It takes a lot for a comic book-based movie to truly suck in my eyes (*COUGH* Fantastic Four reboot *COUGH*).
I'm also not a hardcore comic book fan so I never have high expectations, or find myself getting bent out of shape when a plot point from a graphic novel is ignored or left out. Of all the films/storylines in the Marvel Comic Universe, Captain America has yet to disappoint (in my opinion at least). Pinn: I will absolutely see this and report back to you because I'm very excited about it. This movie is definitely going to be great, though, right? Can someone else just see it and reassure me it won’t muck with my fragile emotional state? Anyhoo, I’m just not sure I’m ready for a world where Captain America represents anything less than all that is good and decent in humanity, our noblest and most sincere intentions personified. My sincere and fondly held cynicisms are no match for his earnest goodness - and Chris Evans, hubba-hubba amirite? I was on the Chris Evans tip years before anyone else and this is the payoff. Plot: Political interference in the Avengers' activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.įunderburg: I never went as bananas over superhero movies as the rest of comic book crazed America, but despite that I (like the rest of comic book crazed America) have developed a deep, even sentimental, fondness for ol’ Cap.
Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan and every friggin' actor ever cast in a Marvel movie apparently including Laura Elena Harring, Lou Gossett Jr. In this massive two-part preview, Pink Smoke co-founders John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg are joined by Pinnland Empire head honcho and Pink Smoke third mic Marcus Pinn.ĭescriptions stolen from IMDb and repurposed when necessary. Sure, our enthusiasm for spandex-and-leather-clad alien fighters might not come across clearly in our relentlessly negative, tasteless and snooty annual summer movie previews, but rest assured: all that follows comes from a place of true love, the kind of true love between a human being and a blockbuster that can only be consumated in a darkened theater on a sweaty summer night.
For us to be with it, all it has to be is a movie - and we love Big Summer Blockbusters as much as anyone on this planet.