I think they've done all right, although I'm sure I'll always have quibbles with any screen translation of a costume (just as we all have favorite artist renditions of those costumes in the comics.)

I don't really object to the idea of shoulder pads on Cap, but I do dislike that they look like modern motorcross padding. Perhaps it was an opportunity to explore a design element you bring up next without doing the full suit that way?





Have they gone for a Batman-style rubber suit? I know the concept art of the design appeared to look like that, but in all honesty I wouldn't mind him having pants and a cloth coat like the stuntman (just perhaps a bit better fitting.) However, I too could have been happy with a scale-mail look. I wonder how far they explored that concept in the costume design phase.





I'm happy to see the wings too, but I'd much prefer them being physical. I can't help but think that had Batman not been adapted so many times since Adam West first donned the tights, even he would have lost his pointy ears in the name of "realism". As it was, they labored to explain every bit of his costume in Batman Begins to the point where I would have applauded had Alfred asked the purpose of some element and Bruce Wayne answered "I just like the look."

In any event, I think Cap's wings would work just as well as Batman's ears. People accept them because that's what Batman looks like.





I'm glad that at least the straps making up the stripes on his torso are at least red.


And I need one of those Hydra cars myself. And a driver, because I'm definitely riding in the back seat with the top down.