jye4ever
Broke and happy
I had already addressed that. The "how do we know the good guys from the bad/if they're shooting at you they're bad" exchange could have easily been something that Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold said to each other in True Lies. Arnold isn't a better actor than Evans (far from it), he's just larger than life in a way that sells those exchanges a little better.
An amazing aspect that Evans brings to the role of Cap, and one that I would never have expected or anticipated, is that he retains elements of "skinny Steve," even as Cap. And why wouldn't he? He's the same guy! In the comics we just know him as this awesome Mr. Olympia type who runs around commanding everyone with great authority. And I really like that. Any reference to his life pre-serum gets maybe a panel or two of flashback mention every few years or so at best.
But one thing that my wife mentioned after we saw TFA was that she had a hard time seeing him as a "hunk" after his transformation because he so cemented himself as the scrawny version of himself. Which is actually pretty amazing since buff Cap was the "real" Chris Evans. If creating totally unity with a big and smaller CG/body double version of yourself isn't capable acting then I don't know what is. That's just a real place where Evans shines. Even when he's pounding people into snot in TFA and TWS he still wins you over by making you almost feel like you're still rooting for the underdog. Because you were with him in the beginning and he sold it so convincingly.
I think to really highlight the commanding and imposing aspect of his character for future films they really should shy away from recapping too much of his origin. Don't focus so much on an actor capable of playing a dual role and just go balls out with a more larger than life version. Then he'll "feel" a little more like the comics, even if Evans' take will forever hold it's own on it's own merits.
Thanks DiFabio and Snoop.
Beautifully put.
