Thoughts on Captain America (1990)

[BATS N' HORNETS]

So, after 19 years how does the original modern live action Cap flick hold up.


Good? Bad? Ugly?


Discuss!



I for one thought it was great as a kid and upon watching it now, I still like it pretty damn good!

[Captain Villa]

That was not the original.

Reb Brown played him prior (Twice ?). Around the same time as Nick Hammond did Spider-man.

http://www.nanarland.com/acteurs/rebbrown/image3.jpg

[KatarHol]

Well,the TV movie doesn't count because if you want to be technical,there was some awful movie serials in the '40s.
I seem to remember that the '90 movie was actually going to be released in the theaters,i even remember seeing a movie poster featuring the shield,up in our local theater lobby. Starlog and Comic Scene had features on it. There was even a 2 minute Entertainment Tonight story on it and then.....nothing.
I was hard up for a Cap movie fix,so i always would rent that movie all the time. I probably haven't seen it in 15 years. I liked the final fistfight between him and Skull, I liked his suit,even though he was barely in it. I did not like his rubber ears or his frisbee shield. I remember being embarassed when my dad walked in on me watching it,because he laughed at it.
I didn't like Steve smoking early on in the movie,or that the Red Skull just looked like he had massive head trauma,or his jigsaw look later in the movie.
I didn't like him being lost after his one and only WWII mission..........all those things i hated,yet i rented that movie a ton. I must have been desperate for a Cap movie,because movies like Dick Tracy and The Rocketeer were also favorites at that time and those movies were soooo much better than that mess.

[IronJoe]

I really enjoyed it as a kid, I rented it multiple times from the local video store.


I watched it more recently, and it's not as bad as I had expected. My complaint with Cap's costume is the eye-holes.... Looks like Droopy Dog.

http://marvel.com/i/content/st/1197header_banner6082551.jpg


Otherwise I really dug the suit. I liked the Red Skull's... well, his skull, but again disliked his look later in the picture. I also liked the Red Skull's origin.


I agree with what was said before, about him being lost after his first mission.

Another cool shot:
http://marvel.com/i/content/st/1197new_storyimage6083849_full.jpg


And the Marvel.com interview with Matt Salinger in case someone hasn't seen it. It's a few years old.
http://marvel.com/news/moviestories.1197.Make_Mine_Marvel~colon~_Matt_Sal inger_Interview

[BATS N' HORNETS]

they probably had him lost after his 1st mission, due to time constraints in the film...

it's really a matter of getting as much story into a film's time frame as possible.

[Kane]

Man, I need to see this.

[Czar Colossus]

Worth seeing at least once. I downloaded it online @ Veoh TV. The Red Skull as an Italian was very bizarre and Cap's rubber ears and those ABS!:lmao:..... but it's the best we have at the moment.
http://http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9071/capmattax8.jpg

[HoldyourfireAl]

I remember liking the suit, but not the movie. I'm so scared by what they are going to do to the suit in the new movie!

[Czar Colossus]

What are they going to do?

[TMC1982]

The Nostalgia Critic's review (WARNING: Strong language):
http://nostalgiacritic.blip.tv/file/2517514/

[Czar Colossus]

That was f*&%ing hilarious!:lmao:

[Panthro]

I haven't seen it in years, Cap being lost after only one mission was an insult to the character. I thought Matt Salinger (in what he no doubt hoped would catapult him to stardom) gave a very sincere performance as Cap. The Red Skull looked cool when he was actually the Red Skull before getting that makeover.

I just hope they don't replace the red with burgundy for the new film.

[Drz]

I'd argue that the movie would have been "decent" if they had a bigger budget. Replace the president's friend with S.H.I.I.E.L.D officials and whatnot. Also i guess Red Skull looked more like the actor later due to "screen time" bullcrap. @_@ Also scrap Captain America's new girlfriend and voilá. It's a 6/10 movie atleast by then! :P