Film 346/365, Day 358/365 – Captain America: The First Avenger

Good action, plenty of cheese and an average story line.  Not since the first Spiderman film have we had a comic book superhero film with a complete story.  All of them appear to be building up to something else, which is fine, but I would like to see a complete story in one sitting every once and a while.

Synopsis:  Steve Rogers is so desperate to serve his country in the Second World War that he agrees to take part in an experimental procedure to become the first super soldier.  The Hydra organisation are determined to make sure that it doesn’t happen.

Film 339/365, Day 352/365 – Burlesque

Slick, sexy and funny, which ironically is exactly what you’d expect from a Burlesque show.  The story is nothing new, it’s been done a million times in a million different ways, but with this one it centres around sexy girls dancing and singing in lingerie... and who doesn’t like that?  My biggest criticism is the underuse of Alan Cumming who is hilarious and deserved more screen time.

Synopsis:  Small town girl Ali has dreams of being a star but isn’t getting anywhere so she decides to go to Los Angeles and make her dreams come true.  After stumbling across a Burlesque club she decides that that is what she wants to do and goes about making it happen.