Steve Rogers started out as a small kid in Brooklyn who didn't like bullies and turned into America's hope for defeating the Nazi's during World War II. Steve, or Captain America as most people know him, was an experiment in a "new breed of super soldier" through the US Army. He became a lot more than people realized when he saved the world from Hydra in "The First Avenger." Cap was later discovered frozen and still alive after decades of being an icicle in a ship. In the first Avengers movie we see Steve begin to deal with all that has changed since he'd been asleep; but, it's not until "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" that we really see Steve coming to terms with his situation.
Steve Rogers holds his values very close to his heart, and is rarely compelled to compromise. When Steve first wakes up from the ice he tries to just jump back in and follow orders; but, he finds out from Fury during this film that America isnt the same place it was when he left. He discovered that people are willing to sacrifice those values that were once more important than anything else, "by holding a gun to everyone on earth and calling it protection." It's at this moment that Steve begins to show his frustration and anger towards not only what happened to him, but what people are letting happen to the world. The beginning of the movie opens with this conflict of interest between Steve and Nicholas Fury, the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. when they discuss compartmentalization and how they need to take the world how it is and not as Steve would like it to be.
After this conversation Steve goes on a little reminiscing tour through DC and visits the Smithsonian exhibit on himself and goes to visit Peggy Carter from the first film. After his little visits to these places he goes to visit Sam, a man he met at the beginning of the film, where he is leading a meeting at the VA about learning to deal with their baggage. This is done on purpose because this is what Steve is struggling with and needs to hear. It is also during this scene where Sam, Falcon, explains how he lost his best friend in battle. His story is almost identically to the story of how Cap lost his best friend Bucky. And it's not accidental that the next scene is the first scene where the audience sees the Winter Soldier, who you later find out is in fact Bucky Barnes who survived the fall from the train.
One of my favorite things about this film is that all of the action sequences advance the plot in some way. They arent just thrown in there because why not. They make sense and dont feel forced. They even use deception in the mall in order to avoid an action sequence. In my opinion this movie is an almost perfect balance between character development and action sequences. It's not without it's faults of course, but the good definitely outweigh the bad. This movie is definitely one you want to see, especially if you like the Marvel movies. Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Iron Man are in my opinion the jewels in the Marvel Universe crown.
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