Lindsay Wilson (Sheiob)

Dreamscape has some interesting ideas... shortof. The film is a bit like a dream itself. While you're in it, things make sense and you don't notice all the gaping holes in everything. But once you wake up, it's clear something was amiss. Except in this case, the holes are hard to miss even half asleep. Quaid, Sydow, and Plummer give it the college try, but the plot is severely underthought and a juvenile work of filmmaking.

Captain America is an entertaining, though ultimately incomplete, narrative. Chris Evans carries off the larger than life pro-America superhero well, Hugh Weaving is a convincing villain, and Tommy Lee is, well, Tommy Lee as you would expect him. And, for those that know him, I loved all two minutes of Richard Armitage. The special effects are on par with the other Marvel movies, the pacing is nicely handled for the two hour runtime, and the small bouts of humor nicely placed. Yet despite all its positives, the movie is nothing but a layover for bigger and better films. And the filmmakers have no qualms about letting you know it. From the very start, you know where the story is ultimately heading, so it's hard to truly stay engaged with the present events. As a standalone film, Captain America is good but perhaps not great. As a part of the series, it doesn't disappoint.