Captain America: The First Avenger

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios last venture together comes in the form the Captain America: The First Avenger, Disney has since bought Marvel along with the rights to the other Avenger films. The film is set during World War Two after the USA has joined forces with the allies to fight against the Nazis. Chris Evans plays the title hero but when we are first introduced to him, he is simply known as Steve Rogers. He is a skinny, short but very persistent, brave man; who longs to fight for his country. This sparks the attention of Scientist, Dr. Erskine (Stanley Tucci) who enlists Steve in a secret squad of the US Army to become apart of his experiment to create the ultimate soldier. One thrilling transformation scene later, Steve is turned from super dork to super hero.
The action takes an unexpected, yet welcome side step, as Captain America becomes the face of the war and is used as propaganda for the US Army to gain more war bonds.
But soon Captain America is forced to use his abilities against one particular Nazi leader, Johan Schmidt also known as Red Skull (played amazingly by Hugo Weaving) who is trying to succeed Hitler by destroying the world with science and his belief of Teutonic legends.
Love interest is in the form of British Agent Peggy, played by the beautiful and charming Hayley Atwel, who gives a solid performance for what is an undeveloped character. The main issue is the fact that her role as joint collaborator with the US Army is never explained, making her an awkward tag along. Tommy Lee Jones shows up as Colonel Chester Phillip, giving the audience the best timed performance and the most witty lines out of the entire cast. Iron Man's grandfather takes a supporting role as Scientist Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) to further tie the Avenger franchise together.
One of the highlights of the film is the 1940's set design and costumes which are brought perfectly to life.
This film actually succeeds, where so many fail,  in using the 3D element and I would recommend paying the extra to view the third dimension. 
Where the film fails is the fact that it downplays and glazes over the emotional parts. It doesn't properly set-up or reward the audience with any sort of credible emotion but instead rushes through it. I think it is more a timing issue opposed to anything else, as there is some nicely revisited dialogue at the end climax but there is no time to feel the emotional impact of these words along with the action.
One major annoyance I had with the film is the very opening scene that places us in a time and location that plainly gives away the conclusion of the film.  Without the inclusion of this first scene the ending might have been a welcome twist opposed to something that was setup far to obvious. One thing the film lacks, is the wit of Iron Man. Chris Evans is no Robert Downey Jr. And while Chris does play the hero adequately, he is rather bland, even more so when the supporting actors out shine his performance.
The film could be a lot worse. It could be Thor. But fortunately it is a very fun, action packed film which explores an era that is rarely looked upon in the super hero world.