Captain America, Punching Hitler in the face since 1941.

I had my fair share of worries going into this movie. Johnston has done some good movies in his career, but for the most part he's not a great director. My second worry was Chris Evans as Captain America. He's not a bad actor by any means, but he's mostly been cast as comic relief. His first "Serious" role was in Sunshine, and he was fantastic in that. The problem was, I still didn't see Captain America in him.

This film had a great acting, a fitting score, and great style.

The story here, for those that don't know Captain America, is that the skinny and asthmatic Steve Rodgers is a true patriot and wants to fight for his country. However, due to his health issues (and height), he's not allowed to join the military. His enthusiasm catches the eye of a scientist who gives him the chance to become the first supersoldier. Thus Captain America is born.

The acting was great all around. Chris Evans really surprised me here. Not only did he nail the "pre Captain America" Steve, but also as Captain America. He had great charisma. Evans really proved that he's not just a comedic actor. I'm hoping this part will land him some more serious roles. Hayley Atwell played Agent Peggy Carter, a tough as nails heroine and love interest for Steve. One of the strongest points of the film was their chemistry. Of course, there was a few scenes with cheesy dialogue, but I actually enjoyed those. Despite these great performances, Tommy Lee Jones stole every scene that he was in as Colonel Chester Phillips. He had some fantastic one liners and a powerful screen presence. Unfortunately, I felt Hugo Weaving as Red Skull was the weakest link. He was fine as a villain, but his German accent was just hokey.
There was a huge supporting cast here and they were all great. I loved all of the Howling Commandos. I do have to mention Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark, the father of Tony Stark/Iron Man. I loved his performance because it really felt like a 1950s version of Tony.

The music was very good and suited the film well. Alan Silvestri scored the film and I love the main theme. It really feels like the theme song of an American superhero. The best part about the music was it was never intrusive when it didn't need to be. There were a few scenes where the music was intentionally cheesy. There some incredibly touching moments backed up by music.

It really felt like a retro/film noir type film with its visual style. It also felt like a parody of the WW2 propaganda films. It had a very surreal visual style. The writing was very good as well. Much like visual style, the writing also acted as a parody of "American" hero cliches.

The action was well shot as well. Like the above mentioned visual style, it had the touch of retro style film making combined with hints of modern action films.

All in all, I can easily recommend this movie. Not only to Marvel fans, but to fans of retro style film making and old school adventure films.