Comments on: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Review

By: Jameson

Jameson — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 02:05:00 +0000

Good review Sean! I pretty much agree with this. I wish they went further with him being out of time, out of place. There’s opportunity for great drama that they just gloss over. And that could easily tie into the plot: A WW2 soldier in Post-9/11 America. There were moments of inner conflict but not enough in my opinion.

By: handfulofmarbles

handfulofmarbles — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:11:00 +0000

Certainly.

By: devolutionary

devolutionary — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:57:00 +0000

I think that was more of a modernized take on this comic book image of Arnim Zola’s uploaded conscience: http://mimg.ugo.com/201005/43556/captain-america-zola.jpg

By: Jr

Jr — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:00:00 +0000

No one can be everywhere at the same time and everyone has their own shit to take care of. If this were not the case the only Marvel comic that would exist would be The Avengers and the only DC book would be Justice League. Same goes for the movies.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:13:00 +0000

Re: Saw reference. I was thinking this was when the computer said “Shall we play a game?” In retrospect, I realize that this was probably a reference to Wargames (and in fact, I was aware that an earlier part of this scene was alluding to Wargames). However, there was something about how that particular line was delivered that made me think Saw. Didn’t Toby Jones actually speak it as opposed to just displaying the text? Also the fact that his green monochrome face in the monitor seemed reminiscent of Jigsaw. Frank brought up the Wargames reference on the podcast, and mentioned that it seems weird that out of all the movies Captain America had caught up on, Wargames was one of them. But anyway. Yeah. I’m probably wrong there, I guess.

Your other question is something we discussed a bit on the podcast as well. I don’t think they have a good explanation for it, they just have to try to keep you from thinking about it.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:55:00 +0000

Probably my favourite Marvel “Solo” film so far, then again I think I said the same thing about Thor 2, and probably Iron Man 3. So we’ll see how repeat viewings of these films affect my opinion.

Two things though:
1. I think this was discussed on the Thor: Dark World podcast, but the explanation for all these events happening with certain characters with no other avengers or team members coming to the aid is because they’re all sort of happening at roughly the same time right? If that was the case, even though it’s an easy cop-out explanation in a way, it sort of would make sense that Nick Fury and SHIELD weren’t doing anything to help Stark when they find out he may be dead if Nick Fury and SHIELD are dealing with their own shit at the same time. Vice versa for why Stark isn’t doing anything about the events going on in CA2. Was there any actual confirmation on that or was that just speculation?
2. Where was this Saw reference?

By: devolutionary

devolutionary — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:35:00 +0000

Completely agree with this review. Once the literal ‘cartoony’ action and explosion scenes ramp up in the final act (the CGI on Falcon in some scenes really took me out), I started to groan and sigh, but the ending was still pretty satisfying to me. The political conspiracy plot is what helped make this standout from other Marvel films but still on the fence of whether I liked First Avenger more.

By: Kenneth Serenyi

Kenneth Serenyi — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:58:00 +0000

Anyone notice a certain epitaph on a certain tombstone paying homage to a certain Quentin Tarantino movie?

By: Kenneth Serenyi

Kenneth Serenyi — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 15:11:00 +0000

Felt like an amped-up Bourne movie. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

By: 1138sw

1138sw — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 15:12:00 +0000

I also enjoyed the winter soldier quite a bit but as for the whole 70’s conspiracy angle I didn’t feel it. It just felt like a typical espionage action plot from the comics…not the conspiracy movies of the 70’s….the movie seemed much to bright and peppy for that.

But I still liked it overall but the first CA by Joe Johnston is still my favorite.

By: Flo Lieb

Flo Lieb — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 09:11:00 +0000

Indeed, a very good review, Mr. Dwyer.

By: SLOTH

SLOTH — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 02:21:00 +0000

Awesome Review Sean!!!! I also enjoyed “Winter Solider” quite a bit.