"Who else knows about your wife?"

[jinasphinx]

I saw Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier this weekend, and was going to write a review, but Harry Connolly pretty much covered it all, especially the comment that "the power fantasy aspects undercut the spy thriller parts". I found the action sequences to be so in-your-face and over-the-top that they overshadowed the quiet little moments. Normally I'm a big action-adventure fan and am all for more fight scenes and car chases, but in this movie, I really preferred the character moments and ended up rolling my eyes at a lot of the action. Although I was happy to see more of Black Widow fighting. She fights in a way that totally makes sense for her: use deception and ambush, hit hard, and then run away. And I found out the name of her signature move: flying headscissors takedown.

I don't mean to sound all negative about the movie. Those character moments were worth it to me; I would rewatch the movie for them, and I'm not a big rewatcher. Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson were both great. I've heard that Evans wants to quit acting and get into directing; I can totally understand that but think it's a real shame for us viewers.

Looking forward to seeing what the plot developments in the movie mean for the "Agents of Shield" TV show. Maybe they'll give it a shot of caffeine. And speaking of shots, I need to start an AoS drinking game where you take a drink every time someone says how special Skye is to them.