I wrote the other day about my history with Captain America: Discovering the character when I was in elementary school and an older neighbor gave me some of his comics; admiring Cap and feeling some kinship to him because he fought in World War II, like my dad.

So the “Captain America” movie that came out Friday was kind of like seeing a comic book geek circle completed. Someone – everyone – else has rightly pointed out that the little kids we were back then certainly never expected to see the comic characters and stories we knew and loved turned into big-budget, big-time movies.

Seeing “Captain America” last night I found myself experiencing that same sense of disbelief. To see characters like Captain America, Bucky Barnes, the Red Skull, Dum Dum Dugan and (spoiler) Nick Fury on the big screen makes it seem as if the geeks have truly inherited the earth.

The movie’s a lot of fun. What happens after the end credits is even more fun.

Most fun of all, however, was watching the movie with my son. He’s not as big a comics fan as I was at his age. How can a modern-day kid possibly be, with other interests – video games, the Internet, his own phone for criminy sake – at hand? But he knows the characters and enjoyed the movie. And he enjoys the opportunity to tease me about my geeky interests.

I told him when I tucked him in last night that I never thought, when I was a little kid, that I would be taking my little kid to take to a Captain America movie.

“A little kid?” he responded. “I’m not a little kid.”