Review- Captain America

Captain America: The First Avenger is  part of the Marvel Entertainment's puzzle piece that started with Iron Man. Several movies has followed to connect the dots while being their own movie, most recently Thor a few months back. Captain America does a great job of being a good standalone movie with connection to others films. Most of the movie takes place during World War II. The story focuses on Steve Rogers(Chris Evans), a skinny man who gets pushed around a lot. His goal is to get into the military and fight for his country. Even though his medical conditions keeps getting him rejected, his will and heart keeps moving him forward to his dream. He is selected to be a part of the government project to make a person a Super Soldier. The serum was taken before by Johann Schmitt(Hugo Weaving), a Nazi officer whose power hungry obsession bubbled over after he took it. The movie does a great job on characterization. You feel for Rogers and the journey that he goes through, more than some films.There is a huge Captain America(U.S.A.) versus Schmitt/Red Skull(Nazi Germany) comparison throughout the movie. The director is Joe Johnston, which has a good grasp of the past in his movies(The Rocketeer, Hidalgo, The Wolfman,). If you like superhero movies or movies that was made during that era, you will love this movie. If you don't fall into that category, there are plenty things in there for you to like. PLEASE, remember to stay after the credits(it's awesome!).