Captain America: Winter Soldier
This movie was released in 2014 and was highly acclaimed in the Marvel Universe. Captain America and Agent Romanoff embark on a journey for S.H.I.E.L.D and they constantly run into snags as they soon realize someone from within the department is double teaming everyone. They work together, and sometimes separately to neutralize the threat and in the end help save a lot of people from dangerous machines. During their fights they come across the Winter Soldier who is a creation that also lived during the time Rogers did before he was frozen, and their relationship becomes and important one for the movie. They play on crucial relationships that will be enhanced upon in the future movies and leave many things open to speculation for the audience. I found it fascinating that they are able to pre-design their movies, so that they will not clash. They can carry on plots with other superheroes later on.
The movie plays on the commonalities of Captain America’s origin story, the being released and found from his ice prison. These prevalent ideas are important to making sure that the audience will continue his story even if the adventures are different from the comics. A lot of early on comics in the 40’s make sure to present an origin story that stays fairly similar to the other comics. That way even though costumes, characters and personalities change, they do not have to worry about creating new superheroes. In this movie, that still seemed to be the case. However, they did not mention his origins until later on in the movie. Captain America is still presented as a patriotic character, but shows his reservations in believing everything he is told. The rebellion against authority is what in the end helps to stop Hydra’s plans. He had to choose sides, and it was not necessarily the one that the government would have chosen for him. This seems to be different than the earlier comics because he was always following orders like a good soldier.
My favorite part is when he is cornered in the elevator, and fully realizes that the people he has been surrounded by are the ones that are trying to kill him. Not to mention it is a very close fighting scene, which cannot be seen in a handwritten comic. Comic fight scenes are generally spread out, and not with many characters. We can see all of the details and the minute maneuvers that may have been lost within a comic strip. Sometimes to give these effects we will see blurs of punches, but it is lacking the sound, color and detail that a movie released in 2014 has the power to create. These moments really reveal the difference between comic strips and movie. Besides the usual one is on paper and one is digitally created. There is a lot of power in TV, it can appeal to a wider audience, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching my first Captain America movie.
The movie plays on the commonalities of Captain America’s origin story, the being released and found from his ice prison. These prevalent ideas are important to making sure that the audience will continue his story even if the adventures are different from the comics. A lot of early on comics in the 40’s make sure to present an origin story that stays fairly similar to the other comics. That way even though costumes, characters and personalities change, they do not have to worry about creating new superheroes. In this movie, that still seemed to be the case. However, they did not mention his origins until later on in the movie. Captain America is still presented as a patriotic character, but shows his reservations in believing everything he is told. The rebellion against authority is what in the end helps to stop Hydra’s plans. He had to choose sides, and it was not necessarily the one that the government would have chosen for him. This seems to be different than the earlier comics because he was always following orders like a good soldier.
My favorite part is when he is cornered in the elevator, and fully realizes that the people he has been surrounded by are the ones that are trying to kill him. Not to mention it is a very close fighting scene, which cannot be seen in a handwritten comic. Comic fight scenes are generally spread out, and not with many characters. We can see all of the details and the minute maneuvers that may have been lost within a comic strip. Sometimes to give these effects we will see blurs of punches, but it is lacking the sound, color and detail that a movie released in 2014 has the power to create. These moments really reveal the difference between comic strips and movie. Besides the usual one is on paper and one is digitally created. There is a lot of power in TV, it can appeal to a wider audience, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching my first Captain America movie.
