Captain America: The Winter Solider

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

No it isn't! Captain America was around even before George Lucas was even born!!!!! Get you sh!t straight man!

Yes, he was. But i was talking about Winter Soldier story, i think that came somewhere around 2003.

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by Redeemer

To those who have seen the movie how is it compared to other comic book movies. Better than Avengers??? Give me a letter grade at the very least??

I admire The Avengers for juggling star characters, and fantastic dialogue. But, as far as the actual story, I didn't think it's anything special. Loki hires an army of thingamajigs not worth exploring, and wants to take over the world. Whee...

Winter Soldier follows a team, and has an amazing plot. An amazing plot. The action sequences are more exciting than anything in the franchise. It's as well directed as it is well written.

Honestly, it may be my favorite superhero movie. Just, go see it now before someone spoils it.

[JetsAndHeels]

Superman has always been my favorite hero and I have always leaned more toward DC just because of it.

Having said that, Marvel is knocking it out of the park, and this film just set the bar even higher. I have never been a big fan of Captain America but this movie has changed my mind about him.When you add in all the other characters you get a great recipe for a solid film.

I have to hand it to Robert Redford also. Guy did a great job as Alexander Pierce.

I want to see this movie again.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by JetsAndHeels

Having said that, Marvel is knocking it out of the park, and this film just set the bar even higher..

Not really. It's a good film, but I watched it again the other night and..I don't know, I just again feel people are overrating it. Then again, I find most Marvel films don't actually hold up on repeat viewings.

[JetsAndHeels]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Not really. It's a good film, but I watched it again the other night and..I don't know, I just again feel people are overrating it. Then again, I find most Marvel films don't actually hold up on repeat viewings.

I didn't mention this in my previous post, but I did not like the first Captain America film. I think this new one is leaps and bounds ahead of it.

I feel Marvel has the formula down. Introduce characters, have sequels, then put them together (Avengers). DC needs to learn this lesson.

[chrisdude]

I've always felt like the Avengers series was pretty good. I'd always watch them to see what happens, but I'd never even bought any of them. I get why some people think the Avengers movies are mediocre. I think the X-Men, Superman, and Batman have had much more interesting stories for their films. Even The Avengers, in my opinion, is more of an impressive feat to have pulled off than it is a great movie.

But now, I agree that Captain America: The Winter Soldier has raised the bar for the whole franchise. I think we'll continue to see strong box office numbers, because the word of mouth will be fantastic.

[AT-Man]

Daaaaaaamn!! Have you people watched Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? The new episode just blew my mind!

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Turo602

I stayed. It should be common knowledge to stay after film credits with a lot of movies these days, especially when it comes to these particular movies. I hate it when people are so thirsty to leave the movie theater that they get up so quickly and stand around like idiots when something happens during the credits. As for the after credits scene, their loss I guess.

Originally Posted by Zulithe

if it is a marvel film you 100% stay, period it's to the point now that if they did not show a mid-credits or post-credits scene I think people would riot

Lol, rofl! Well you convinced me!

I'm goin Sunday

[ProactiveMan]

I really like this movie. I like the balance they have struck with the Captain America character; serious without being corny, and that they haven't turned him into a 5000 rpm witticism machine.

Spoiler:

Do you think the line about learning to steal cars in Nazi Germany was a reference to the 1990 Captain America? Check it out if you haven't seen it; it's very, very, very... bad.

[JakeSully]

Loved it, i saw it 3 times and it surpassed the first one even if it missed the nostalgia of the first film

[TheCanadiandrome]

loved the hell out of it! going again Saturday

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

Yes, he was. But i was talking about Winter Soldier story, i think that came somewhere around 2003.

Actually, Winter Soldier as a character (and his real identity) has been around MUCH longer than that. He was re-introduced (after having spent quite a few years not doing much, apparently) around that time, mainly as part of the build-up to the eventual Civil War story arc in Marvel. The kicker is what he is doing NOW..... (I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the movie, as it ties into his ID and the conflict in the movie, but let's just say that he has found his true calling in terms of what he was supposedly created to be by the Soviets....) But he's been around in the comics since at least the 80's, IIRC.

[JoshDA7X]

For me, I went into this with low expectations after the first Cap film was sadly boring and didn't really interest me, I tried to sit through it about 5 times before I got to the end. I also felt it was far too 'America!!' (I am aware it was and is intentional for Cap) for my liking. He was also the weakest (AGAIN IMO) character in the Avengers Assesmble. But... I absolutely 100% loved this movie! I honestly cannot think of one bad thing about it! I loved it that much that it made me want to rewatch the first one, so I did and enjoyed it much more!
Roll on Avengers 2!

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

I loved this movie! This was so much better than the last 2 Marvel films.

It's nice to see them back on track.

[ObiWanFan4life]

I loved it. Saw it again yesterday and I noticed little things that I didn't before, like the notepad.

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

Originally Posted by AT-Man

Daaaaaaamn!! Have you people watched Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? The new episode just blew my mind!

Yeah, the Winter Soldier tie-in was great! It's amazing how they've been building up to a lot of this the whole time, when we initially thought it was just going to be 'villain of the week'. Looks like they're finally showing us what they're really capable of.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by AT-Man

Daaaaaaamn!! Have you people watched Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? The new episode just blew my mind!

yeah it's been awesome thus far

[ZariusTwo]

...Are you kidding? There was a period where Agents of SHIELD was abysmal telly. It's slightly better NOW but those early episodes are unwatchable.

[DonnyMac]

I gave up on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. after a couple episodes. It was too hard to watch, everything felt forced, the humor, the drama. I just couldn't get into it. I have heard it has gotten better as its gone on, so ill give it another shot when the season is out on DVD. I'm not gonna buy it, but I know my brother in law will, so I'll borrow it from him

[CyberCubed]

Just saw the movie, action scenes were superb and it felt like a good spy thriller/superhero movie/action film/James Bond/Mission Impossible-type movie all rolled into one.

I was wondering what the point of that random black guy at the beginning of the movie was who went jogging with Cap, I had no idea Falcon was in this movie. I was glad to see him, I'm surprised with Nick Fury in the movie they had Falcon in it as well though.

Natasha was nice but her face seemed "off" in this movie compared to the Avengers. Did the actress get plastic surgery between the two films? She really didn't look the same.