March 20 2014
(SPOILER)
Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Article contains traces of Whedonverse. Update: here's a spoiler free review written specifically for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans. It won't spoil UK fans for the tv series either.
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under rug swept | March 20, 14:16 CET
cleveland | March 20, 14:29 CET
Trentaferd | March 20, 14:33 CET
For those wondering how it relates to Joss, clearly he had input as to where he wanted this to take Cap in prep for Avengers, so I imagine his blueprints are all over this. I hope to hear in the all press to follow some discussion around those "joss at the head of the table" meetings
TallMichaelJ | March 20, 14:42 CET
manbearpig | March 20, 14:43 CET
Jas | March 20, 15:04 CET
Buffyfantic | March 20, 15:12 CET
Kids just can't have heroes anymore.
ImmaDeker | March 20, 15:22 CET
Nebula1400 | March 20, 15:33 CET
How is this not being talking about or mentioned hardly anywhere??
butterz | March 20, 16:09 CET
Darkness | March 20, 17:03 CET
The review was fine until it got to the 'need-to-fill-word-count-so-here's-the-movie's-plot-points-in-order' part-which I skipped.
USERNAME | March 20, 17:20 CET
[ edited by eddy on 2014-03-21 01:33 ]
eddy | March 20, 17:33 CET
hitnrun017 | March 20, 19:57 CET
[ edited by BarryC on 2014-03-21 06:08 ]
USERNAME | March 20, 22:04 CET
DanielJay92 | March 20, 22:28 CET
Also, Scarlet Witch looks awesome in the end-credits scene. Didn't know she was going to show up and I screamed a little when she did. Liz Olsen is great!
For me, the movie is unjustly called Winter Soldier and left too much to be desired on that department, especially with the ending. You should stay through the second end-credits scene though, it's not as useless as Thor: The Dark World's :)
under rug swept | March 21, 02:58 CET
A simple yes or now will suffice :)
chrisobrien | March 21, 06:48 CET
Also, the kid was one more voice saying that the armor was Iron-Man, which pushed Tony to say that no, he was Iron-Man. That's an important theme in the movie.
Jason_M_Bryant | March 21, 07:52 CET
Sunfire | March 21, 16:14 CET
I think the reason (as far as Stark is concerned) is that to be blunt, the current cultural zeitgeist as well as the proclivities of a corporation releasing films is far more comfy puttying governmental organizational cynicism on screen than it is having Stark deal with the collateral damage of the builder/Ayn Randian stock character. Whereas Cap WILL deal with his faith in a system being tested, Stark will NOT deal with bad guys created by... say his automation technologies creating poverty in certain areas. Leaving any economic debate out of it, there are costs that are borne any time technology advances. These aren't things I ever expect Stark to be tested on in a Marvel film. The questions are too real and they're not something that lend to a witty rebuttal.
Really, to give IM the same type of human relevance to make a Dark Knight or Cap 2 style film, you have to be willing to ask very human, very cutting questions about a person's heroic makeup. Stark in Marvel is still very much the playboy that just has to deal with self doubt like everyone else. It's a very shallow human exploration.
By the way, I like Iron Man so don't think I'm trying to knock the product. I just notice the 2014 art has a lot harder time asking tough questions about economics and individualism than it does about Government.
azzers | March 22, 14:17 CET