Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) by Sanyrub — 16 Feb 2015

Brilliant fighting scenes (not 2014s best though, check The Raid 2 for that), very well choreographed. Actors do a decent job (it´s not a movie to shine as an actor anyway) and the story is slightly superior to the average Marvel film.

But the hype around it is too much. Robert Reford is totally wasted. The brief scenes with real dialogue are as corny and childish as in any other Marvel film, jokes are weak, which makes for a weird mix of serious tone and action and these cheap jokes that does not work that well.

Particularly annoying is the score during the first past of the film, very American-ish in a bad and patriotic way. The villain was a little bit better than usual too, but still weak and all their scenes remind the audience of The Dark knight Batman and Joker scenes, only that failing to come close.

Overall, entertaining but only a little bit better than the typical mediocre comic book film from Marvel.