When I woke up this morning it felt like I had unfinished business. I’d left the matter of The Winter Soldier to be continued, largely because I couldn’t stay awake long enough to compose a sentence (more on that below). What I was trying to get at last night was the brilliance of Marvel Studios. See, I am a middling fan of Agents of Shield and I love that the show and the films walk hand in hand. When Thor came out the movie became a focus of the show twice–once as a clean up episode and again when Sif returned to put a foot in someone’s buttocks. This happened again for The Winter Soldier, and here it absolutely had to. See, the future of S.H.I.E.L.D. hangs in the balance and with the film changing everything, and we get to see it begin to unfold in the episode leading up to the movie, and now that i’ve seen this film, I must see what happens to the show.
The film did not suck. It followed the previous film closely and did a wonderful job of introducing a character I thought I would despise and didn’t (Falcon), and a fair job humanizing a character that is much more interesting than her portrayal lets on. I really wanted to know where Hawkeye was. There is suspicion that he is the one infiltrating Zemo’s nest in order to locate and rescue the Maximoff twins (Wanda and Pietro–otherwise known as Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver). I can go with that one, so long as it makes it interesting in Avengers II.
In the end this film tried to be The Empire Strikes Back and fell short. It clearly sets up the sequel and plays well in the meanwhile, but I can’t help but think there coulda been more.
Some Thoughts:
- I won’t be doing these so late at night anymore. A lot of things need to change in my life and prime amongst those is the way I handle myself day to day. Not sleeping and draining the tank down to zero is useless. I’m not 26 anymore, and that sad reality is infecting me from the feet on up.
- Crude humor only works so well because we are so heavily socialized to avoid crudeness. That makes it taboo, and when said with a smile that makes it funny as…