Captain America: The Winter Soldier: The Good Old Days (Part 2)

Sometimes I wonder if my head’s screwed on straight -- and then I remember that it isn’t, so I start thinking about other stuff.

I may be opinionated to a fault, but I’d like to think that I can be respectful of the opinions of others; I don’t think there’s been a point where I’ve said “You’re wrong!”  And I hope it never gets to that point, implied or not.  That said, I can still disagree -- and STRONGLY -- with the opinions of others.   Or if not that, then I’ll make my confusion pretty well known.  At least, I hope I have.  If I haven’t, then I’ll go ahead and do that now.

I just don’t understand why people consider Captain America boring or lame.  And not just Cap, either; Superman, and Cyclops, and pretty much anyone who qualifies as being a “cape”.  Okay, those characters aren’t automatically perfect or amazing, and they can go off the rails.  Fair enough.  But rejecting them just because they’re good guys?  That doesn’t sit right with me.  It’s like the detractors are saying “Man, you know what I hate?  Heroism, nobility, and common decency!  Screw all that noise!”  Heroes and anti-heroes have their place, and their uses; they can offer up something that can make a story great, independent of their ability to kick ass.  Batman is not the famous character he is because he punches dudes or “can do anything as long as he has time to prepare first”.  He’s a famous character because of his character.

The particulars might be different, but that same general concept applies to Captain America.  And by extension, it applies to every main character in this movie…because of Captain America.

So.  Let’s go right down the list, shall we?       

Final…JUSTICE!  Here it comes!  Hyeah!  Hwoah!  Fall in!  HYPER COMBO K.O.!   

Player 2 Wins!

Uh…I mean, SPOILERS.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: The Good Old Days (Part 1)

So can we all collectively agree to stop asking where the other Marvel superheroes are in solo movies?

I know I brought this up in light of Iron Man 3, but I think it bears repeating.  There seems to be this constant complaint that “Captain America isn’t in this movie!” or people asking “Where’s Thor?  He should be here fighting the bad guys, too!”  Okay, that’s kind of a legitimate complaint, but it shouldn’t matter in the long run.  The solo outings are solo for a reason.  If you put every Avenger in every movie, then the inevitable crossover battle is just going to end up being less special.  More to the point, the solo movies put the focus back on the individual superheroes, and develop them so that they don’t get diluted in the crossover.  That was pretty much the entire point of the “Phase One” movies, so why would that change with Phase Two?  And that’s all setting aside the real-world, out-of-universe issues; actors need to be paid, stories need to be written, schedules for shooting need to be set up…the list goes on.

Personally, I think we should just be thankful we even have superhero movies, let alone such high quality ones on a regular basis.  By now I’d assume that the world knows how bad those movies can get, so it’s good to know that in most cases, we can trust the bigwigs and background-toilers to make a product that entertains us.  A movie we can count on.  A hero we’ll gladly follow to hell and back.

I sure hope it doesn’t come to that.  Hell doesn’t strike me as a pleasant place -- but either way, betting on Cap is probably the best move you could ever make.

When Captain America throws his mighty SPOILERS

All those who chose to oppose his SPOILERS must…uh…BOILERS?  Aw, screw it.  There are spoilers incoming, so watch your back.  Also, did anyone get a solid count on the number of Charging Stars in the movie?  It’s at least eight, I bet.

RE: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

This can’t be happening…