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'Captain America' keeps full name in most of world (AP)Source: AP Wed Jul 06, 2011, 5:50 am EDT

LOS ANGELES - Captain America will keep its patriotic full title in most of the world when the superhero adventure hits the big-screen.

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios gave distributors around the world the option of shortening the title of "Captain America: The First Avenger" to simply "The First Avenger," out of concern about anti-American sentiment.

But the only countries that took them up on it were Russia, Ukraine and South Korea.

In other territories, the movie will go out with the full title, a sign that the brand value of the Marvel Comics hero trumps any potential anti-U.S. feelings in some parts of the world.

Movie titles often are changed in foreign countries for cultural reasons or because the original names don't translate well. In French-speaking countries, "The Hangover" and its sequel were titled "Very Bad Trip."

Starring Chris Evans as the patriotic super-soldier, "Captain America" opens in U.S. theaters July 22. http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies....pphu-post-form

It sickens me to think that the South Koreans are so Anti-American, considering that we've fought and have died for their freedom. Four tours on the ROK, and yeah, I'm kinda pissed......

[Promalada]

South Korea isn't a subject I'm too familiar with.

But from what I understand, they've been getting a lot of pressure from the American government about their unruly neighbors to the North. America plans for the two countries to eventually reunify. But this is the last thing the South wants, because it would trash their economy (A good equivalent would be the berlin wall, West Germany went down the toilet when they reunified with the economically backward East.)

That's just a guess to explain it on my part.

[advabHixavoip]

Joe, if you've ever done time on the ROK, you'll know why I'm so upset....it doesn't have so much to do with politics, but more so with their pride. The South Koreans want to be reunified, however they think it will be all peaceful and lovey-dovey, when in reality it will be more like South DPRK....

[Plulpangepler]

Hate to break it to you...But most of the World is very tired of the USA sticking its nose where it doesn't belong (not that ROK is one) I say we just stop all foreign aid and being big brother for about 5 years.

[angeldimmon]

I'm guessing that like most american films which are exported to the rest of the world, this one will be dubbed over in whatever the native language happens to be. Why would a character named "Captain America" go around saving the world while speaking Korean? Just seems like common sense to me.

[Thorwaywhobia]

Joe, if you've ever done time on the ROK, you'll know why I'm so upset....it doesn't have so much to do with politics, but more so with their pride. The South Koreans want to be reunified, however they think it will be all peaceful and lovey-dovey, when in reality it will be more like South DPRK....

The need to realize that without America, they'd be speaking Korean right now.

[spacecrafty]

The need to realize that without America, they'd be speaking Korean right now.

Ok, thats original. +1