First Avenger The Official Captain America Critic's Review Thread - Part 1

[Sith Scotti]

2.5 i out of 4 ain't good in my book . That means rental .

 

[D4rkShaDoWz]

Up to 68% now with 50 reviews!

75% Top Critics!

EDIT: Maybe they added wrong, its up to 69% now

 

[art vandalay]

I think it pokes its head just above the 80% mark after a few more days.

I'm trying to remember the last time a movie had a lead character where he always chooses to do the right thing because it was simply the right thing to do. No angst, no thirst for revenge, no glory-hounding. It's kind of sad where having a simple good-guy lead is considered retro.

 

[Kalonthar]

I think it pokes its head just above the 80% mark after a few more days.

I'm trying to remember the last time a movie had a lead character where he always chooses to do the right thing because it was simply the right thing to do. No angst, no thirst for revenge, no glory-hounding. It's kind of sad where having a simple good-guy lead is considered retro.

Yeah, it's very sad. I just started getting into Cap myself and that up there is the entire reason he's now my 2nd favorite Superhero (no one will replace Superman to me, but that's because Superman has been my hero since I was a baby).

 

[mtaffer]

69%...so close.
Suspense is killing me...

 

[TX85]

I'm trying to remember the last time a movie had a lead character where he always chooses to do the right thing because it was simply the right thing to do. No angst, no thirst for revenge, no glory-hounding. It's kind of sad where having a simple good-guy lead is considered retro.

Indeed,Sad But da*n true!!

 

[MahvelBaby!]

Michael Phillips...gets it

" "Captain America" doesn't reinvent the genre so much as simply embrace the time and place that gave birth to the ordinary man turned super-soldier, equipped with a shield made of Vibranium. "

 

[Surfer]

69%...so close.
Suspense is killing me...

Now they are just toying with us. t:

Surfer

 

[Suzanne78]

Washington Post (very positive)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...tain-america/2011/07/21/gIQAJlDKSI_story.html

Also another positive from Milwaukee's Duane Dudek:

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/125962468.html

 

[Hurm...]

So Rolling Stone gave it a 2.5/4 and it's considered FRESH, when just a day earlier or so Slant Magazine gives it the same exact rating (2.5/4) and it's considered ROTTEN????

Am I missing something here?

It is the content of the review that matters, not the rating.

 

[kedrell]

Washington Post (very positive)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...tain-america/2011/07/21/gIQAJlDKSI_story.html

Also another positive from Milwaukee's Duane Dudek:

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/125962468.html

With those two added it would cross over to 70%. C'mon RT, UPDATE!

 

[MahvelBaby!]

LOL Friends with benefits with the comeback from the bowels of 40%

 

[JKM]

I'll be honest, for a while, I was thinking: Oh man, this is gonna be Marvel Studio's first 'Rotten' film, the one just before the Avengers too! :S

But then I remembered, this is Marvel we're talking about

 

[kedrell]

Top Critics at 75% and 7.2/10

 

[venom892]

I think when it's all said and done it'll be close to Thor on the meter.

 

[Flint Marko]

STILL below 70%? Seriously?
F you rotten tomatoes.

 

[Raiden]

It is the content of the review that matters, not the rating.

Peter Travers actually written rather positively about Cap in his review, so his rating of 2.5/4 perplexes me. Thankfully, RT considers it as fresh but it also shows that sometimes they aren't very consistent.

 

[Surfer]

LOL Friends with benefits with the comeback from the bowels of 40%

Yeah, who do they think they are Captain America. t:

Surfer

 

[marcvader]

aaaand Roeper gives it a C

 

[Apollo]

Some of these rotten reviews shouldn't even be rotten... Since when is a C+ considered rotten????

If a C+ is failing...then I would have never made it out of high school...

 

[kedrell]

aaaand Roeper gives it a C

That's actually suprising. I thought for sure he'd like it.

 

[Kalonthar]

That's actually suprising. I thought for sure he'd like it.

Maybe him and Ebert switched bodies.

 

[Raiden]

aaaand Roeper gives it a C

Is it because Eberts like it and they aren't on friendly terms? I thought Roeper would like it because he's usually enjoys genre films.

 

[Surfer]

That's actually suprising. I thought for sure he'd like it.

Well at least he didn't entirely dislike it, he just didn't think it was great.

Surfer

 

[marcvader]

That's actually suprising. I thought for sure he'd like it.

His complaints were Steve's blandness, cheesy dialogue, score and Atwell's acting?