While most Marvel Comics adaptations succeed thanks to a contemporary setting and asarcastically self-conscious tone, Captain America is different. Marvel wiselyset the movie during WWII and hired director Joe Johnson to recreate the unapologeticallyold-fashioned Boy’s Own adventure tone of his underrated 1991 effort,The Rocketeer. The result was a rootin’ tootin’ **** killing romp andthe only contemporary superhero movie to capture the tone of the '40s comic strips thatkicked off the genre. The screenwriters cleverly acknowledge, embrace and mockthe propagandist nature of the character and the silly costume, while <ahref="http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/163_chris_evans.html">ChrisEvans provides an ideal square-jawed All-American hero (matched by HugoWeaving’s wonderfully sinister Red Skull). Hopefully Marvel can find a way to setthe inevitable sequel in the past as well, because it’s hard to imagine thecharacter being this effective without the pitch-perfect period details. Continue Reading
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