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Marvel Monday: Captain America- The Winter Soldier

Okay back with another Captain America Review! I know I did the Civil War Review before I actually started Marvel Monday... so idk if you saw that review or not... but I'll link it right here and hopefully you guys will check it out and like it. I loved Civil War and I thought the clear side to be on was Team Captain America... and I think this movie just kind of strengthened that belief for me... which is why I'm happy I'm watching the Marvel Movies out of order... just because at this point when soooo many Marvel movies have been released... I feel like it almost works better watching it as a Prequel than anything else.

So anyway... I feel like super hero sequels usually start out pretty fast which makes it a little more exciting than the original movies... not that I've seen the original Captain America yet... but still! This one I think started out particularly fast... and there was so much going on that it seemed like The Winter Soldier himself was barely in the movie... even though he's sort of the co-title character.

I also feel like this movie is probably different for someone that knows a lot about Captain America vs someone that doesn't know much about him... I feel like the revelation of Bucky Barnes being The Winter Soldier could have been really awesome... but I also liked the dramatic irony that the Audience knew it was him, but the characters didn't know yet. I don't know. I guess he's in the first movie anyway- so if you saw the first one you would know... but if you're like me and you watch them out of order and you didn't know... that would be a cool reveal. Although... I also suppose I just spoiled it for you... so there's that.

This also introduced one of my favorite Marvel Characters- which is Falcon. I loved Falcon in Civil War because he is kind of a side kick to Captain America... I frequently have dreams that I'm also a side kick to Captain America- so I feel like we're a team. Lol. I also like how loyal he is to Stephen during the Civil War stuff... he breaks the law and gets into a lot of trouble for being on Stephen's side... he almost even got killed... so yeah he's a pretty badass guy to have on your side and I just like him. I liked seeing his origin... Stephen knew he could trust Falcon and even though I would guess Falcon wouldn't really want to fight any more wars... he did for Stephen and because he knew that was right. I just liked how even a somewhat minor character got such a good backstory.

Also... lots of twists... I felt like right from the beginning the whole movie was pretty much twist after twist. The fact that Black Widow was there for a different mission... then Nick Fury gets killed... but oh wait he doesn't... and then all this other stuff happens. It's just got so much going on... it's all pretty amazing and awesome and... I feel like this might be the most surprising Marvel movie I've seen so far.

So yeah... this was a really great one. Would highly recommend checking it out!

Bye!
-Shannon

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