An American Hero

Captain America:  The First Avenger was a strong story about the military putting their lives on the line to protect our country.  A young man, Steve (Chris Evans) is picked on and rejected several times from enlisting in the military.  However, Steve doesn't give up in a fight, he has compassion and a determination that is not swayed, so he is chosen for an experiment in the military and is finally accepted.  The supporting characters Peggy (Hayley Atwell), a brave friend Bucky (Sebastian Stan) and a very loyal cast of characters makes for a cohesive story.  Captain America is not a character that is interesting to me but the movie is worth seeing.

Green Nonsense

O.k., I heard many negative comments about the Green Lantern.  I was still curious to see for myself if what was said was true.  Well, it was.  The story starts by trying to explain the origin of Green Lantern.  Apparently there is 3,600 of them of different species and planetsand are supposed to be smarter than humans.  One of their own seeks revenge because as intelligent beings they are not above wanting control and power over something that cannot be controlled.  Fear!  The Green Lantern are supposed to be fearless but the ring picks a human who is filled with nothing but fear.  This ring comes in the form of a wounded Green Lantern who tried to fight this beast and lost.  This horrible monster is on the way to the Green Lantern world but gets turned around to attack all humans on Earth instead.  Hal, now ( the "Earth" Green Lantern) has to figure out who he really is and how he is supposed to help save his planet.  The story fails because the writing fails.  Superheroes are supposed to be protected of their identity with the mask but Hal is recognized by several people, Green Lantern suit and all.  Green Lanterns are supposed to work collectively and so on and the only thing I saw them do collectively was raise their rings to the sky.  The CGI was fine and costumes nice.  People in the theatre started walking out and when the movie was over, there were more questions than answers.  One being, who are the Green Lanterns?  I'm sure there will be a sequel and hopefully a more cohesive storyline will come a second go round.

Thor -Superhero or eye candy

Thor was an unexpectedly good movie. I thought...oh not another superhero movie but I was surprised that it really kept my attention. The story is about two sons who are be up for heir to their father's throne and to be king to a city of gods. They are somewhat at peace with a civilization of a frozen-like race on the brink of war. The eldest son is cocky and gets exiled to Earth. While he is gone, things start to fall apart for his planet. The movie goes in the direction of good verses evil and the innocent are caught in the middle. The cgi was great and the cinematograhy was fantastic. I left the movie a little puzzled with the extent of the story line of Earth. It reminded me of the extra unnecessary existence of extra pirates run by Yun Phat's character in the third Pirates movie. It would have been a better movie without the extra part. The move Thor is enjoyable and I saw it twice so that should tell you something.