There is (almost) none of that in Captain America: The First Avenger, meaning the movie gets to be its own movie and tell its own story, which on its own would make it the best Marvel movie since Iron Man.īut Captain America: The First Avenger is more than just the elusive standalone Marvel film - it’s the best Marvel Studios film, and one of the superhero movies that reminds us this genre is a viable storytelling format when it isn’t being smashed into following formulas or sticking to conventions. There were problems with Iron Man 2 and Thor on fundamental levels, but the biggest issue with both films was the way that Marvel Studios forced the stories to submit to a larger continuity wank, to fit in extraneous and stupid SHIELD business in order to build a shared universe and set up The Avengers.
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