Marvel keeps the heroes flying high in Captain America 2

I have to say I’ve been loving the new Marvel films, especially those in the Avengers series. I wasn’t in to comics as a kid, and in fact wasn’t much into superheroes at all outside of the Batman and Superman movies. But these new films are great, and they seem to keep getting better. Thor 2 last year was far and away better than the first, and the new Captain America tops its predecessor as well.

This isn’t a deep movie. Don’t see it expecting some earth shattering revelation or any kind of thoughtful commentary. Even so, the people behind it know the formula they are going for and blend it to perfection. Captain America is now living in today’s world and learning about how it works in 2014 as opposed to his time of the 1940’s. The film is not all action (though that is obviously the highlight), there is still a good story, and our hero does have much to learn about this new world. He comes from a time when he could stand up as Captain America and fight for the good ol’ USA knowing he had justice and right on his side. He now lives in a place where the people he is working for might not always have the best for society as their goal, and he is having to change his way of thinking to adapt. This is brought home when one of the hero’s long-time friends ends up on the opposing side.

I’m sure these movies can’t stay good forever, at some point the quality has to drop off. But if you like pure action films, it doesn’t get much better than this right now.