Surprisingly Dim-Witted and Generic Superhero Flick is a Step Back for Marvel's Story lines, Scriptwriting, and Fun

Rating: 2/10 (9 January 2015)

I am absolutely shocked that this movie was praised upon its release. Going into the new Captain America movie, I was kind of excited. When I had originally seen the trailer, I had thought that the movie looked kind of stupid, a generic action movie, but with the rotten tomatoes consensus: Suspenseful and politically astute, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a superior entry in the Avengers canon and is sure to thrill Marvel die hards, and the great reviews, I decided to give this film a chance. It was everything the trailer promised it would be, generic, boring, and all around a waste of time. The bare hints of intelligence are passed of nonchalantly at the beginning as unimportant remarks about world security to make the film seem intelligent, while the plot turns, including the main plot twist that's supposed to be a shocker, fail to surprise on any lever whatsoever. It's like the filmmakers didn't care whatsoever, and just because it was a stupid action movie and not hyper- stylized like the other Marvel movies, people were like "oh wow, it's so smart and exciting." Two words: it's not. This is a film that wastes the viewer's time, devolving down to overlong action sequences, cheesy one-liners, false intelligence, and overwhelmingly cloying attempts at patriotism. Avoid.