Jasonic's Favorites: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Hello, and good evening, Internet! You might remember I did the first MCU Cap film on this and my old blog, however, I shockingly never got around to this one, which is debatably my favorite of the Cap trilogy -- soon to be quadrilogy unless the upcoming film doesn't count because it's a new character taking up the mantle. Regardless, I am happy to finally get around to this one, which was the most fantastic Marvel movie of its time -- 10+ years ago (my how time flies)! Released in 2014, Captain America: The Winter Soldier was the highly anticipated sequel to the mostly successful Captain America: The First Avenger -- and the character's first solo outing since the breakout success of The Avengers. It was the first of a few MCU titles directed by the now iconic duo of Anthony and Joe Russo and their directing mastery of MCU films really shines here -- arguably brighter than their later films, but not because their other films were bad. With the steady success that the...