I ran in to a Turkish gentleman recently who was almost the spitting image of Brad. I like to think somewhere on the internet he's reviewing all the films Brad likes as the Turkish Cinema Snob. Perhaps Deja View will find it someday...
+Rhys Causon It's probably a missunderstanding, I always thought it odd for the Snob and Kung Tai Ted never to be at the same place, until their big fight.
I Love this movie . I discovered it when Marvel released the official comic book adaption in 1990, i bought the comic . Went to the local video store the same day and found the movie . I was 10 , great times . Despite its flaws here and there , the movie had a lot of heart , was well cast and well shot . It doesn't come off as campy at all either . It has a really good serious tone through out the whole thing . It looked gritty in some parts too , which is awesome . Also Red Skulls make up was practical and well done . They did try, and cared about the movie they were making and it showed . Sure it could of been better but this was still a good first attempt at a serious Captain America movie . Good stuff . I'm definitely gonna track down the 2 hour directors cut , i'd love to see it . This review was hilarious though . I laughed my ass off .
Yeah, it’s definitely better than that unreleased Fantastic Four film, and the ‘70s Captain America TV movies. Plus it’s cool that legendary author JD Salinger’s son Matt played Captain America.
I'm picking up on the Menahem Golan style now. Significantly cheaper than a theatrical film, but too expensive to be hid under the radar. They all basically look like Mac and Me.
+Sambou Jaiteh Pretty much. If you look at their filmography you'd be shocked to see how many C+ to B+ named actors there was in their films. Stallone being the rare A list at the time.
I remember watching this when I was a stupid kid and loving it. I found my old copy some years ago and watched it, and I was so underwhelmed. It's amazing how, as a kid, you can convince yourself something's good just because you REALLY REALLY REALLY want it to be.
Hard to believe this was made the year AFTER Batman. This would have still been terrible before that, but it is just embarrassing to think that they believed this would be a blockbuster.
Sorry, I know this is a 4 year old comment and there isn't much point to answer, but I feel some context is important. For one, Batman had 3 times the budget this one had. Two, this one was released as a direct to video and TV movie getting a theatre release in only a few countries. So we're not talking the same project scale.
+Tareltonlives Indeed. I wasn't able to follow on Brad since my house has no internet 'til the end of this month but it's fine to see him doing fine even though I didn't know he had a head injury. Hope he's feeling better cuz that's more important than waiting for another episode of The Snob. :)
+Kingssoldier It was a simpler time when all comic book nerds, regardless of their affiliations, could get together and talk about their favorite comics and characters without starting a flame war.
I still remember asking my mom to buy this movie for me. Funny enough, I don't remember too much from where I was a little kid. This masterpiece must have left an impression.
I was just giving a thumbs up when I noticed the likes, there was zero dislikes and as I reloaded the page there it was, one dislike. I was thinking that maybe sometimes people just get a thumbs down to be that one person just because they have that chance...not to say it isn't difference of artistic opinion or otherwise
I can tell you Brad, that this film was conceived at Cannon with Michael Winner directing and also took the writing choices with a tv British writer Stan Hey, which I have a hard copy of the script and it's bloody awful but the WW2 stuff is really good, but the later parts are just horrid, and I remembered Lawrence J. Block (whose story credit is in the film) wrote a script, not perfect but Red Skull was pretty much good menace tone to the script, and I remembered Marlon Brando was going to be the red skull in Winner's version but Winner admitted not talking to him about the project, and Stephen Tolkin wrote a script for John Stockwell to direct, but it wasn't made until this was made with Tolkin's script. Tolkin recalled his experiences of watching the film where it was not a good experience, and he was comatose after the film was finished where several of his friends had to carry him psychically to a sushi bar and pour Sake down his throat in order to revive him.
After doing some research (aka looking at Google Maps), I have determined that Captain America flew over the White House heading south. How the hell did he end up in Alaska?!
I was kind of hoping we'd be talking about Reb Brown as Captain America, but this movie is RIFE with comedic potential. Glad to see you're back on your feet.
I remember seeing a poster for this at my local theater in 1989. I was either seeing Last Crusade or Bill and Ted. I'd wondered why it never came out. I didn't know until a few years ago that it became a direct to video movie.
Look, Brad, I know the movies are bad but there has to be a better way to deal with it than beating your head against a pylon. We need your humor so stop hurting yourself! Plus, a lot of us have really come to care for you as a person and we want you not to be in danger or pain.
Hi, Im Matt Salinger, son of JD Salinger, one if the greatest American novelists if the 20th century. Director: Welcome sir, i remember reading Catcher in the Rye in high school. MS: So, my agent didnt give me too many details. What was the name of this movie again? Director: Oh ok. Its called Revenge of the Nerds
+TySchnydes 23 Send Chick an episode of the snob and I'm sure we'll see the snob on a tract! "These dern cinema snobs are makin our kids eat poop, watch terrible evil movies, and travel into the jungle to commit cannibalism!"
I also had a head injury that caused memory loss, I don't remember how it happened, or if it caused memory loss, he should be careful though, you should have told him that head injuries can cause memory loss, have you ever had a head injury??? I've heard they can cause memory loss, what am I doing??? Why am I typing???.......I think Brad had a head injury, he should be careful those can cause memory loss......did I mention I had a head injury??? I think its given me memory loss.......
True story Brad, when I was a kid, in the 90's, me and my Parents would go up to Base for our Grocery shopping. Sometimes we'd stop at this local "Food Mart" just for the hell of it, and they used to have a shelf of all these movies on VHS. My Dad rented it and I watched it. For the time I thought the movie was pretty good. But after watching some reviews, clips, and among others, I can see how cheesy this movie really is. I will say it at least tried to follow the comics very well, for the first half but then it all goes downhill when he gets frozen after his first fight with the Red Skull. Not mention rushing his adventures in WW2 was completely stupid, his early adventures were in WW2. Also they completely butchered the Red Skull by making him an Italian stereotype. And this was before Spider-Man 3 butchered Sandman by making him a wussy struggling Dad with a dying daughter. Seeing movies like this makes me appreciate how far we came when it came to comic book movies. We now have movies like "Iron Man", "The Avengers", "Captain America:The Winter Soldier", "Guardians of the Galaxy", and this year's "Captain America:Civil War". And we got more on the way. Good episode man. :)
First, I just want you to know how relieved I am that you're doing better Brad... Second, loved the review, as always. I missed my weekly Cinema Snob very much... The "1990" Captain America movie looks less like a superhero movie, and more like something a bunch of people made because they were bored and had nothing better to do. Although, Ronny Cox does look like he might have some life to give to this crap. He's always fun to watch... Also, I can't wait for the next Friday the 13th review... Unlikable teenage characters, telekinetic powers, horrible psychologists, and Kane Hodder's first time under the mask... Yahoo! P.S... As much as I enjoyed this review, I still insist that you review the Reb Brown Captain America movies. I really think they'd make for some great episodes!
