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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Bucky's death always gets me, too. I especially love the symbolism of Cap sitting in the bar in which he used to celebrate, by now bombed out, trying to get drunk but not being able to.
Hell, I don't even mind the montage, my only complain is that I would have loved to see more of Cap's war adventures…
Also: "You are failing!!!!!"
The First Avenger is a good movie. The problems in the second act come down a lack of true obstacles between Cap rescuing the soldiers and the assault on the Red Skull’s base. So the film is left stalling for time in between, resorting to creating a bunch of sudden minor conflicts (oh no, Peggy thinks Cap is cheating! oh no, Cap’s friend died!) that are quickly resolved and have no real bearing on the climax.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Jan 5th 2019 at 8:15:39 AM
That whole "Steve gets kissed by crazy lady and Peggy doesn't like it" sideplot makes me cringe every time.
Ignoring for a moment how everybody suddenly became stupid and immature highschoolers in the middle of WWII, Peggy suddenly shooting a gun at Steve and Howard for the sake of a Woman Scorned joke is such a violation of every safety protocol ever that I question how she became an officer. Especially in 1943 where there were undoubtedly male superiors watching like hawks for her to display any sign of emotional compromisability.
It's my only real major beef with the movie.
Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Jan 5th 2019 at 11:39:55 AM
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!I don't like it either. It's weirdly sexist and contrived, and then gets resolved in two seconds of a montage. Like I said, it was clearly just inserted to buy time.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Jan 5th 2019 at 9:39:53 AM
Contest of Champions seems like it should be a show format. I don't really see how it could work as a movie.
This song needs more love.Yeah, the scene with Peggy shooting at Cap is the only one I don't like...otherwise, I actually don't think that the third act is that bad, it is just that the first two acts are so strong that it looks worse than it is.
And I still think that Weaving doesn't really "get" The Red Scull….
But otherwise perfect casting, I like the sepia tones they use to create the nostalgic feel and the soundtrack is one of my favs in the MCU.
Honestly, i even like the third act, because is campy as fuck.
Yeah, it is objectively weaker than the character study the movie pulled up until that point.
Once the Skull is dealt with, it returns to being a character movie that really pulls the heartstrings.
And the v-day montage if Cap's friends and his legacy really cements the Icon he would become going forward.
Its because of that montage that I feel the waking in modern times, despite being yet another great character moment, is akwardly placed in the final prodcut.
I've long held the theory that the scene after the defrosting was the original stinger, and the movie was conceived to end in the v-day montage, because the kids playing with the trashcan shield kinda transitions into the old-timey propaganda credits rather well.
So I'm going to go out on a limb and say I'm the only one who thought the joke with Peggy and the shield was funny?
...okay, let me take cover before stoning me, would ya?
Personally, part of the reason I like TFA is the contrast it has with TWS. First time I watched I didn't really thought much of it, but after I saw just how much the whole "Man out of Time" thing was affecting Cap, suddenly I had a new appreciation for the movie.
It made it rather bittersweet, seeing him on his golden age and knowing just how much he'd lose by the end of it all. Kinda like seeing a once star boxer old and frail at the end of his career.
It's one of the advantages of long-form storytelling, I suppose. Age of Ultron is a much better movie now that I have all the answers it first asked.
It doesn't even make sense for her character. Throughout the res of the film, both before and after, she knows full well that he's awkward when talking to women. And she seems to find it kind of charming and understands it. Yet here, she sees this and automatically assumes the worst and doesn't even let him try to explain.
Then of course she does the incredibly dangerous thing of shooting a gun at him in a room full of other people as well.
And then, it's forgotten about immediately afterwards and never brought up again and things go back to normal.
It was just an unnecessary pointless thing that made them both look bad, especially her, for no reason. And it was out of place as well.

Just in case you need to get even more pumped for Endgame, here a really awesome compilation of the last ten years.