'Captain America' goes soft on #Hitler #movie #captainamerica

Of all movies, you'd certainly expect that Joe Johnston's "Captain America: The First Avenger,'' which I saw last night, would take a hard line against Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. The teaser poster above -- inspired by a famous comic-book cover that appeared eight months before America's entry into World War II -- practically promises it will out-do "Inglourious Basterds'' on this front.My trusted colleague Kyle Smith will be reviewing this megabucks franchise launcher,  which draws mostly yawns from early reviews in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Besides the exemplary period production design, which struck me most about the film is its, uh, interestingly nuanced view of Hitler and the Nazis.
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