Captain America: The First Avenger a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics
Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. It is the fifth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by Joe Johnston, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and stars Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, and Stanley Tucci. The film tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super soldier Captain America to help the war effort. Captain America must also stop Red Skull, Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry and leader of a terrorist organization, who intends to use a mysterious tesseract energy-source for world domination.
Captain America: The First Avenger began as a concept in 1997, and was scheduled to be distributed by Artisan Entertainment. However, a lawsuit, not settled until September 2003, disrupted the project. After Marvel Studios received a grant from Merrill Lynch, the project was set up at Paramount Pictures. Directors Jon Favreau and Louis Leterrier were interested in directing the project before Johnston was approached in 2008. The principal characters were cast between March 2010, and June 2010. Production of Captain America: The First Avenger began in June 2010, and filming took place in London, Manchester and Liverpool in the United Kingdom, and Los Angeles in the United States. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.
Captain America: The First Avenger premiered in Hollywood on July 19, 2011, and was released in the United States on July 22, 2011. The film became a critical and financial success, and has grossed $204.2 million worldwide as of early August 2011.
The very first movie of Captain America came in a 1944 movie serial where Captain America is not Steve Rogers but Grant Gardner a lawyer. Worse than that his weapon is a pistol instead of his shield!
Next came a cartoon series around 1966. The animation was a choppy style with limited movement.
Back to the movies. The next attempt at Captain America would be a couple of tv movies starring Reb Brown in 1979. At the time this tv movies came out I have to admit as a kid I loved them. Generally they receive bad marks with fans though, mainly due to the fact they are so way off base from the comic book Captain America. But a lot of comic fans enjoy it simply for the nostalgia.
Finally around 1991 came so far the final Captain America movie. A motion picutre that ended up going straight to video. As bad as some say it is. I have to say its not the worse thing ever put out by Hollywood. It's even entertaining. But it's not a great monumental comic book action extravaganza either. The movie makers at least give us a Captain America who did fight in World War 2, was named Steve Rogers, and fights the evil Red Skull. What they did wrong was immediately throw Steve Rogers into suspended animation in Alaska, had Steve Rogers from California instead of New York which could be overlooked, but the worst thing they did was have the Red Skull as an Italian. He's a German nazi not an Italian!
And now in 2011 Captain America movie hit the big screen with a big ol Hollywood studio budget.
"Captain America: The First Avenger” will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull (Hugo Weaving.)"
Plot
Born during the Great Depression, Steve Rogers grew up a frail youth in a poor family. Horrified by the newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the army. However, because of his frailty and sickness, he was rejected. Overhearing the boy's earnest plea, General Chester Phillips offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a special experiment... Operation: Rebirth. After weeks of tests, Rogerswas at last administered the Super-Solider Serum and bombarded by "vita-rays." Steve Rogers emerged from the treatment with a body asperfect as a body can be and still be human. Rogers was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program. Three months later, he was given his first assignment as Captain America. Armed with his indestructible shield and battle savvy, Captain America has continued hiswar against evil both as a sentinel of liberty and as leader of the Avengers.
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