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"At Mashable, our abiding love for comic book-based films \u2014 both good and bad \u2014 is no secret. And we're definitely looking forward to the forthcoming Captain America flick, which is set against a comics-meets-steampunk World War II backdrop.\nAs seen in the trailer, the film has some of the retro stylings of other comic-inspired offerings, such as X-Men: First Class, the latest installment of another popular Marvel-franchise-turned-film-series. But what's really interesting for many fans of the Captain America series is this film's special effects.\nFor one thing, star Chris Evans (who plays Captain America, a.k.a. Steve Rogers) is digitally manipulated to look quite underweight during the beginning of the film \u2014 underweight enough that he's not allowed to enlist in the armed forces to fight Hitler and the Nazis.\nBut the so-called weakling signs up for a secret, experimental government program that eventually turns him into the USDA-approved muscular mass that is \"super soldier\" Captain America. After training under one Colonel Chester Phillips (played by Tommy Lee Jones), all the rest is Nazi-killing and romancing an Andrews Sister lookalike with very red lipstick \u2014 that would be Peggy Carter, played by Hayley Atwell.\nCaptain America: The First Avenger is directed by Joe Johnston. The script was written by no less than four heavy-hitters: directing a script by David Self, who adapted the screenplay for Road to Perdition; Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who are together responsible for The Chronicles of Narnia films' scripts; and Joss Whedon, of Buffy and Firefly fame.\nThe film will be in theaters July 22. For the time being, check out the 13-page digital comic book that accompanies the film, have a gander at the trailer, and let us know your opinions in the comments.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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