It might be a bit unfair to call Captain America: The First Avenger bland, but heading into seeing the film, I can't imagine it being pretty. With a man like Joe Johnston at the helm, how can it be? Some say that he's a successful genre director, but I just prefer to say that he's awful. That's the simple and truthful way of putting it. Even at his least gruesome, the word schlocky comes to mind to describe his work. While I have faith in the cast of the film to bring some life to it, it's already looking like something of a dead affair. I'd write it off entirely if it weren't so likely to bring in money this weekend.
Of course it is going to have to fend off the sophomore weekend of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, whose income continues to be just as colossal as its name. Winnie the Pooh failed to make a dent in as the only other new competitor, and with Captain America also in the market this week, one wonders if Friends with Benefits will attract enough of a crowd. I won't be seeing it until Monday, but since it's the only comedy to crop up since Horrible Bosses I imagine it faring well enough. It's a light counterbalance to the depression of Potter and America.
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