Thursday Movie Picks: Fairs

 

For the 26th week of 2022 as part of Wandering Through the Shelves' Thursday Movie Picks. We go into the subject of fairs as it’s a place where people go to have some fun or to see something new happening. Here are my three picks as they all feature Chris Evans:

1. Cellular

An underrated thriller in which a young Chris Evans is working at a fair boardwalk in California has him getting a phone call from Kim Basinger who is taken hostage by Jason Statham over a ransom. Part of the film is set on the boardwalk in Santa Monica as there’s a lot going on with the climax set in a fair where Evans does what he can to outwit the bad guys with the help of William H. Macy while also trying to win over Jessica Biel.

2. Captain America: The First Avenger

The film that helped make Evans a superstar as well as one of the finest films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has Evans in the titular role. Yet, one of the film’s early scenes have him at an expo in Queens hosted by a young Howard Stark. It’s a small scene but it shows exactly the future of what a young Steve Rogers is embarking on as well as go to a room where he would meet the man who would change his fate but also would give him the chance to be of service and later become Captain America.

3. Playing It Cool

A film that is underrated as a rom-com that has Evan as a screenwriter trying to write a rom-com where he meets and falls for Michelle Monaghan as there is a scene of the two having some fun in a fair although she is engaged to Evans’ Fantastic Four co-star Ioan Gruffud. Who the hell would pick Reed Richards over Johnny Storm? It is a silly film but it is fun and has some hilarious moments including a scene of both Evans and Monaghan switching gender roles.

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