Captain America the Winter Soldier ~ No Spoiler Review
First I’m going to
say GO SEE THIS MOVIE!! It is a great movie! Second I’m going to say STAY TO
THE END OF THE CREDITS! Not almost to the end but to the VERY VERY END!
I’m going to try
to make this a no spoiler review. I may put up a second review with spoilers.
It is a fun, action packed comic book romp! If you like action this is the
movie for you!
Captain America the
Winter Soldier is the story of a man that is lost, lost in time, lost in
history, lost in his memories of a world and people he knew and loved. He felt
the world had moved on in the wrong direction. Right was wrong and wrong was now
somehow morally acceptable. We see him floundering and looking for direction.
In the end he decides to stick with what he knows, right is right and he will
stand for it and with those that also stand with it.
What I came away
with from Captain America is a wakeup call. I’m not saying this is the purpose
of the movie or that the makers of the film had this in mind. Just saying what
I came away with.
Cap is lost. What
is right what is wrong? Has the world changed so much that what is truly morally
acceptable is different? I’m not talking cultural behavior but true right and
wrong. Do all men deserve to live free and make their own choices or should “leadership/government”
make the choices for them? Who has the ultimate say?
As I watched this
movie unfold my mind ran to who is watching the watchers? Who is setting limits
and rules for those that are enforcing and making rules for the public? When should
and/or should we ever give up our freedoms for “safety”?
I will be honest.
I’ve been a fan of Marvel most of my life. The reason is many of the stories
make you think. The stories encourage you to look at life’s issues and simplify.
For Cap it is knowing right from wrong and trying to always do right. For Spiderman
it is, “With great strength comes great responsibility.” For the XMen it is the
choice of how to fight discrimination and predigest. Each of them has a lesson
to learn if we are open.
So I salute the “Red,
White and Blue Man with the Plan” Captain America!
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