 Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel gave Captain America : The First Avenger a positive review , saying , " Johnston has delivered a light , clever and deftly balanced adventure picture with real lump in the throat nostalgia , with Nazis – who make the best villains , and with loving references to Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark . ' " Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun @-@ Times remarked , " I enjoyed the movie . I appreciated the 1940s period settings and costumes , which were a break with the usual generic cityscapes . I admired the way that director Joe Johnston propelled the narrative . I got a sense of a broad story , rather than the impression of a series of sensational set pieces . If Marvel is wise , it will take this and Iron Man as its templates " . A. O. Scott of The New York Times declared it " pretty good fun " . 
