<sigh> I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's okay to make a movie about a superhero that you're going to need people to know about later in another movie, as long as the lead-up movie is a GOOD movie and not a BAD movie.

Unfortunately, this belongs in the latter category.

We see a spaceship-like thing that is found and opened in an ice field...a human form is inside, and we cut to the early 1940s...and our story begins. So we all know that the thing they found in the ship is going to be Steve Rogers, aka Captain America...which right there means that the love interest that seems to be starting up is probably going nowhere. Like the plot, which is a mishmosh of military stuff, secret scientist experiments, the weak little guy turning into the big strong guy and other overused plot devices, all smooshed together in one big unwieldy package.

Everyone who saw this said to me, the story isn't much (an understatement) but the period detail is great!

Well, it was okay. Mr. Otter and I both spotted anachronisms in setting and speech, and it really didn't feel like the 1940s, it felt like someone modern's IDEA of the 1940s. Not as good. And star talent (Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci and Serious Honey Tommy Lee Jones) aside, there is very little to recommend this heavy-handed treatment...oh, except we are all going to flock to see The Avengers in May, so this will tell us everything we need to know about Captain America. And make a lot of money for the filmmakers along the way, don't forget that part.

But you CAN forget this movie, don't bother with it.