Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Apr. 10th, 2014 12:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Fashionably late to the party! (what can I say, YOU try getting tickets to a box office smash movie in NYC on short notice *grumbles*)

It fucking ROCKED. CA: TWS is much more of a political espionage thriller than a superhero movie, and I think most little kids would be confused by it. It's also about as grimdark as the MCU movies have ever gotten, which is appropriate considering its pretty much about the collapse of SHIELD and everything Steve has thought he's known since the end of the first movie.
I cried during Steve's scene with Peggy. She's his "best girl"!
Natasha is pretty much the co-protagonist of the movie -- they could have legit called it Captain America & Black Widow -- and she's AWESOME. She's complicated and tricky and smart and even vulnerable. OMG when she's begging Nick Fury not to die on her... and she and Steve have a Moment at the end. Don't pretend you didn't see it. There was a Moment.
Interesting that Natasha and Steve call Tony "Stark" even between themselves.
Anthony Mackie as Sam is the perfect guy to have your back -- suffering from PTSD? He's got your back. Taking down the most evil organization in the world? He's got your back. Going on a wild chase for the most dangerous and emotionally unstable assassin alive? He's the man for the job. He's so goodhearted and affable that he almost single-handedly keeps the movie from being too grimdark. Also, I'm gonna be MRS. ANTHONY MACKIE one day, so all the rest of you thirsty bitches can get in line behind me.
Fury and Pierce were a little like the Roadrunner and Wiley Coyote -- every time one of them would spring a trap, the other would have a counter, and then there's a counter to the counter, and a counter for the counter's counter, and so on.
I don't know if it was the music or the way they lit him or what, but The Winter Soldier was freaking scary. I almost screamed when he appeared behind Natasha during the first confrontation with Cap & Crew. Sebastian Stan's not exactly a guy that you'd THINK would be so scary but yeah. The mercifully brief glimpses of his amputation and brain-washing are horrifying. Also we get to hear Bucky say a line in Russian. *fans self*
I was feeling it during the climax when Steve throws down the shield and refuses to fight Bucky any more. His duty is done. HYDRA is defeated. Innocent people have been saved. He's not going to put Bucky down like a rabid animal. That's NOT how Steve is going to let their story end. His belief in Bucky, in their friendship, that Bucky can be saved, is so touching. Can they just release the sequel already?

It fucking ROCKED. CA: TWS is much more of a political espionage thriller than a superhero movie, and I think most little kids would be confused by it. It's also about as grimdark as the MCU movies have ever gotten, which is appropriate considering its pretty much about the collapse of SHIELD and everything Steve has thought he's known since the end of the first movie.
I cried during Steve's scene with Peggy. She's his "best girl"!
Natasha is pretty much the co-protagonist of the movie -- they could have legit called it Captain America & Black Widow -- and she's AWESOME. She's complicated and tricky and smart and even vulnerable. OMG when she's begging Nick Fury not to die on her... and she and Steve have a Moment at the end. Don't pretend you didn't see it. There was a Moment.
Interesting that Natasha and Steve call Tony "Stark" even between themselves.
Anthony Mackie as Sam is the perfect guy to have your back -- suffering from PTSD? He's got your back. Taking down the most evil organization in the world? He's got your back. Going on a wild chase for the most dangerous and emotionally unstable assassin alive? He's the man for the job. He's so goodhearted and affable that he almost single-handedly keeps the movie from being too grimdark. Also, I'm gonna be MRS. ANTHONY MACKIE one day, so all the rest of you thirsty bitches can get in line behind me.
Fury and Pierce were a little like the Roadrunner and Wiley Coyote -- every time one of them would spring a trap, the other would have a counter, and then there's a counter to the counter, and a counter for the counter's counter, and so on.
I don't know if it was the music or the way they lit him or what, but The Winter Soldier was freaking scary. I almost screamed when he appeared behind Natasha during the first confrontation with Cap & Crew. Sebastian Stan's not exactly a guy that you'd THINK would be so scary but yeah. The mercifully brief glimpses of his amputation and brain-washing are horrifying. Also we get to hear Bucky say a line in Russian. *fans self*
I was feeling it during the climax when Steve throws down the shield and refuses to fight Bucky any more. His duty is done. HYDRA is defeated. Innocent people have been saved. He's not going to put Bucky down like a rabid animal. That's NOT how Steve is going to let their story end. His belief in Bucky, in their friendship, that Bucky can be saved, is so touching. Can they just release the sequel already?
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Date: 2014-04-10 06:08 pm (UTC)I saw it at Lincoln Center's IMAX, and while I dislike 3D, seeing all of it in giant IMAX (Steve's pecs!) was quite nice. NYC theaters are a pain.
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Date: 2014-04-11 01:14 am (UTC)Some credit has to go to the other actors as well for selling how scary the Winter Soldier is supposed to be. I mean, Sebastian Stan out of character looks like a weedy Brooklyn hipster. But watching Natasha, who will stand up to a god like it ain't no thang, running in terror from him helps convince the audience that he IS a threat, and a big one. Sebastian Stan's eyebrows did some impressive acting, as well.
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Date: 2014-04-10 07:41 pm (UTC)I think there are wires crossed in my brain because I interpret what should be scary as sexy. :p
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Date: 2014-04-14 11:46 am (UTC)BUT OMG NATASHA. QUEEN OF MY HEART. She was so amazing. <333
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Date: 2014-04-14 06:23 pm (UTC)And how about her being the only person other than Steve to give Winter Soldier a real fight? What a great scene that showcases Natasha's wiliness and skills! And how many people can say they've tangled with the Winter Soldier and got out alive, not once, but twice?
SAM. I would husband that flyboy. He's so good. I can't wait to see some little Falcons trick-or-treating this Halloween :)