My official comicbook nerd Captain America: The Winter Soldier review; First, let me get this out of the way, no woman reading this right now has ever looked better without makeup than Scarlett looked in the truck ride with Captain America. Deal with it.
Second, this is the first time anyone has been able to successfully translate a superhero costume from the page to the screen, not make ANY changes, and it not look fucking ridiculous. That may have something to do with the fact that the Winter Soldier is less that a decade old, so his uniform already had a modern aesthetic. The Winter Soldier needs his own movie, and may just be the most big screen ready superhero I've seen since the first Christian Bale Batman, which is saying a lot coming from me, considering how much I hate him in comics, and my obsession with Batman.
Third, Nick Fury is the shit. That is all.
Fourth, I had no hopes for the Falcon. I figured he was going to be a throwaway, typical black guy, comedy man sidekick, that got his ass kicked and served no purpose. Wrong. He more than held his own, and as far as I'm concerned, he could easily replace Hawkeye in the next Avengers movie.
Fifth, even though this was a Captain America film, he was the weakest link. And he kicked ass. I say that to say this; Marvel gets it. They're setting up a movie universe that doesn't need A-list heroes to sustain it, and I really respect the way they flesh out their supporting characters to make them as valuable to the story as the main protagonist. I really don't think DC will ever catch up. Mainly because they don't have the balls to put somebody as obscure as Batroc the Leaper, Arnim Zola, or Crossbones into a movie, and make them a viable threat to the hero. Every villain doesn't have to be Lex Luthor, but by the time they realize that, it may very well be too late. And the comic character names they dropped during the Project:Insight threat assessment convo? Shit had me yelling "Woooooooo!" like Rick Flair (Dr. Strange is coming hoes!).
Finally, I always tell people to stay for the credits to get a hint at what's coming next. This time, eh, whatever. I only say that because if you don't know the backstory of the kids they show, and why the had to change their origins in that 2 minute clip, you really won't get as amped as I did. I just say this, Disney needs to get the rights to the X-Men back, so Magneto can be reunited with his kids. Long story short, peep this shit because I said so, and I'm the boss of you. Deuces.
