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Film should give 'Harry Potter' a run for its money this weekend.
By Josh Wigler
Chris Evans in "Captain America: The First Avenger"
Photo: Paramount Pictures
The summer of superheroes rages on this weekend with the theatrical release of "Captain America: The First Avenger." It's the final building block audiences need before the full picture of Joss Whedon's "The Avengers" comes into focus this summer, and by all accounts, the movie does not disappoint. Sporting a fresh rating at review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, both comic book fans and casual moviegoers alike are feeling the patriotic splendor that Cap has to offer, so "Harry Potter" better watch out: Steve Rogers' mighty shield could very will split the Boy Who Lived's wand in half this weekend!
Read on for a selection of the "Cap" reviews currently rocking the Web, and check out our own "Captain America" review on Splash Page. And if the star-spangled superhero spirit moves you, give us your own reviews in the comments section below.
The Story
"It was a pleasure to realize, once 'Captain America: The First Avenger' got under way, that hey, here is a real movie, not a noisy assembly of incomprehensible special effects. Of course it's loaded with CGI. It goes without saying it's preposterous. But it has the texture and takes the care to be a full-blown film. You know, like with a hero we care about and who has some dimension. And with weight to the story. As we plunge ahead into a limitless future of comic-book movies, let this be an inspiration rather than Thor or Green Lantern. " — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Hero
"As the titular comic book character, Chris Evans has an appealing, earnest quality, whether he's playing the digitally enhanced (reduced?) scrawny Steve Rogers or the well-muscled super-soldier dubbed Captain America. Evans provides just the right human anchor to the flash and dazzle of director Joe Johnston's production. The movie wouldn't work without Evans' likability and the sense of integrity he projects, as well as his all-American good looks." — Claudia Puig, USA Today
The Villain
"Then there's Hugo Weaving as Captain America's nemesis, Red Skull — a role that requires delivering a genuine performance from behind grotesque crimson prosthetics, which Weaving accomplishes with admirable dexterity. In fact, everyone hits their marks with energy and finesse in 'Captain America,' which with its clean, Art Deco lines and sprightly spirit exemplifies why comic book movies are such reliable fodder for Hollywood. They come pre-storyboarded, after all; their gadgets, dinguses and doo-dads are a production artist's dream, just as those tights, capes and masks must provide fetishistic frissons for the most on-trend costume designer." — Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
The Action
"A chase and shoot-out in a 'Dick Tracy' version of New York is one of the most thrilling scenes of the summer movie season, yet this generous film keeps the popcorn popping for two full hours. It's got musical numbers, as Rogers is costumed as Captain America and sent on a war-bonds tour; it's got a prison break, as the touring celebrity frees some multicultural P.O.W.s from the Nazis, and it's got a mythic smackdown, as Captain America squares off against Germanic evil genius Johann Schmidt (the hugely entertaining Hugo Weaving, mimicking documentarian Werner Herzog)." — Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Setting
"Though it begins and ends with a scene or two in the present, as directed by Joe Johnston from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, 'Captain America' is first and foremost an origins story. Almost half of the film's running time elapses before Rogers gets any kind of power at all, and though its elements are awfully familiar, it's the most involving part of the film because it takes advantage of Evans' performance. These early-days sections are so old-fashioned that, if you take away the copious special effects, watching 'Captain America' feels akin to watching the venerable 1950s television version of 'Superman' starring George Reeves. Buttons are pushed, dials are turned, secret passwords are uttered and lights blink, just like they did way back when." — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Check out everything we've got on "Captain America: The First Avenger."
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Jenna Fischer is an uber-planner. "I like things like five-year plans and Excel spreadsheets," she admits to iVillage. But the pregnant actress is preparing to "expect the unexpected" when it comes to motherhood.
And The Office star, who’s expecting her first child -- a boy! -- with husband Lee Kirk (the couple married in July 2010), has had a great sounding board in best pal and iVillage celebrity blogger Angela Kinsey. "I think she’s just really excited because we’ve been best friends for so long and now we’ll have this very big thing in common that we didn’t have in common before," says the 37-year-old actress of her sitcom costar.
Fischer also welcomed the challenge of playing a "hot mess" mother of a 12-year-old son in the indie comedy-drama A Little Help (in theaters July 22), which costars Chris O’Donnell as her philandering husband who dies. "She’s your friend that is calling you every three days with some new drama that you feel like you could have anticipated with just five minutes of thought," she explains about her dental-hygienist character, who gets caught in a web of lies.
iVillage chatted recently with Fischer about why she loved -- and ultimately hated -- letting herself go for A Little Help, how she’s still in denial about Steve Carell leaving The Office and what she can’t wait for about parenthood.
What's getting you most excited about becoming a mom?
I think I’m just excited about becoming a family -- going from just being with me and my husband to being a family together. But everything about it is just so unexpected and daunting. I’ve spent a lot of time with little kids and my friends who have little kids but I think it’s just different when it’s your own, so I’m just expecting the expecting the unexpected, basically.
In A Little Help, you play the mother of a 12-year-old. Did dealing with a surly pre-teen character make you nervous at all about what’s ahead?
We shot this movie two years ago so I wasn’t relating any of my experience on this movie to my real life because my life was in a different place at that time. I will say that when I first read the script, my first thought was, “Oh, no one’s going to believe I have a 12-year-old. I’m too young to have a 12-year-old.” I actually think that my shock at believing that I could have a 12-year-old is similar to my character’s shock at believing she has a 12-year-old. So I kind of played with my lack of knowledge as a mother at the time of shooting this movie because it really fit the character.
The movie is a dramatic departure in a lot of ways for you.
I was most interested in playing this character because she was so different from me personally. I’m very thoughtful about choices I make in my life and this character is very impulsive and she never thinks beyond the moment. She lies to get herself out of trouble, which only gets her into more trouble later. I had to really let go of all of my typical ways of thinking and doing things in order to play this character. It was kind of fun to be impulsive. She’s kind of a trainwreck, she’s kind of a hot mess.
Was it liberating for you to play her?
It really was. Also, they talk about the character has kind of let herself go from the time that her husband met her. One of the things that always annoys me is when you watch these movies with these actresses who are supposed to be frumpy or not in shape, and then they wear a tank top with ripped triceps or something. I thought, “Okay, well I’m going to stop going to the gym,” and I ate a lot of pasta, and I just tried to make my body very soft. I gained about 10 to 15 lbs. for the role. That was really fun at first to not exercise, to eat pasta, to drink as much wine as I wanted with dinner. But by the end of the movie I did not feel good. When we got done shooting, I couldn’t wait to just get back into a fitness routine again. I was telling my friend that at the end of this movie I felt like I had to do the equivalent of wringing out a dirty washcloth. It was just gross.
Your pregnancy is being written into The Office. Can you give us a hint how it’s going to be worked in?
All I know is that the storyline (is) that while Jim (played by John Krasinski) and Pam might be careful at home, they snuck away in the office to have a little office hookup. During the episode titled “PDA” last year, it’s revealed that everyone’s had sex in the office except Jim and Pam. We sort of imply that they got a little frisky. It turns out that that frisky session was successful in conceiving their next baby.
Are you excited for James Spader to join the cast?
I didn’t have any scenes with him, so I haven’t had the opportunity to work with him yet. I’m actually really excited, selfishly, that he’s going to be coming back because I know that here will be some storylines that Pam has with his character going forward. I’m not allowed to reveal but they did tell me a couple things that are in store and it sounds like a lot of fun.
You’ve said in the past that you were kind of in denial about Steve Carell leaving the show.
I think it’s going to have its biggest impact when we go back to work now, because at the end of the season last year, a lot of times Steve would leave early to go do a movie. It was really common for us to do a couple of episodes without him around. I’m not sure if I’m out of my denial quite yet, (so) it will be interesting to see what that will be like. Our schedules were the same in the mornings, so I would see him a lot first thing in the morning and we would talk. I’m going to really miss our morning chat.
Last year when Steve announced that he’d be leaving the show, at iVillage we started a Facebook campaign to get Pam promoted. What do you think of that idea?
Ohhh, amazing! I don’t know if she’s a great candidate for manager right now, but it would be really neat if we could see her excel at something. I’m really hoping that at some point, she finds something that just makes her special because I think her whole life she’s really wanted that.
Serena Kappes is iVillage's Entertainment Editorial Director. Follow her on Twitter: @serenakappes
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