What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Captain America II: Death Too Soon - 1979

After being disappointed watching the first installment of this movie duo, I didn't have super high hopes. I did hold out a bit of hope, however, since Christopher Lee was in this. That man had an interesting life, and he was an actor I always enjoy watching.

In this super weird superhero movie, Captain America has to try and stop Christopher Lee from aging everyone. Lee is hiding at a penitentiary as acting warden and has a professor locked away creating a serum that ages people. He sends an angry baby puma to the president to prove that his formula works. In a few hours, the cat has grown, but it's still angry. Anyway, Captain America does some...stuff and saves the day.

This was probably more ridiculous than the first one, but much more tolerable to watch. The bigger questions came out in this one for sure. Why did the professor have an exploding lock on his door and no one cared? Why did he have to make an aging serum to create an antiaging serum? Why did Captain America break onto the dock in the middle of the day and beat up all the dock workers? Were they all working for Miguel (Christopher Lee)? Why did Captain America purposely Peter Pan off the dam (The Fugitive reference for the young ones) and splat his motorcycle at the bottom? And how did he get the bike back? WHO came up with the idea to attach a glider to the motorcycle and film it for 5 minutes straight?! 

The end was straight up brutal and hilarious, and I have no words for it. The whole movie was strange, but I enjoyed it enough to watch it again for laughs. I'm still wondering where Steve got the cat and where it went. The whole "line up outside the vet without any pets" plan was totally not suspicious, and I found it hilarious they had minions outside town who just sat there all day and logged who traveled over the bridge. Jeep posse! I'm giving it a Fun Movie! review, but it's not good, and it's definitely not for everyone. One final question: Why didn't anyone question the ethics of testing the antidote on the twins? 



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