Captain America: The First Avenger - Every Marvel Movie Reviewed & Ranked

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Every day Greg Miller, Tim Gettys, and Nick Scarpino talk about the biggest stories in nerd culture.

[@Jrod42008]

This is the show that I most look forward to every week. Keep it going guys!

[@kindafunny]

Thanks, James! - Greg

[@TheOriginalEdFry]

Like seriously, POST Infinity War; please have this group review more stuff!

[@langleymneely]

Agreed, I just realized how much Ive been planning my Tuesday YT watching around these. Good looking out guys! Watching you meticulously reevaluate these films corrects the so called record and rep the MCU has been getting by virtue of there being SO many films in such a short period of time. People don't give the entire MCU enough credit for how much its changed entertainment and storytelling in general (positive & negative).

[@Jrey2690]

Honestly the best part of his show isn't just that they are talking about Marvel movies, it's that they are all together doing a show.

[@jeffgordon5658]

"Don't throw stones in a house of stones because you won't know where the stone went." - Aristotle... or Nick Scarpino... can't really remember which one said it...

[@langleymneely]

"What does Jack Kirby have going on that he couldn't do a cameo in this movie?!" Oh I don't know Nick, maybe BEING DEAD since 1994!?! Lmao!!!

[@Stixman213]

With the plane scene, I had the impression that the space stone powered the plane, and with it falling into the ocean, it had no power which is why Steve had to crash it into the ice rather than it losing power and eventually crashing down and possibly killing people.

[@AlexLove631]

"This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows... compassion." I love this film. Like a cartoon serial brought to life. Such an underrated MCU film, with a super underrated score. Evans is perfect as Cap. My only gripe is that it wasn't as grounded as it should've been. Laser guns and all that bs should've been thrown out the window. And the choice to make Bucky more like a brother rather than a kid sidekick is brilliant.

[@alexanderchilton911]

Alex Love The whole "laser shit" / pseudo science villain part is unfortunely like 1/5 of the movie. It sucks because the movie would be very solid without it. Stil, it is a great stepping stone for Cap's future movies.

[@AlexLove631]

Alexander Chilton, the movie is very solid WITH it, so it would've been even better if it was a little more grounded.

[@PappyMagee137]

This series is great. Nice addition

[@livinglegend629]

Good job guys, been loving this series. Keep up the good work. The First Avenger is my favorite of the phase 1 films, wish there was more Cap action scenes but overall it's solid.

[@tommymurphy6753]

Hmmm, well as Jack Kirby was dead 17 years at that stage I'd say it would be difficult for him to make his cameo Nick!

[@FearTheLivingDFG]

Yeah I honestly couldn't tell if he was joking or completely ignorant. I'm hoping since no one corrected him he was joking.

[@jasonpastorik3494]

You guys should re-watch all the Harry Potter films with Cool Greg.

[@RafaDarth]

i just love that these are getting longer and longer, awesome!

[@johnshelton6466]

Not one mention of The Rocketeer, epic fail guys, EPIC FAIL.

[@tophrman]

It's surprising that Nick didn't know that, seeing as it has Jennifer Connelly in it.

[@CrowTRobot]

I was shocked they skipped that mention. He was hired BECAUSE OF The Rocketeer and Cap Am1 feels like very similar to it.

[@jeffullrich5556]

Andy is completely right, they should do this mathematically. Everyone ranks all the movies each week for themselves, and then you average the rankings for the movies to get your final ranking. You guys don't all agree so when you do your rankings you aren't weighting each individual's opinions accurately.

[@johnbutler9282]

Love the show guys! Best part of my Tuesdays.

[@hunterburress]

Perhaps it’s too avoid what would seem to be a stale method...but having Greg recall the plot is a lot more entertaining. Nothing against Andy though. Much love. But Greg’s oddball character really makes the plot reading a lot of fun. Otherwise it is just a bunch of recollecting and it’s almost frustrating. Just my opinion

[@Twinsfan1992]

Totally agree

[@CruzaderKnight]

I actually preferred Nick Scarpino’s over Greg’s. Nick had a really concise easy to follow summary of thor. Greg’s was way too much trying to be funny. But yeah, Andy can’t remember any details and it was frustrating to have him do the summary lol.

[@CheefChaos]

Gotta agree, 30 mins in and we just got to captain showing up.

[@TheJUBJUBbeast]

Jack Kirby died in 94. I don't think he could've filmed a cameo Nick lol.

[@langleymneely]

Jub Jub Thank you!! I thought I was going to be the only person to bring that up! "Whats he got going on that he cant cameo?" Umm DEATH. LOL

[@ToiletPaper626]

1. Iron Man 2. Captain America: The First Avenger 3. Iron Man 2 4. Thor 5. The Incredible Hulk

[@dgripper05]

Steve Rodgers IS Captain America, he never stops being Cap, there's no identity to him

[@LoaRicardo]

Joe Johnston also directed.... The Rocketeer

[@pdog547]

Loving these, keep 'em comin!

[@emilioasis]

He also directed The Rocketeer. Which is really simillar in tone and style to CA: TFA

[@DailyArvelTV]

Hi guys, I have not so many things to add to the discussion: - The fact that Joe Johnston basically made an Iron Man movie based in the late 1930s / early 1940s back in the 90s (i.e. The Rocketeer) which would basically land him into the director's chair of this movie is such vital piece of trivia that was painfully missing in this review. - Cameos: Richard Armitage who would later be one of the Hobbits in The Hobbit trilogy, Jenna Coleman a.k.a. Clara Oswald from Doctor Who (in general: lots and lots of British actors (I am looking at you, Natalie Dormer and David Bradley), this has to do with the fact that the main filming area was London's Pinewood Studios) - In-Universe-Trivia: As they don't have that many appearances any more: Hayley Atwell got her own 2-season TV show named Marvel's Agent Carter, Toby Jones appeared in the final episode of season 1, and the Howling Commandoes, as well as Agent Carter herself had 2-3 guest appearances in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., so they actors came back ... but outside the movie part of the MCU. Also: Dominic Cooper has a substantial role in the Agent Carter series that would also give us the real-life equivalent for Jarvis, before he would become Tony Stark's Go-To-AI. - Christopher Marcus & Stephen McFeely wrote this movie, as well as Captain America sequels, as well as the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War, and Thor - The Dark Kingdom. They also created the Agent Carter series. - From a technical point of view, I remember watching this movie shortly before watching Winter Soldier and I felt that the 3D was significantly better in Winter Soldier compared to this one (which was I think the second 3D Marvel movie, Thor being the first one), all Marvel movies from then on have been 2D-to-3D converted, while Joe Johnston was trying out native 3D rigs for this one and he was reported to being annoyed with camera calibration issues... I think this was one of those decisions that would a few years later get me out of a job in the 3D camera business... - Knowing what comes after this movie, I remember the rumor mill before Winter Soldier where I was kinda thinking Red Skull would have possessed the mind of Robert Redfords character... but... well... this wasn't true, and I think Hugo Weaving made also statements of not wanting to come back as Red Skull, so he probably floats through some space vortex until he is needed again. - The actual father of Captain America Joe Simon was able to see the movie, half a year before he died at the age of 98 :-( - From an international stand-point it's quite interesting to see that the villains of the movie were clearly separated from the real world villains of WWII. This may be due to the fact that the America part within the title was feared to be not helping for international box offices (for example: In Germany, the two sequels were being marketed as The First Avenger: Winter Soldier and The First Avenger: Civil War). It's making such a difference when the basic premise of the movie changes from "Superhero is fighting German Nazis" to "Superhero is fighting Hydra, a super-duper deep shadow science division". - Fun Fact: Captain America brought me to reading comics back in the later 00-years. Before I read Civil War, I always thought of the name Captain America as this super-duper-patriotic guy ... until I saw what kind of moral choices he does in Civil War and kinda fell in love with the character since then. He's not just a Captain for America, he's the Captain for all of us! (shoutout to the call-back in Civil War to the "I can do this all day" scenes in this first movie). Dammit... this comment went waaaay too long than I first expected... ok... should stop here and I am looking forward to next weeks Phase One-ender... The Fucking Avengers! (No, they are not fucking, I mean... you know what I mean :-) )

[@bradfletcher4856]

U guys should do the Potter films after infinity war

[@krazyk959]

Nick was great at pointing out the character moments and themes during Andy's recap of the movie. This is still one of my favourite marvel movies. Built Steve up as a character perfectly and had great moments like the grenade scene. TBH, when I first saw it I thought it was average but I think this is one movie that has just become even better over time thanks to its sequels and retrospective character development with carter, bucky and cap.

[@jakesanders8741]

Not all the way through yet, so I'm not positive if you guys bring it up later, but it's weird Tim doesn't mention that Joe Johnston also directed The Rocketeer which is pretty much what got him the job to direct Captain America as it's another old-timey superhero movie

[@ComicWorldd]

Love everyone here!! This is an amazing show! Keep up the good work Greg and the kinda funny crew!

[@kindafunny]

thanks!

[@Stixman213]

I've been waiting for this week. I love Captain America. You guys are awesome.

[@TheNardDog77]

Been watching KF since day 1, haven't looked forward to a weekly show this much since PS I Love You. You guys are crushing it

[@The_Bug0222]

Fun fact: The bald doctor who leaves Steve before Stanley Tucci comes in is none other than Geralt of Rivia himself, Doug Cockle.

[@OliverGrandt]

My new favorite show of yours! I can't wait for next week!

[@mattrorabeck]

My favourite KF show! Hope you guys continue with this "review" series after this ends. Cheers gents.

[@MrHardcoreJustic]

Really enjoying this series, years later looking back at the origin of not only the MCU but of the In Review format. Love it all

[@BrandonDNH2]

This and Party Mode are the two best shows you guys do.

[@zacharyhelms5560]

Maybe my favorite show you guys do. Love you guys. Wishing you guys the best:)

[@jb30317]

Been looking forward to these Good stuff I even did this for my Facebook group I'm in we make a thread each week for these films

[@davidentner]

Grinning from ear to ear watching these vids. I'm having a ton of fun with this watch-along and seeing what you guys think. After MCU I would love to see this series continue but only if you guys enjoy the franchise you're reviewing (potentially Harry Potter?).

[@IronicShenaniganz]

This series is so great! It's easily my highlight each week. My wife and I are watching along as well

[@jordanmiller3535]

Wait so when iron man is fighting captain America in civil war and he says I can do this all day, that’s a call back to this movie😱

[@jonvthvnx5729]

Yup, that’s why that moment is so great. It honestly hit me emotionally.

[@CRIMS0NF0X]

The weekend Captain America came out I was doing security at The Playboy Mansion and Chris Evans was there and he was celebrating big time, he got mad drunk haha

[@EmpSeptim]

Every time Nick does his “German” voice he sounds like Bane 😂😂

[@BurnoutX23]

With all respect to Iron Man, this is still my favorite "origin" film of the Phase 1 Marvel movies. Have been looking forward to this review....and it did not disappoint :D

[@TheOlympicHero1]

Andy you're my hero, give me the blackberries!!

[@sergiodevivo16]

45 minutes in and i still don't know if they liked it or not..

[@kylerpolson4811]

At first I was like these are really long, and now as I look forward to them more each week I'm like these are really short

[@NutRacer22]

I love how Nick points out the flaws instead of reaching to make it seem like they make sense

[@davidsolizjr]

Little late to this but I'm all in. I love listening to them ranking these movies. And Greg doing Jeff Bridges "Tony" is fucking hilarious

[@AlexThomasReviews]

I Think The Red Skull Should’ve Have Been In The Collector’s Collection!! That Would’ve Been Hilarious!!

[@antonioortiz6153]

I like watching these videos but spend to much time going over everything that happens in the movie especially if we are watching it along with you guys. A nice summary that's hits on all the points you want to talk about is all i need. Still fun and enjoyable good work

[@thephilonline]

I love these and my wife and I are watching a marvel movie each week now, woot!

[@vinnybastos]

Not that anyone cares, but Joe Johnston also directed The Rocketeer, which in turn makes Marvel's decision to hire this guy to direct Captain America a very sensible one.

[@Calum_Chrystal]

I know it would never happen, but I'd love them to jump into some of the MCU shows like Agents of SHIELD (criminally underrated) or some of the Netflix shows, although I know it would be far too much of a time sink.

[@jabzt]

Calum Chrystal I’m pretty sure none of them really like the marvel shows for the most part but I totally agree they should watch Agents of Shield as it’s amazing and I’m sure they’d like it. Unfortunately I think they’d stop and give up after 5 episodes tho.

[@Calum_Chrystal]

Jeremy H To be fair I wouldn't blame them, it really doesn't pick up steam until the Winter Soldier twist, but from then on I think it's pretty great. I actually wouldn't be surprised if they discussed some of the TV eventually as they have already gone into the One Shots in an episode, it would probably be very brief though.

[@jabzt]

Calum Chrystal Calum Chrystal yeah that's when it definitely gets better. But being able to binge it and knowing how it just keeps improving is a good reason to get through it imo but unfortunately a lot of people don't give it a shot.

[@Calum_Chrystal]

Jeremy H I genuinely think it's better than something like Iron Fist as I just care about the characters so much, I'd actually say it's up there with the likes of Daredevil and Jessica Jones, even though it's obviously not as expensive or well produced.

[@jabzt]

Calum Chrystal oh yeah it’s easily up there but I disagree in saying it’s not as well produced. When u look at all the shows they aren’t that demanding and when they are, like in the Defenders, having the building come down it looks rough. Shield is constantly using special effects across 22 episode seasons and it looks great so it’s shows it has a higher budget unless u were just talking about season 1. But yeah I still can’t think of a better 22 episode season show due to it having multiple story arcs as opposed to trying to stretch one story out for that time. That allows It to be comparable to the daredevil, punisher, and Jessica jones as the best or even better depending on your tastes.

[@traenkeopa]

I love the 'TOOONY!' Greg drops every now and then in all episodes😂

[@lowdenjake]

What a group. The contrast in awesomeness/personality is hilarity.

[@SammySmeltz]

They know Steve Rogers is Captain America because they have a section in the museum dedicated to him in Cap 2

[@davalaarrgaming8287]

My list so far: 1. Captain America: the first avenger 2. Iron Man 3. Thor 4. Incredible Hulk 5. Iron Man 2 Really enjoying watching these films again and can not wait for infinity war

[@owenjohnson101]

1 hr and 18 min? They must have either really loved it or really hated it. My guess is the former. I can't wait to watch this. It's the best series Kinda Funny has going on right now.

[@kindafunny]

Thanks, Owen! - Greg

[@ZYONCOMICS]

The plane was automated if Captain America had jumped out, it would have corrected and continued on course.

[@inthebag84]

Pagemaster was filmed next door to my house when I was a kid, and I went over and hung out with Macaulay Culkin for a little bit! He was a nice kid, way back when. Just a little tidbit for you all. :-)

[@mikemorrow2032]

I agree with Andy....

[@cillianbyrne2008]

Nick should just do the plot every week he the best

[@KalebKoho]

5. The Incredible Hulk 4. Iron Man 2 3. Thor 2. Captain America: The First Avenger 1. Iron Man

[@insertbrodyhere]

Damn Nick with the Wolfenstein II reference! I was thinking the same thing when I watched it but the last person I thought would bring it up is Nick

[@chrisfreling4133]

Love this series. I say next you guys go through all the non-MCU marvel movies.

[@adamstewart3052]

Love these videos so much. I'm biased since he's my favorite superhero, but doing all the Spider-Man movies when this series is over could be cool especially since Greg knows Spider-Man. All the Fox X-Men movies would be sweet as well. Anyway my list so far: 1. Iron Man 2. Iron Man 2 3. Captain America 4. Thor (#AndyIsRight) 5. Incredible Hulk

[@LwSvnInJaz]

Does anyone else believe that they are spending way too much time on the summary rather than the discussion/opinions? I mean we are all most likely watching it or have watched it. I don’t know who it’s for

[@twoolcock109]

Exactly what i was thinking, why recap something we’re supposed to have watched before watching their review?

[@kindafunny]

Going through the plot allows us to discuss each part of the movie as we go through.

[@MrStrakatus]

It's not a bad idea, they just take too much time to do it I think, leaving less time for actual discussion

[@LwSvnInJaz]

Kinda Funny that is true but I fully believe that it makes these more of movie summary rather than a review! Still absolutely ADORE this series :)

[@PurpleBrickTV]

Especially when Andy consistently forgets key moments throughout the movie when he's doing the recap... Then everyone interjects before Andy can finish setting up the scene. This was the least cohesive of each of the movie reviews so far imo

[@getthegrommit]

Lacroix Boi Tim Getty’s doin a good job keeping the show on the rails

[@richxsmith72]

Can you do a show where you just shout "Tooooony"?!? Makes me chuckle every time. Best show since PS I Love You. Keep up the great work...

[@lastlife0726]

"I PROMISE you." whoops, imdb lists David Bradley as "tower keeper" in captain america, right next to his roll as argus filch in harry potter and the deathly hallows.

[@andyandhisfriends101]

love watching these, hope this keeps going even after marvel is done :) (if you could go throw the re cap a little faster would be nice) if you happen to see this comment, i live in the uk and we don't have la croix but i can order them online, which flavour should i get to lose my la croix virginity ?

[@WaytoomuchADHD]

I love how nick is the only one without a graphic on his shirt

[@doccube9892]

Jack Kirby didn't have a cameo because he died in '94.

[@saltycsc1358]

Andy!!! Stop F'ing everything up!!! LOL

[@ericfowler8886]

I know everybody is saying this but please keep this going after youre done marvel. This is exactly the kind of ocd overanalyzation itch only y'all can scratch in a little over a month it's easily become my favorite content you make.

[@josephholmes6049]

Nick with the COOL WORLD reference!!! 10/10

[@HusslerkiD]

Great stuff

[@skywriter9532]

I love this movie! Totally underrated

[@MrBrangsta]

I think he worried the bombs had some kind of fail-safe detonation built in, like a timer or location based detonation. He figured Red Skull is a smart guy. It's not worth risking millions of lives on the east coast to see if he can safely land it.

[@Chris-kh5wk]

Is this available on podcast?

[@brianbierlein4747]

You left out that Joe Johnston created the look of the Boba Fett character with Ralph McQuarrie while working at Lucasfilm. He also directed The Rocketeer which was a period piece comic book film just like Captain America: The First Avenger.

[@JoshJr98]

I love this new series, you guys should do more after mcu

[@Bedlam66]

@Kindafunny At 17:46 That's not the costume it IS the Original human Torch. He's wearing his Original Costume but that's the Android on Display

[@RayDogMark1]

Greg, they seriously had Thor: Ragnarok a month before it comes out digital anywhere else?! Wow I didn’t know that airlines got those kind of exclusives. I can’t wait to see it again.

[@wex7777]

Great stuff! Makes me want to go back and watch them all too. To Andy's point, there should definitely be a mathematical order to the final ranking. If Andy thinks Captain America should be higher than Hulk but lower than Thor, how is he even suppose to vote?What are they gonna do when there are 10 movies on the list and nobody agrees 100% with it? How do you fit a new movie in? They should all have their individual list and the final list should be an average.

[@jimiller1138]

Did Andy mess with the audio for the final ranking of Thor?🤔

[@mattblattner3217]

It must be i remember movies well and have seen each marvel movie at least twice...but there is a museum about 'Captain America' in Winter Soldier and they reference him as Steve Rogers multiple times. The public knows who he is.

[@BlazerManiacNumber96]

Anyone else notice the inconsistencies with Howard Stark's age? In Civil War, we saw him get killed in the year 1991, a full *50 years* after The First Avenger. Assuming he was in his 20's or 30's here, that means that in Civl War he would've been in his 70's or 80's, yet John Slattery didn't look a day over 50. Also, I'd imagine Tony Stark is 45-50 years old, so he would've been born in the mid to late 60's. Yet Howard Stark is already 20 or 30 years old in The First Avenger, so was he like 50 when he finally had a kid?

[@batmanhicks93]

Jack Kirby was busy not being alive anymore to be in this movie. He sadly died in 1994.

[@benkilsby5755]

Oh man, that after credits scene hahahahahahahahahaha!!!

[@OMGLX]

Man I can't wait to get something off the Valor Menu for lunch later!

[@Rudio1]

if I recall, the reason they didnt want to release it 4th of july weekend is because transformers 3 had that release window

[@markodwyer6406]

Nicks question about which jumanji movie was better was such an honest and genuine question hahahah didn't deserve to be shut down

[@MikeHeldTheWorld]

You guys should do other series after this. Like the X-men series, Dark Knight Trilogy, etc. Like these in depth reviews.

[@solodarkwolf]

They should just do a shot of Red Skull floating in space in the next Guardians movie.

[@fireblader1993]

I’d love you guys to do DC films afterwards (primarily The Dark Knight trilogy).

[@LowSkillPlays]

do personal rankings and overall "Kinda Funny" rankings

[@TheAuscomando]

What's Nick asking Kevin to eat at the end?

[@LoganFerguson]

I would like to nominate HYDRA as a villain. There is no one individual in control, just the organization. The organization is in 4 MCU (1st two Cap movies, Ant Man, Ultron) films and is a major part (and even creepier) in Agents of SHIELD.

[@legendhunter32]

Love the videos!

[@JoshJr98]

The ending isn't bad, you just don't get it. He went down with the plane cause he is willing to do anything to stop the plane, they set this up in the begining when they throw a granade in the military base and he jumps on it so he would die to save others and he does the same at the end. He jumps on the granade and goes down with the ship like a hero

[@byroti1234]

How would you feel about taking questions from fans about certain moments and characters?