Re: The First Avenger: Captain America Discussion Thread
This is bad.....so bad. I'd like to hear The Mike's thoughts about this fiasco. Worst episode ever.
Now that its actually happened I feel its a mistake but maybe not of epic proportions.
People love to point out the Ledger example but the fact of the matter is that Heath had shown acting prowless in films before TDK, its just that geeks hadn't seen them, not to mention that the point of reference people were using to discredit him was "10 Things I Hate About You" which was out in 1999 so they were going back almost 10 years to flaw him.
With Evans though he has shown that he has some acting ability in his non "I'm a slacker with a heart of gold" roles but I don't think for a second that he has the acting chops to stand in the same room with Robert Downey Jr and Edward Norton and be able to hold his own as the most commanding and powerful person in the room meant to lead everyone instead of follow. Chris Helmsworth as Thor isn't as bad since in reality Thor is played plenty aloof in the Avenger especially the early ones and as long as Thor can look uninterested or full of angst then he'd be fine but Cap is something different. Cap has to go head to head with Tony on both practical and moral issues, he has to argue back Banner for the greater good and has to instill enough respect and enough strength to get them to follow him.
If anything it'll test more the acting ability of the others to make it believable.
From the getgo they've been setting this Captain America film for an interesting run, they've got Rogers looking for acceptance instead of answering a call. They've got him running around at USO shows instead of charging into battle whenever he could. It sounds like Captain America 90210 from the plot elements released and the way the producers are discussing it so Evans doesn't surprise on that front but he does disappoint.
I think in his own film he might be fine as long as they don't stack too much talent around him (I for the life of me can't see Evans holding his own against someone like Hugo Weaving) but once he gets into The Avengers it'll really come to pass just how miscasted he was.
lookin' forward to it!
