Modern Marvel movies are a guaranteed thrill with several good laughs and just a hint of a romance story in between a jam packed action film. Think about it..has a Modern Marvel movie ever really disappointed. Spider Man, Fantastic Four, and of course, who could forget Iron Man? Some of my favorite movies come from the idea of taking classic comic books that the boys of our previous generation would buy, read, collect, and in some cases worship into full feature films. In most cases with these comic movies, it centers around a man who some how gains super powers in one way or another. Whether it's through a giant machine that gives you super strength, or maybe through a bite from a genetically altered spider that makes it so "spider man can do everything that a spider can". Then, as Uncle Ben said in Spider Man..."with great power comes great responsibility". When these men gain these special powers, they have the responsibility to use them for the greater good...and of course there always has to be a bad-guy villain to fight off. Then there's the love interest. The girl that the super hero really shouldn't pursue, because if he does, she'll be put in great danger.
Today, I was swayed by the great reviews and the fact that it was a Marvel film to see the movie Captain America. I was all ready for it to be great. There were some highly acclaimed actors in it, from previews, it looked very exciting, and of course, it was Marvel, I wasn't ready to be disappointed. Unfortunately, disappointed is what I was. Not only because the movie wasn't good itself, really, looking back, it was a great storyline. Strong characters that I really cared about. The love story was adorable, I found myself chuckling as more than a few witty lines. There was one glaringly obvious problem that no one could ignore. There were gaping holes in the explanation of what was going on in the scientific aspect of the movie. Yes, we know that this man is genetically altered to make him super strong, and we know that other scientists are trying to steal this serum that was destined to make "super soldiers" in the midst of World War II. But there by the end of the movie, there were way too many unanswered questions to be considered reasonable, even in the world of movie magic.
One may wonder, how is it that a two hour and five minute movie could have holes in the explanation? Well I'll tell you why...they replace the explanation of what you're seeing with tons of fighting scenes. Plenty of explosions, gunshots, and casualties to go around. While some may find this fighting and exploding to be extremely exciting, I am certainly not one of those people. I can enjoy one fight scene with some impressive special effects, I can tolerate two scenes of the like, but when it gets to be that every other scene is another display of how handy the special effects man was with a computer, I get sick of it. Lately it seems that more and more movies are forgoing the part where they try to make the storyline all fit together in exchange for lots of punching, blood, and exploding. I speak on behalf of....well....myself, when I say that one fight scene is exciting, two is manageable, three can maybe be tolerated, then four and above is overkill...LITERALLY!
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