When it arrived in theaters ten years ago Captain America: The Winter Soldier Marvel Studios was really Marvel Studios. AvengersTwo years ago, she did what she knew in cinema. It is usual to report, in a fairly reasonable way, that this was true Joss Whedon's film reveals the true scope of the project organized by Kevin Feige. The first phase chapters were good (except for a couple of really bad chapters), but nothing we've ever seen before. A crossover with all the heroes united against a common threat was something that before that point wasn't thought to work well in cinema. Teams, especially six(!) characters capable of carrying the movie on their own, tended to generate cheap stories. The combination of comedic humor and adrenaline-packed third act created that formula that has made many fall in love with it for years.
Forgive me, whoever was in the theater to watch these films, if I wrote obvious things, but time has passed. We need to improve some context. To be clear: Children who were once too young to go to the movies alone are now struggling with maturity. Back to us: Avengers It was a revelation, but it was just that winter soldier To show how far Marvel Studios can go with their characters.
Unlike Whedon, the Russo brothers have made not only a superhero film, but also a spy thriller. there is a lot of The Three Days of the Condorincluding Robert Redford himself, but also sequences taken directly from the comic Civilian wap, written by Mark Millar. The plot then revealed what Ed Brubaker's path was that brought Bucky Barnes back to life. Except that, painstaking care has been used to faithfully adapt The Winter Soldier. In and out of sincerity, a constant leap from cinematic and comedic perspective.
From comics, to always changing
It wasn't so clear before. Iron Man 2 It was supposed to adapt The Demon in the Bottle (the famous story in which Tony Stark battles his alcoholism), but there was very little of what was seen in the comics. Much less for the atmosphere. When Marvel Studios started Put titles instead of numbersAs for the second and third seasons, everything has changed. The sequel is no longer just a continuation of the character's story. It is viewed from the perspective of the title rather than the number it becomes above all else A new way to understand this superhero. A different perspective could be a continuation of the previous administration or radically different. Just like in comics when it changes hands from author to author, when periods change. Among the first captain America And winter soldierSteve Rogers' arc is consistent, however The movies couldn't be more different.
Reducing the usual cinematic structure into different types, and finding new narrative frameworks for analyzing characters. As long as Marvel Studios has been true to this formula, even with some failures, it's never been anything for anyone. winter soldier Show that it can vary significantly, while remaining consistent. The best position to avoid boredom.
The greatness of The Winter Soldier can be understood from Arnim Zola
There is very little wrong with that Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The third act is perhaps less innovative than the first two, but it is still very engaging. It's a film in which even the smallest details deliver long-lasting emotion. Steve's list of things to catch up on, the great way to show the difference in power with the “on your left” line, SHIELD collapsing, Fury getting into trouble for the first time (after a big chase) and the aftermath of a fake death.
The strict introduction does a good job of resetting expectations about the event. It is no longer a blockbuster epic with gods and aliens, but a more realistic and tangible battle (within limits).. Already in 2014, it was hard to admit that Marvel does great work when it wants to. Sam Hargrave (now director Tyler Rick) as Steve Rogers during the crazy action of the first hand-to-hand combat against the Winter Soldier. The hits are tangibleBearing the consequences, there's narrative weight to every truly exhilarating shot.
But a film's diversity can be understood when it manages to adapt what was otherwise filmable: Arnim Zola. Today when MODOK comes to the movies, you want MODOK like in the comics. And it's not the best… Arnim Zola looks like the flying head seen in Ant-Man: extremely ugly and ridiculous. A robot with a face on its chest. Marcus and McFeely's idea of Transferring his consciousness into a World War II supercomputer is simple, effective, and disturbing. It is not a literal translation, but it is the correct one. Adapt, authentically, while respecting the source cinema and its rules.
“The Winter Soldier” is not a revolutionary film.
…And that's why it's always a bit confusing when it comes to thinking about it as a stage in such a development. the next Guardians of the Galaxy It seems like a much clearer step forward, both for the completely different setting and for being a first act.
but winter soldier It does something different: excellent. It reached the peak of the technical possibilities that were available to Marvel Studios ten years ago, and It expanded the studio's thinking about what it could do with its stories. Today, without any multiverse in place, it is one of the most fanatical films in the MCU. The film was both creatively and narratively at the center of the plot strands that followed.
Today we know what a seminal event this film was. No one promoted it this way. Indeed, he arrived on stage without excessive hype and without knowing exactly what to expect. But this is revolutionary.
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