Captain America: The First Avenger, a review by Dragonfire
I went to see this on opening day. I honestly thought I had already posted about it here. The extreme heat we've had this summer must have melted my brain.
I didn't know that much about Captain America before seeing this movie..most of what I knew came from watching the animated Avenger movies. I liked the origin story and how it showed how determined Steve was to join and fight in the war only to be turned down time after time because of health issues. His being basically a weakling didn't help matters either.
I really liked seeing Tony's father. He is a lot like Tony in some ways, though he didn't seem quite as reckless as Tony was at the beginning of the Iron Man movie. He clearly is brilliant, and it is kind of cool to see where Tony got it from. Steve is recruited by a special unit in the Army..it sort of seems like it might be an earlier version of S.H.I.E.L.D. Early in the movie, the villain is seen going after something he wants as a weapon. I'm pretty sure he mentioned Odin at that point..which helps tie the movie into the other Marvel movies.
The action scenes were done well as were the special effects. I saw the normal 2D version. The cast all did well with their parts. Chris Evans really annoyed me in the Fantastic Four movies, but he didn't in this movie.
It is definitely worth it to stay through the credits.
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There is another of the little scenes after the credits..that is followed by a trailer for The Avengers. When I saw the movie, people actually cheered when the trailer started. It doesn't show a lot, but I definitely saw, Thor, Tony, Nick Fury, Steve, Black Widow, and Loki. Now I'm really impatient to see that movie.
I really enjoyed this movie and think it is well worth seeing.
Jenifer 'Steven Weber' of THE SHINING, THE STAND and DESPERATION stars as Frank Spivey, a detective who rescues a strange young girl ('Carrie Anne Fleming') with a horribly disfigured face and lusciously ripe body from a deranged killer. But when Spivey takes responsibility for the mentally challenged orphan, she reveals herself to be a creature of untold carnal pleasures and unspeakable violent depravities that may lead him straight to hell. She is seductress, psychopath and succubus all in one...and her name is JENIFER.
The legendary 'Dario Argento' directs this jaw-dropper that features a haunting score by 'Claudio Simonetti' of 'Goblin' (DAWN OF THE DEAD, TENEBRE).
My Thoughts: Ahhhh, Jenifer, What a cute girl... from the neck down! This is another episode that I really liked a lot. One thing I like is that it has Steven Weber in it... I have liked him in horror ever since I first saw him in the miniseries version of The Shining. This episode definitely has it's share of gore.... but more-so it has more then it's share of sex/nudity. OK guys... could you imagine having sex with Jenifer!?! Not that I mind the sex or nudity of course... just a notation for those that it might bother. Just like all the other season 1 episodes... this one is loaded with extras.
Glee Season 1.17 Bad Reputation Writer: Ryan Murphy (Created By), Brad Falchuk (Created By), Ian Brennan (Created By), Ian Brennan (Writer) Director: Elodie Keene Cast: Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray), Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel), Jessalyn Gilsig (Terri Schuester), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester), Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury), Kevin McHale (Arty Abrams), Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson), Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester), Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones), Mark Salling (Noah "Puck" Puckerman), Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang), Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James), Molly Shannon (Brenda Castle), Iqbal Theba (Principal Figgins), Patrick Gallagher (Ken Tanaka), Stephen Tobolowsky (Sandy Ryerson), Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez), James Earl (Azimio), Max Adler (Dave Karofsky), Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce), Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike Chang), Dijon Talton (Matt Rutherford), Olivia Newton-John (Herself), Mary Jo Catlett (Mrs. Carlisle), Jean Sincere (Ancient Librarian), Robin Trocki (Jean Sylvester)
This is a fun episode. Glee club gets their hands on a video where Sue does aerobic to "Let's Get Physical" and posts it on YouTube. This attracts the real Olivia Newton-John to do a remake of the old music video of this song together with Sue.
Finncompetence: This episode shows that Rachel has much more chemistry with other characters than with Finn. In this case with Puck (or Puckleberry how their romance was known in school and to fans). Even the fandom's name of the pairing sounds stupid: Finchel.
Brittana: Brittany and Santana play angels in Rachel's music video.
Notable music: There are some fun songs in this episode. Will is rapping again, but this time around I enjoyed it. He did "Ice Ice Baby".
Another funny music scene is when some of the Glee club members are trying to be badass by singing "You Can't Touch This" in the school's library. But it backfires.
Another funny music scene is Rachel's video to "Run Joey Run".
My favorite song in this episode though is "Total Eclipse of the Heart", but I may be partial to it. Since I saw the musical "Tanz der Vampire" where this song was covered, I am a fan of this song.
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May 15, 2024, 09:39:13 PM
