Sunday, July 24, 2011

78 Cool Things About 'Captain America - The First Avenger' (SPOILERS UP THE WAZZU)


1. Best live action comic book since 'X-Men: First Class'.
2. Howard Stark.
3. 4F Chris Evans.
4. Stanley Tucci and his accent.
5. Stark's Hover Car.
6. Hugo Weaving - A hero is only as good as his villian.
7. Arim Zola and Truman Capote are the same person?
8. Old school storytelling and old school adventure.
9. Tommy Lee Jones being Tommy Lee Jones.
10. The movie's muted color palette.
11. Flashback sequences - Birth of the Red Skull.
12. A Nazi listening to Wagner - so wonderfully cliche.
13. The soaring musical score. Over the top but rightly so.
14. Secret military lab behind the bookcase.
15. "Somebody get that kid a sandwich".
16. The birth of Captain America sequence.
17. The old school levers and wheels and buttons in the 'Project Rebirth' lab.
18. The death of Professor Erskin - surprisingly touching.
19. Steve adapting to his new body.
20. The original 'Human Torch' android under glass at World's Fair.
21. The New York sets.
22. The Hydra Submarine Plane.
23. Steve swimming after the Hydra Submarine Plane.
24. The Red Skull's Gummy Gun.
25. Old School Captain America USO Show/movies
26. The Howling Commandos.
27. Steve's first mission.
28. Stark's lechery.
29. "Do you...fondue?"
30. Dum Dum Dugan! Let me say that again. Dum Dum Dugan!
31. Again, the Howling Commandos.
32. The Hydra Lazer Tank Playset.
33. More old school buttons and switches and non digital countdown clocks.
34. Lot's of things have that pretty green glow.
35. Zola grabs his hat and coat before deserting. That's Gangsta!
36. The Red Skull's 'reveal' and his glorious meglomania.
37. The Red Skull's escape plane and Zola's escape car.
38. "Killed in Action???" Declared WITHOUT a body??? Tommy Tommy.
39. Made me proud to be an American, even though I am not one.
40. Stan Lee hits it out of the park again. Brilliant movie legacy for 'The Man'.
41. Captain America really should be getting more sex. His wingmen too.
42. The fake newspapers with the obsurdly huge headlines.
43. If 'Veronica' won't give him 'fondue' then let 'Betty' do it. Damn.
44. The war outfit for Captain America.
45. THE SHIELD!
46. Shoot at a guy but still not sleep with him.
47. Mission Montage!!! Missio Montage!!
48. Knocking guys out of trees with the shield.
49. BIG BOOMS
50. Winter Soldier
51. Box of little Hydra flags.
52. HE'S GOT HER PICTURE ON HIS COMPASS - This woman is ice cold.
53. If 'CAPTAIN AMERICA' can't impress her, who can???
54. Tossing hydra tank drivers around like they are made of paper.
55. "We fought to the last man." "Evidentually NOT!"
56. The attack on the moving train. Thrilling!
57. Attention to detail.
58. Hydra Robot Soldiers.
59. "BUCKY..NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
60. Shit..HYDRA is no COBRA.
61. You might die at any moment. The girl is there. KISS HER! Annoyed now.
62. The bells and whistles of the Red Skull's stelth plane.
63. They took is CAR??? That is cold Tommy Lee.
64. NICE labelling on the bombs. Very 'Mad Magazine'.
65. Tossin' gusy out of planes. SWEET!
66. Riding the flying bomb.
67. Flying the flying bomb.
68. Zero G fighting.
69. The Red Skull holding the 'Cosmic Cube' as it was meant to be.
70. Powers of a god but can't repair his face.
71. Noble sacrifice. I need a tissue. For my ALERGIES. Damn your judgements.
72. Dance Captain America, dance.
73. Did you even search for his body, guys? Okay they did. My bad.
74. We won the war? Really? Well good for us.
75. ALL AGENTS CODE 13
76. Time Square? Perfect.
77. Nick Fury!
78. Nice ending. Fantastic really.


4 comments:

Paradox Al said...

Damn, 78? This must be the best movie of the year.

DEZMOND said...

I have an impression you're excited about the movie :)

Bubbashelby said...

You simply must revise to add: (paraphrase) 'I can swim...go get him!'

Unknown said...

Saw it this pass Friday and i thought it was great! I keep pointing things out to my friends like the Human Torch and the flying car to my friends.