I agree with Excel.

I liked Thor 2 a lot and I think maybe because it was a lot different to every other SAVE THE PLANET EARTH MR SUPERHERO film...well, really only that Earth wasn't so prominent like all the other flicks.

When you have the Avengers already set up, it makes little to no sense not to contact them as the PLANET IN DANGER approaches. The stakes are close to zero. That logic needs to be addressed since Marvel has films planned up to 2028.

There's a lot more you can do with superheroes than the same old shtick.

I think Hemsworth has a lot more charisma than Evans.

Being real for a moment, speaking of "dramatic moments".

My theater was packed. The silent slow motion shot reveal of who the Winter Soldier is. I said, aloud, during my screening :

"...Are we supposed to know who that is?"

and most folks in the audience laughed.

I liked the film, but lets not go overboard. Avengers was game changer. Iron Man. Batman Begins. The Dark Knight was a cinematic revolution.

This is just a good movie.

Thor 2 is a piece of crap.

This is what I kept thinking about in this film and especially the last Thor movie. I mean, in that movie the villain was threatening to LITERALLY DESTROY THE UNIVERSE but hey, I guess Thor alone can handle that. How much higher can they raise the stakes in Avengers 2?

This was solid though.

1. The Avengers
2. Iron Man
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
4. Captain America: The First Avenger
5. Iron Man 3
6. Thor: The Dark World
7. Thor
8. Iron Man 2
n/s: THe Incredible Hulk

I'd put only Avengers above "solid," and only Iron Man 2 and maybe Thor below "somewhat solid".

At least Thor is a god. Captain America's power is that he is kind of strong.

Excel doesn't know who Captain America is.

does this mean agents of shield is cancelled

I haven't watched a minute of that show, and this is what I kept thinking throughout the final scenes.

I though that during Iron Man 3 actually.

But this is just what one has to accept, otherwise there would only be The Avengers films each year. There is no reason why they shouldn't be calling each other for help all the time, yet it simply won't happen in the films. I cann accept that.

However, where is Hawkeye?! He is actually a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. And would it have been so hard to at least have some of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. cast members appear for a moment, just to make it feel like a more complete universe?

Honestly, I've mostly forgotten the threat of that movie. I just remember Kingsley as the fake threat, Pearce as the real threat, and getting pretty bored during that final action sequence.

But yeah, the lack of any Hawkeye in these Phase 2 movies is weird. Maybe they worried that him showing up here would make it too much like Avengers 1.5 instead of Captain America 2? I'm happy Maria Hill showed up though - I don't know anything about her character as a person, but I love her presence.

I think Hawkeye not showing up may have more to do with the fact that Jeremy Renner isn't all that happy about his involvement with MCU at this point and less with them actually not eanting to have him. I could imagine them keeping hisappearances to the necessary minimum. Because otherwiese it is kind of ridiculpus that he is still by far the least-established character in MCU. Even Maria Hill is more established.

Me too. I imagine Marvel had once bigger plans for the character (hence the hinted backstory of him and Black Widow in The Avengers), but not anymore.

BTW, after The Winter Soldier I definitely want a standalone Black Widow film.

Agree on this, but Evans was so good on Cap 2, that makes me appreciate him a bit more than before

I would love a Black Widow movie. She could easily remain mysterious if given the James Bond treatment.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a competent, but unspectacular superhero action film, perfectly designed as a comfortable and safe franchise placeholder. There are agents of evil undermining S.H.I.E.L.D. from within. It falls to Captain America to save the day, even though the public and many of his colleagues briefly lose faith in his absolute sense of right and wrong (the fools!). Citywide destruction ensues, and there is a halfhearted bid to be topical by incorporating a heightened domestic spying program into the storyline. We know the drill. A mysterious (read: quietly dull) antagonist known as the Winter Soldier shows up a few times with his long hair and robotic arm, though it is never clear why the film itself is named after him because his presence is far from powerful. Overall, it is becoming harder and harder to anticipate new releases in the quote-unquote Marvel Cinematic Universe for a number of reasons, including a super-generic aesthetic (memorable shot compositions are as scarce here as they were in the most recent Thor film) and a general absence of, if you will, soul. The prior Captain America film, The First Avenger, is a notable exception; it is a period adventure with a playful spirit indebted to the Indiana Jones franchise. The follow-up is an inferior product and one far more routine. The best I can say for the film is it held my attention without inspiring my imagination or moving me.

C+

So


was the agent in Avengers playing Galaga hydra or shield?

"His tax history and YouTube viewing habits indicate he is not a Nazi. Blow him up in the name of order! Hail, HYDRA!"

I hate the fake laugh the theater erupts in when Stan Lee appears. This occurs before he makes a lame quip.

This was just alright. The direction is great and the acting is fine but I found the story to be awfully mediocre. I did enjoy the mid-credit scene.

Just give me Guardians of the Galaxy already.

I think you are missing a soul

It is a Pavolovian response on their part and he did not create Captain America.

+1

I liked it. The Russos can, to my surprise, stage a killer action set piece. I was also pleased that, although there was too much place setting for other Marvel stuff/crap, it found time to be a proper sequel to Captain America.

However, they needed to spend more time establishing The Winter Solider if they expected anybody to get jacked about CA3 at this stage. And they could have easily cut at least 10 minutes of Robert Redford monologuing in large office rooms to do it.

The Winter Soldier reminded me of the Ryan Reynolds incarnation of Deadpool. Not a compliment.