The new trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger was screened at the Los Angeles Times‘ “Hero Complex Film Festival” on Sunday, and while we will have to wait a bit for it to come online (we’re hearing next week), there are some descriptions already of what we can expect. First up, here is the rundown from Newsarama:
Its a much more linear trailer than past Cap footage, starting off with a skinny Steve Rogers in a car with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), interspersed with footage of him courageously getting beaten up by neighborhood toughs in an alley. The military scenes show him herorically jumping on an (inactive) grenade during a drill, with Colonel Chester Phillips played by Tommy Lee Jones remarking Hes still skinny.
Things move to Steve undergoing the Super-Soldier treatment, with Stanley Tuccis Abraham Erskine telling him to not lose sight of being a good man first. Steve: Is it too late to go to the bathroom? Quick action shots follow, including Steve getting the Cap costume (voiceover: Youre going to get so many chicks with that), Captain America on a motorcycle and a brief shot of Sebastian Stan as Bucky.
The trailer also provides a direct introduction of Red Skull; naming him Johann Schmidt, the head of Hydra, with shots of him both as the Red Skull and in his less ghoulish cover with, yknow, Hugo Weavings face. The end of the trailer is the same as the TV spot released last week Red Skull asking Captain America who he thinks he is, and Cap responding that hes just a kid from Brooklyn.
And Ain’t It Cool News also posted their thoughts:
The new trailer focused on the character of Steve Rogers, particularly the spirit of scrawny Steve desperate to sign up, feeling like its his duty and hes letting his country down by not getting in.
The best new addition is a scene that happens between Tommy Lee Jones Col. Philips and Stanley Tuccis Dr. Erskine on the grounds of their training camp. Jones says, When you let a 90 pound athsmatic onto my base, I let it slide to which Tucci replies, I am looking for qualities beyond the physical. A few shots of skinny Steve trying his damnedest through obstacle courses play over this dialogue.
Then Jones grabs a grenade and says, You win wars with guts, before pulling the pin and throwing it at the ground of the recruits. The big, tough guys scatter to the four winds, but Steve Rogers jumps on top of it, sure hes about to be blown to pieces, but wanting to protect his fellow soldiers.
After a tense few seconds nothing happens and Rogers uncurls himself on the ground. Is this a test? he asks. Tucci smiles and Jones looks surprised for a beat, then turns to Tucci and says, Hes still skinny.
As Erskine prepares Rogers to receive the serum, he warns him not to let it change the man he is; not just a soldier, but a good man.
Post-serum injection, Hayley Atwells Peggy Carter tells us a little about Hydra, calling it the Nazi deep science division.
The rest of the trailer plays out more in quick cuts, with small moments between Chris Evans and Dominic Coopers Howard Stark (Evans has some ideas about the uniform, apparently), some voice-over of Hugo Weavings Red Skull saying We are very much alike, Tommy Lee Jones promoting Evans, a badass shot of Cap and The Howling Commandos running along the top of a moving train in snowy mountains, some Hydra tech, Peggy Carter blasting down a hallway with a machine gun, Cap throwing his shied at camera and a little moment of Skull asking Cap What makes you so special? He replies, Nothin. Im just a kid from Brooklyn.
Stay tuned for when the trailer comes online!
