Joe Johnston to Direct Captain America!

[fighthefutureofhd]

i like the rocketeer and october sky, but jurassic park III sucked big time and that alone is enough to have this director flogged. i'm looking forward to this movie, but i'm just a little unsure about the directing choice. he did a great job with the rocketeer, but on the other hand he stunk up the room with jurassic park III. we'll have to wait and see how this one goes. it could end up being another incredible hulk, which i wouldn't like for ole cap.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

i like the rocketeer and october sky, but jurassic park III sucked big time and that alone is enough to have this director flogged. i'm looking forward to this movie, but i'm just a little unsure about the directing choice. he did a great job with the rocketeer, but on the other hand he stunk up the room with jurassic park III. we'll have to wait and see how this one goes. it could end up being another incredible hulk, which i wouldn't like for ole cap.

You were in the minority.

[fighthefutureofhd]

i wouldn't say that. the incredible hulk didn't seem to grab much of an audience. i think a lot of people said meh to the incredible hulk, which is why it had an underperforming summer box office. now i will agree you that i am in the minority when it comes to i want to believe. as far as the incredible hulk goes, i thought it was decent, but not one of the best comic book movies made. i put it up there with daredevil, fantastic four, and the punisher.

i really like captain amercia though and wish not to see his movie be just decent. i really wish that marvel would take the same care to captain america that they took with iron man. i will say though that even marvel's lackluster comic book movies are far better than dc's. dc comics only has two good to excellent (depending on who you ask) comic book movie franchises. they mostly suck.

[owa]

According to wiki, it has made $262,068,673 and that doesn't seem too bad to me. Up to Nov. 2008...As of November 2008, the film has grossed $313.4 million in worldwide box office and North American DVD sales.[2] That seems decent as well.

[Teabaggins]

I'm just glad they aren't messing with his origin story...so far

[fighthefutureofhd]

Originally Posted by owa

According to wiki, it has made $262,068,673 and that doesn't seem too bad to me. Up to Nov. 2008...As of November 2008, the film has grossed $313.4 million in worldwide box office and North American DVD sales.[2] That seems decent as well.

those are very respectable numbers, but during the summer here in the states it didn't fare that well. it made a little over what the first one made. it's not all about box office success in terms of a movie being good and all. but it certainly can indicate whether the public was interested or not. i don't think captain america should be second tier like a lot of other comic book movies. he deserves to be as big as superman, batman, spiderman, iron man, and the x-men.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

i like the rocketeer and october sky, but jurassic park III sucked big time and that alone is enough to have this director flogged. i'm looking forward to this movie, but i'm just a little unsure about the directing choice. he did a great job with the rocketeer, but on the other hand he stunk up the room with jurassic park III. we'll have to wait and see how this one goes. it could end up being another incredible hulk, which i wouldn't like for ole cap.

The problem with Jurassic Park III was that Joe Johnston began shooting the movie while the script was incomplete. They were literally rewriting some scenes on a daily basis on the set.

Not the worst movie, but certainly the weakest of the JP trilogy.

[Blu Man]

Sweet, this movie will be kick ass. The Avenger movie it self will be even better. Thanks for posting

[DR BLU NEO]

I don't have a good feeling about Captain America. I feel the odds are against Captain America being commercially successful. I can't see how you're going to make Captain America interesting enough for an hour and half movie all by himself. I think he'll make a good supporting role in the Avengers movie. It's like having Cyclops of the xmen having his own movie. He is best as supporting role in X-men movies, but by himself in his own movie. I don't think so.

I believe not all the characters in the marvel universe can have their own movie.

[GORT]

Originally Posted by DR BLU NEO

I don't have a good feeling about Captain America. I feel the odds are against Captain America being commercially successful. I can't see how you're going to make Captain America interesting enough for an hour and half movie all by himself. I think he'll make a good supporting role in the Avengers movie. It's like having Cyclops of the xmen having his own movie. He is best as supporting role in X-men movies, but by himself in his own movie. I don't think so.

I believe not all the characters in the marvel universe can have their own movie.

Useing that logic Ironman should have never been made and we all know how that turned out. Ironman showed that with a great script,cast and director any comic book hero can be a good bet

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by GORT

Useing that logic Ironman should have never been made and we all know how that turned out. Ironman showed that with a great script,cast and director any comic book hero can be a good bet

And to tie that all in:
The earlier non-Marvel producers originally wanted Elf/Zathura director Jon Favreau to do a "tongue-in-cheek" version of Cap, just in case the Fantastic Four thing went over--
Favreau wasn't happy about it, but turns out he was an Iron Man fan, and when he heard that Joss Whedon had turned down that project and it needed a new director...

(It's been the formula all the way back to Spidey, X-Men 1, and Daredevil:
The only...ONLY way a comic project can survive, is if you harness the Power of Geekdom, to keep everything serious and intact....Stan called them "True Believers" for a reason.)

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Banjo

The problem with Jurassic Park III was that Joe Johnston began shooting the movie while the script was incomplete. They were literally rewriting some scenes on a daily basis on the set.

Not the worst movie, but certainly the weakest of the JP trilogy.

Like Indy IV, that's the problem of having a title for years without a script--
After a while, you just give up, throw a few tossed-out scraps together and improvise.

(So, what were some of the abandoned JP3 ideas in pre-script?...I only remember the "After the next Ice Age" one.)