I honestly don’t know if it’s because I’m just hyped
up on half of a large Coke slushy, but I feel like the awesomeness level of
this movie was just amplified by fifty. I just need to say that Captain America:
The Winter Soldier pretty much made my day way cooler that it already was.
Name:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Release
Date: April 4, 2014
Directors:
Anthony
Russo, Joe Russo
Producer:
Kevin Feige
Studio:
Marvel Studios
Summary
After the events in the Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka
Captain America lives a somewhat quiet life in Washington D.C. and slowly
adjusts to modern life. But as a new emerges, Steve, S.H.E.I.L.D, and the
world, are caught up in an intricate web of secrets that needs to be uncovered.
Captain America must team up with Black Widow and a new friend to expose the
evil, and all the while, try to not be killed by a powerful assassin.
My Thoughts
I was very happy with the characters, especially
since Black Widow got way more fight scenes as opposed to the Avengers. It
really proves that women can kick just as much butt as men do and still have
time to make a snarky comment. Personally, with all of the publicity Scarlett
Johansson got between the Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, she
should get her own movie. I mean, I think Hollywood is way overdue for a
superheroin movie and a Black Widow movie will be their best bet. Here’s an
idea, make one about her back story. That’ll definitely fill in some unanswered
questions I have about her.
But butt-kicking female aside, I was thoroughly
impressed with Captain America, Falcon, and Nick Fury. The Captain did his job
and yet again saved the mass of people, one muscular punch at a time. Falcon
made me want to grab a pair of mechanical wings, do away with my irrational fear
of heights, and glide effortlessly in the sky while dodging the millions of
raining bullets trying to bring me to my demise. And to be honest, it wasn’t
really Nicky Fury himself that made me go “OHHHHHH!!!!!!” (Though he did have
his moments), it was his car that I loved so much. I won’t give away to much
detail about it, but I will say that the roads will become a much safer place.
Well…minus the guns.
The plot was well written, but to the dismay of some
hardcore “must be exactly like the comic” fans, it doesn’t really follow the
comic, though it does pull certain elements from it. Take the Winter Soldier’s
costume for example. It’s pretty much the exact same as from the comic. I really
liked the overall story of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. There’s just
something about how Marvel Studios does the Captain America movies that just
really hit home for me. Not saying that their other work isn’t good, I just find
that the Captain America movies have more of a “story”. I mean, all of the
movies have a well developed story, I just feel like it makes me care less
about (debatably) hunky, muscular good guys fighting (also debatably) hunky,
not so muscular bad guys. But that’s just my opinion.
When I woke up this morning (or more like
afternoon), I wasn’t expecting to go watch Captain America: The Winter Soldier,
but I’m not complaining. I enjoyed the movie a lot. The plot, the characters,
the soundtrack, the fighting, they all combined to create a totally butt
kicking film. And there is one element that I just really made me totally freak
out about. (WARNING: I’m pretty sure this counts as a spoiler) After the
credits, let’s just say some surviving bad guys begin devising a new evil plan and
they mention having to “use the twins”. Once the camera pans over, we see two separate
children, both in their own separate rooms. One child, a boy, is frantically
speeding around the room and the other child, a girl, is using telekinesis to
make what looked like blocks fly around. Eventually, the movie ends with the
camera on the girl sending out a surge of energy and the screen saying that “Captain
America will return in the Age of Ultron” . My point? Well, those wonderful twins were Scarlet Witch
and Quicksilver!!! But the Quicksilver in the Avengers: Age of Ultron isn’t going
to be played by Evan Peters (who plays Quicksilver in the new X-men: Days of
Future Past). Even though the Avengers and the X-men are both a part of the
same universe, it doesn’t seem like they are. Which if it continues on like
this, I’m afraid I won’t get to see my Avengers verses X-men movie. Nevertheless,
my excitement level is still on overdrive due to the fact that Scarlet Witch is
going to be in the new Avengers movie. The only downside is that I have to wait
until next year to see it. Oh well, in the meantime I can occupy myself with
watching the new Godzilla and Guardians of the Galaxy.
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| My reaction to 3/4 of the movie |
Rating
8.5/10
