is awesome

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    1. I want a spin off with Tommy Lee Jones and Stanley Tucci forced to live together.

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  5. Picking Chris Evans was a very clear sign that the Studio don't want the Fantastic Four films to be considered part of the modern movie universe.

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    1. Apparently they offered him the standard 10 or so film deal... and he knocked them down as it was too much! Good sign!

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    2. Also Project X gets knocked out the park here. Take that Fox.

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  6. Neat that chronologically, the franchise begins with THAT shield and the Tesseract... but they don't half pack in the exposition in the States.

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  7. I do like Toby Jones - he's a great character actor.

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  8. Went to this street set when it was filming... in Manchester. Apparently a perfect match for 1940s New York.

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  9. Another of the stock superhero acting tools - the I'm changing/been exposed to chemicals/radiation eye open.

    It's up there with landing on one knee, other leg bent, fist on the ground.

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  10. Why does no-one manage to design machinery capable of being used at 100%?

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    1. Cos you can't have a successful experiment until you've blown up all your circuits.

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  11. Why did they haver a spare phial?

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    1. And why did he wait until all of the important observers were out of that room before blowing it up?

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  12. Hang on...loads of burning cars. I get the Manchester thing now.

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  13. See, all the best villains have personal subs, not just Blofeld.

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  14. Armitage navigates the difficult cyanide acting scene fairly well there...

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  15. The senior german officers make me want an 'Allo 'Allo germans cameo. Wher's General Von Klinkerhoffen?

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  16. There should be a musical number in every Marvel film.

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    1. Obviously! Who doesn't want the Hulk doing jazz hands?!

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  17. Drawing skill was an unexpected side effect of the Super Soldier serum...

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  18. Why the hell is Stark in Europe?

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  19. Pretty sure hitting someone that hard in the face with a shield would make a fair bit of noise.

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    1. You'd think enough to rouse suspicion.

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  20. I hope they can work a Howling Commando flashback episode into the new SHIELD show. Neal McDonough is too good to be this wasted.

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  21. Zola just had that "Hang on...am I working for the bad guys?" moment...

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  22. Flimsy on the inside, those tanks.

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  23. Red Skulll. Likes his wine.

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  24. Double fisted salute...not practical if you're carrying something, like paperwork or...tea...

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  25. "I'm bored of the boring 'wall' shaped guard post to our super secure villain hide-out. Let's change it to a ramp shaped one. That should keep people out"

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  26. I would not have been too upset if Joe Johnston had got the new Star Wars directing gig.

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  27. I think I've played this level on Command & Conquer Red Alert.

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  28. Good to see Die Another Day had some influence.

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  29. I think that's the first time I've watched that since the cinema. Holds up well.

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  30. All women want is a man to throw himself on a grenade and not kiss other women.

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  31. Better enjoyed than first time, they really got the tone right. ADD good as well. #CA

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