Captain America cast

[Tom Brazelton]

If they can make three Blade movies, the can make a proper Captain America movie.

[logosmonkey]

They should have been able to make a good Ghost Rider movie as well.

[fantasticraig]

Its occurred to me how awesome it would be if the movie's trailer was done like a WWII newsreel.

[Tom Brazelton]

They should have been able to make a good Ghost Rider movie as well.

Touche.

[logosmonkey]

Really, I think it could be pretty good if they kind of have the same tone as say, Saving Private Ryan or The Pacific. Cap in the trenches.

[Tom Brazelton]

Well, the other thing to consider is that most of the "inferior" Marvel properties were all handled by Fox - Ghost Rider, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four.

So with Marvel Studios behind the helm, there's a much greater likelihood that a Captain America movie will in the very least appease the fanboys.

[The Bodyguard]

i was thinking Aaron Eckhart as well. My number one choices would have been Thomas Jane or Clive Owen though, if they were maybe just a couple of years younger, and if Owen can pull off a convincing American accent. You never know though, Chris Evans just might pull it out.

Thomas Jane would have been good, but I would have been breathing fire if a non American played Captain America. I love Clive Owen, but honestly, its Captain America.


I remember reading the Marvel writers wanted Jon Hamm to play Captain, or someone over the age of 30.

[chamber715]

Again, seriously. I feel like we're spending more time in this thread defending a character who shouldn't need defending instead of, you know, discussing the upcoming movie.

My whole point is that if the character is lame to begin with, where does that leave the movie? Maybe to comic book fans he's the most iconic for Marvel, but not to the rest of the world. He doesn't hold a candle in terms of brand recognition to Spider-man, The Hulk, or Wolverine.

But in terms of gimmicky and silly, being frozen in ice and throwing a shield is right up there with molecule man and ant man and whatever else they were scraping with the bottom of the barrel because they ran out of original ideas. The others all present a fantastical element that people can day dream about. Hell, even getting blasted with gamma rays and becoming a green freak is acceptable. No one daydreams about being injected with steroids and throwing a shield.

Well, you have to remember that the character was created in the 40s during World War 2, so it WAS escapism for the people at the time. The cover to the first appearance of Captain America is him punching Hitler!

But I don't think the concept is any sillier than any of the other Marvel characters. He's a super soldier, a one-man army. That concept set against the backdrop of WWII would make for a good movie regardless if people know who the character is or not.

On Chris Evans as Cap... I think he's a pretty good choice. He seems a bit young when you consider the Avengers movie.

[IsaacMahomie]

For those wondering about how Captain America's fighting might go, I considered The Incredible Hulk's portrayal of soldier Emil Blonsky (who eventually became Abomination) a little "teaser" at what to expect from Captain America. They did inject him with the "super soldier serum", after all. A lot of acrobatics and super strength, I'm looking forward to it.
And hopefully in the Avengers, we'll see Captain America do some fighting against Hulk the way Blonsky did. Only, fare much better.

[punchline]

Yeah, edit your qoute brother, because I didn't type that.

Fixed. Sorry about that, I'm not even sure how that happened...

[opie301]

I've always thought of the shield-throwing as a bit of a gimmick/crutch used by some writers who couldn't think of better ways to use Cap.

The shield as a projectile weapon does not define the character. I'd expect any writer/director to use the shield-as-boomerang sparingly within the context of a major motion picture.

In the history of the character, the shield has always been more about symbolism than tactics. In WWII it was a defensive device to protect Cap from small arms fire, but more importantly, it was a highly-visible symbol carried by the embodiment of american military force. "If the shield is till moving, then Cap is still fighting and, gosh darn it, so can I!"

If you're predicting that the movie will suck because Captain America is human and carries a shield, then you're projecting your own opinions out onto the rest of the world. That being said, I've actually seen the last few attempts at a Captain America movie, and they were awful.

[afr0puff]

If you're predicting that the movie will suck because Captain America is human and carries a shield, then you're projecting your own opinions out onto the rest of the world. That being said, I've actually seen the last few attempts at a Captain America movie, and they were awful.

Dunno... then what's the reason why it took so long to make a big studio adaptation? During the initial boom of recent comic book flicks, you don't think Captain Americas name was being tossed around? THen when they started to script/storyboard the idea, they came to the conclusion that he is a pretty lame character to portray on screen. He kind of reminds me of Vega from Street FIghter when he loses his claws. SO sad.

[The REAL Brian]

Yes, because a character has to suck for their film to get mired in Hollywood red tape or put on the back burner. Something like that could never happen to cool superheroes like Superman(2 decades between films) or Spiderman(Film stuck in development hell for over ten years.).

Afro, the fact that so many people on this board are defending the character ought to tell you that YES, a lot of people LIKE Captain America, and believe him to be a strong character who can carry a film. Don't get me wrong, superhero films can easily go bad. And yes there have been 3 previous bad Captain America movies. But there were also two undeniably shitty Batman films before Batman Begins, to say nothing of the laughably bad movie serials from the 40's. Cap has as good a chance of any superhero of having a successful film.

Another point is that Marvel, since the formation of Marvel Studios, has been trying to do more than just churn out as many films as possible. It is very obvious from Ironman and The Incredible Hulk that they are trying to create an actual universe for these films, now. The Captain America film is a chapter in a much larger story being told. They've been holding Captain America back not because "they know he's bad" but because they want to do his film right. His movie is the lead-in for the Avengers film, because there is no Avengers film without Captain America.

Oh and by the way? When Captain America loses his shield, he's still one of the best trained fighters in the world with a body at the peak of human perfection who knows about 5000 different ways to kick anyone's ass. He is not dependent on his weapon of choice in order to fight. And while we're at it, I don't think the guys in real life SWAT teams find shields laughable or useless when they're protecting them from gunfire and shrapnel.

[opie301]

Dunno... then what's the reason why it took so long to make a big studio adaptation? During the initial boom of recent comic book flicks, you don't think Captain Americas name was being tossed around?

Actually, it was being tossed around. Development for a Captain America movie began back in '97 before even the X-men had proven that comic book movies could be a success. But, along with all of the other development nightmares, it got derailed by a lawsuit arguing over who actually owned the rights to Captain America. Three years later, the lawsuit get settled, but the momentum of the CA film gone. The project gets pushed aside in light of more successful properties like X-Men and Spiderman.

Starting in 2005, when Marvel Studios started producing films independently, Avi's been trying to get a Captain America film going. When they signed up Favreau, it was originally to do the Cap movie. After some discussion, though, they agreed that he was better suited for the Iron Man property.

It's a long and sordid history, just like many of these comic book movies, but Marvel hasn't been ignoring Cap for the last decade.

[LincM]

Well, the other thing to consider is that most of the "inferior" Marvel properties were all handled by Fox - Ghost Rider, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four.

So with Marvel Studios behind the helm, there's a much greater likelihood that a Captain America movie will in the very least appease the fanboys.

All of the X-Men films were also made by Fox. And don't forget, Marvel Studios may have made Iron Man, but they also made The Incredible Hulk.

I think if it was made in '97, Lance Hendricksen would have been perfect. he's a too old now, though. Sad.