Best Marvel Film To Date!

Rating: 10/10 (12 April 2014)

Two 95 year olds beating the snot out each other sounds like a terrible attraction, but this movie did not disappoint. In the modern world of cinema, most films are faced with the burden that between the first film and it's sequel, the first film being "The First Avenger: Captain America", should have been a lot more successful. Surely that was not the case when it came to Captain America: The Winter Soldier. There were so many moments through-out the movie that not only made Chris Evans' shine better as the iconic hero, but it was definitely a Captain America the world needed to see. The movie cleverly and hilariously starts off with Cap(Chris Evans) meeting Sam Wilson(Anthony Mackie) A.K.A. The Falcon for the first time. The scene seemed very important and just by that alone, you knew the character had something more to the story throughout. So quickly we get welcomed into a lengthy action sequence that was probably the best I've seen in any Marvel film. Cap taking out the guards with no effort was hilarious as it was astounding. You really got to see how his character's skills evolved from the Avengers to now, especially as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. The first one on one fight scene between Cap and Georges Batroc(George ST Pierre) was beautifully a shining example of flawless fight choreography and that was only the first to what was to come. It was great to see the beautiful Scarlett Johansson return as Natasha Romanoff. In this movie, you really get to see her character open up a lot more emotionally on screen. She doesn't serve that well as eye candy, even though she is running around in a tight body suit majority of the time, highlighting her assets but she makes up for that with heart stopping fight scenes that are just as fast as Cap's. It's great to see Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury. I love how the movie told us that even the SHIELD director would get into trouble in the film in that was indeed the case. The "Pulp Fiction" reference near the end was definitely a laugh for me. I'll let you figure that one out. I think the straight out best performance had to be Sebastion Stan, returning to the universe as The Winter Soldier A.K.A. Bucky Barnes, Cap's childhood friend. In the beginning of the film, they do give a small summary of Cap and Bucky's relationship(which slightly helps for those who refused to watch the first film) and it helps give an emotional set back to Cap's battles with The Winter Soldier. Barnes though makes well as a menacing villain. He pretty much acts as a nemesis to Cap, matching his strength and speed, and even surpassing him; catching cap's shield a few times. As the movies goes on, you see the more human side to this villain and you realize that there is some higher power leading The Winter Soldier. Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce gave us a villain we truly wanted to hate. You think he's good and you think he's trying to do right with the good guys but then you realize he's behind the menace. It was good to see Cobie Smulders come back as Agent Maria Hill. I think many were handed that character in the Avengers very quickly in the Avengers and it would have been pretty bad to just abandoned such a leading lady. I mean we didn't want Black Widow being the only beauty on screen. Anthony Mackie as Falcon had to be my favorite and I'm sure many would say that too. Not only was he simply just cool, but for a guy that just got out of fighting wars, and just meeting Cap; he seemed very loyal to the whole "save the world" cause. He also displayed that he could hold his own through-out the movie. So now the post credits scene. This was the best post credit scene since IronMan. The characters they revealed were very pivotal and I loved how they used the word "miracles" to signify that these aren't regular people, like Stark, Romanoff and Hawkeye. They reveal that "The Twins", QuickSilver(Aaron Taylor Johnson) and Scarlett Witch(Elizabeth Olsen) are being held captive as test subjects. A major foreshadowing, leading to The Avengers: Age Of Ultron. The second scene(Stay after all of the credits) shows Bucky Barnes inside of the Smithsonian Museum learning about himself from the Captain America and Bucky Barnes exhibits inside the museum. This tells you clearly, that we haven't scene the last of Barnes. All in all, this movie was perfect and Marvel Comics fan or not, you're going to seriously love this movie. Fantastic movie! I would watch this over and over!