Captain America, Chapter 1 (1944)
1944 · Short film · 25 min
- Sci-Fi
Synopsis
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.
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★★★★ · FYI, Cardcaptor Jim · guyzilla · 2011-07-10
The creaters of the character were JOE SIMON and the late great Jack Kirby. However, it wasn't too long before young Stan The Man started writing some text stories in the book. Still, you wouldn't know it by this serial, as there's no super-soldier here. First Marvel movie and typical of the later ones: making the screen character almost with nothing in common with it's comic book counterpart.
★★★ · LOL · mysticx0 · 2010-04-29
so much wrong with this...the biggest being the portrayal of Captain America. there is nothing at all "larger than life" about this guy, its simply someone in a weird outfit. either they were going for the "everyday joe" kind of feel for him or they failed miserably to make him a "super hero". they absolutely changed Cap, i mean he didnt even have his famous shield for crying out loud. this is exactly why hollywood should NEVER EVER get ahold of a comic book character...they always feel the story that CREATED THE FAN BASE of the character is not good enough to make a movie with. now i will…
★★ · Not What Stan Lee And Jack Kirby Intended · Cardcaptor Jim · 2010-04-28
In this serial, Captain America's secret identity is a D.A. named Grant Gardner, not a soldier named Steve Rogers. Captain America uses a gun and kills people and throws them out of windows of 60 story buildings! Comic book fans will cringe while watching this crud. Mildly entertaing, but for the wrong reasons.