Marvel's Super-Powered Characterization

[@abhijithis9424]

I think the best dialogue in the series is between Barton and his wife . "When i see those... Gods" "You dont think they need me" "I think they do, which is a lot scarier"

[@dragonman9879]

Troy Elric Age of Ultron was one of the biggest disappointments but it had some real good lines of dialogue.

[@abhijithis9424]

@@dragonman9879 i don't think so. You might be thinking it because it was not you expected it to be. But if u watch it as they intended it is a great film.

[@dragonman9879]

Troy Elric No it wasn’t. The movie was bland. They did the Hulk arc again. Tony was just a plain dick. Ultron was a bad villain. Thor was useless and somehow lost on one on one battles against Ultron whereas Cap and Tony did it a lot better. Black Widow and Hulk was one of the weirdest ships. Hulkbuster vs Hulk was an unnecessary fight and for some dumb reason Hulkbuster won when Hulks unlimited anger should have kicked in.

[@DaAcorn]

@@dragonman9879 I agree with Troy, watching it well after it's initial release, it for sure has a lot less world and character building than the first, like honestly infinity war hardly requires age of ultrons inclusion, but on it's own Age of Ultron is pretty entertaining in it's own right.

[@Nga_Babaye]

@@dragonman9879 Endgame is coming back around to AoU in a big way. I do agree it could have been structured better, but it's no horrible.

[@yorozuyagin-chan6584]

My personal favorite mcu movie is Thor: Ragnarok. Aside from the jokes (whick I do think were overused), I like that it perfectly sets up Thor's character for Infinity War. In Ragnarok, we see Thor lose his loved ones. We, and also Thor, don't get to feel much about it because of how fast things are going on. After losing his father, Thor is immediately sent to a world he is not familiar with. Unlike Earth, he doesn't get treated well in Sakaar because he has no friends, and no one sees him as a God. Then, after losing his planet, he doesn't get to mourn as he is already given the pressure of leading Asgard. It is in Infinity War that we, along Thor, realize how much he has really lost. He says this when talking to Rocket, "What more could I lose?." Despite that, Thor is still optimistic, hiding his pain with humor (just like in Ragnarok). He creates a facade around him so that no one will see his weakness. This is an important part in Thor's arc. It shows us how mature he has become since his first solo film. Sorry if this was really long to read.:)

[@anurodhpathak9725]

If you think you should apologize for the length of your comments, then I should probably sacrifice something valuable for the usual length of mine XD

[@vishnus8261]

All that ruined in Love and Thunder 😔

[@AJ_Jingco]

Captain America is more HOPEFUL and optimistic than Superman.

[@alexlee2581]

Dicelord N talking about the more popular form entertainment, movies.

[@codeghost7715]

Mm....no. In movies right now though? Sure.

[@thejediwithnoname6082]

2:50 fuuuuuuuck yes. Great video man this made me live the winter soldier way more than I already did

[@hocuscantfocus5375]

Cap is my Favorite Avenger

[@TheMajorStranger]

When you go and compare box office gross between movies to say Iron man has become popular you completely forget how many bought the movie, rent it or streamed it on netflix and such. Iron didn't bring masses to the theater because nobody knew how massive this would become. But once the movie came out and news that it was the beginning of a whole new universe a lot of them watched the film at home.

[@shoopypit4884]

Iron Man was the first Marvel studios film as well. (incredible hulk was universal). 500 mil is really quite good considering when it came out and it was the first movie they made

[@ponodude101]

I actually was one of those people who hadn't seen The First Avenger before seeing Winter Soldier. I avoided it seemingly because 14 or 15 year old me thought it looked boring. Winter Soldier and Avengers both taught me very well who Cap is, but I hate that I missed out on the feeling of the Bucky twist because I didn't know who the hell Bucky was or why he was so important. I'll never get to experience that moment the way it was supposed to be experienced.

[@urbz6712]

Yeah being in the zieghast at the moment was incredible. The way Agents of Shield was affected by Winter Soldier was no doubt amazing. That movie turned a run of the mill tv show, in to the behemoth it became.

[@dennismartin7983]

I envy the few people who experienced the twist. However, a cross-movie twist was quite the risk anyways. Majority of casual movie goers probably had not seen First Avenger or had forgotten who Bucky was, and hardcore fans knew about the twist from the comics already.

[@GibbySoapBox]

I love how you can just make me fall more in love with the MCU and the era of comic book films we are in now!

[@Excalibur-Sonic]

I was a huge fan if IronMan before the first movie. It makes me so happy that Tony getting more attention. Also so many other heroes that hadn't gotten as much attention as before.

[@tammym8966]

Yes Captain America is my favourite avenger as well and The Winter Soldier is the film that cemented it for me as well. My favourite MCU movie. Great analysis 😀

[@davidj3167]

That last line of the video is so true. They made you care about the characters. Some people have even grown up with Stark, Cap and Thor. So the end of Infinity War was, as you so perfectly stated, a gut punch.

[@mantra4ia]

Your analysis represents everything I love about CA: Winter Soldier in more articulation than I could ever procure. I am so glad that you brought up the best of the small or quiet moments of non-combat interaction and establishing shots, because the film does such a good job of framing time for them (Cap and Sam, Cap and Natasha, Cap and Peggy), and that's why - even though I love Infinity War - CA: Winter Soldier (and CACW) have a more durable, long lasting impact on me. What a great commentary! PS: I think it would be interesting and memorable if they put a something like the Washington DC establishing shot but post-snap, in A4 to get the throwback and contrast.

[@axeltrujillo5693]

That FIFA crowd in Black Panther though

[@thisisfyne]

FIFA 2002

[@tofu_golem]

There may have been a formula at one time, but various directors have had fun breaking the formula. Coogler was smart enough to realize that audiences already were introduced to and fell in love with T'Challa during Civil War, so he was able to devote more time to the villain and a cast of amazing side characters. Not only did this shatter the traditional weak villain problem Marvel had, but it altered the story structure, helped to communicate themes, and most importantly made Wakanda feel like a real place.

[@avoatlaw]

This opened my eyes to really subtle things. I fall in love with films through your videos each time. I really enjoyed this one (watch it yesterday XD) and I never noticed the things you pointed out. Thank you.

[@zachbland901]

Wow! Just watched 3 marvel vids back to back and this channel is seriously undervalued based on likes. PLEASE keep up the great videos

[@KillerTacos54]

Great video! And yea, Winter Soldier is totally the greatest Marvel movie so far in my opinion

[@drmattconrad77]

Another great video! One thing that I think Marvel does brilliantly is having the people in the background of scenes react in character to the foreground. In Avengers it’s Tony’s eye roll at Steve saying “I got that reference “. In Infinity War Strange and Wong react appropriately when Tony says “Steve Rogers” is the person to call. In Wakanda when the alarm sounds Steve looks up for the source with confusion. Also I agree with you on the scene. I had a similar conversation with my brother-in-law when he returned from Afghanistan. I hadn’t seen First Avenger. The opening plus Steve saying “don’t hold your breath “ to Fury told me all I needed to know.

[@PhilFromSchool]

i too really love that very first scene of winter soldier. so much is achieved in like 2 minutes of cinema. it's incredible, and feels so good to watch

[@sarmientoenricomiguelv.562]

I was surprised how much I liked this film The first one was fine And Civil War was more of an Avengers story (which I still love) But Winter Soldier was the movie that made me understand Captain America as who he is and why he did what he did throughout the story and the rest of Caps story going forward till Endgame

[@luiselizondo5806]

Why is your intro actually fucking amazing?

[@5nokli]

Good video. It's cool you're a Cap fan. Thors my favorite.

[@nslater1388]

I remember the firs time I sat down to watch Winter Soldier, I remember thinking that the first scene was going to be the most important for me. I was very happy that, instead of opening with an action scene, we got a character scene instead.

[@videocassette1986]

Despite the absence of my favorite Marvel character, Loki, Cap Winter Soldier is my favorite so far.

[@DJoscilate1]

My Favorite MCU Film is Winter Soldier. I always thought it was because how grounded and how relatable it is. Also on how much better representation of Captain America from the comic books they brought on to this film. I really didn't like The First Avenger because it was to watered down like the early Batman films after Michael Keaton. It was not believable that Captain America was this great fighter/soldier or a great leader. So when he took the role of Combat Leader in Avengers, it was sort of forced. After Winter Soldier you see who Cap really is in the comic books. By no means was I a fan of Captain America's comics before the MCU. However, in phase one it seemed that they were coming a bit short with their characters and their "bad asserry". This film hit the nail on the head. After watching this retrospective, man!!! I know now that the subtle ways of developing characters is really why this film stands out. Great work guys. You guys do awesome work.

[@HxH2011DRA]

"The core of Captain America is *friendship~*" Shounen AF In fact alot of Marvel really conforms to the shounen aesthetic.

[@TechRyze]

Absolutely make a part 2 to this video.

[@FilmsStuff]

This was the prototype for the series 'the Marvel Studios Retrospective' which I now run on this channel. My vids on Civil War, Infinity War and Thor Ragnarok are essentially parts 2, 3 and 4. Enjoy!

[@MaxKuntz]

This was surprisingly emotional.

[@DualLinguaFranca]

Cool, man. That's a freaking good analysis. Thank YOU.

[@Hapsetshut]

Or maybe it's just because comics have been doing something right all these and when you successfully translate it into a movie people can experience a level of storytelling that's been crafted over 80 years and boiled down to perfect, but that's just me

[@DandyZero]

Does anyone know the piano song that was playing while he talked about caps conversation with pheonix guy in the park?

[@RobertDavis-qt2ve]

Your are revealing Marvels genius ...constant and consistent ..character development .. They make the audience care, make them curious, they gain audience buy-in ... This is why MCU succeeds where other franchises fail

[@HypocritesExposd]

2:51 oh boy here comes another Winter Soldier love fest

[@chloew7085]

Great job! I loved the insight!

[@MoonatikYT]

TL;DR friendship is magic

[@Psiberzerker]

The way i see it, Cap doesn't trust Natasha. He can't, but while his whole world (S.I.E.L.D.) is crumbling around to, he turns to her, because he can't trust anyone. Especially Black Widow? No, but he can still Work With Her. He doesn't have to trust her to work with her, he never did. Which is why their relationship doesn't change throughout the movie. Everyone else? His does basically a 180 with his relationship, with everyone else in the movie except for Sam, and he meets him in the opening scene. She's there throughout, she's consistent throughout, because their working relationship was never built on trust. (Of course, her characterization beginning, and ending with Double Agent might have something to do with that.)

[@PerriMitchell]

beautiful

[@isaachinson5748]

Great video!

[@Jesperadoo]

Now I love TWS even more

[@quitequaintq5830]

Amazing video

[@thewhitewolf58]

Black widow looked so different in winter soldier it threw me off

[@jnru3ns4N3]

Soo nakama powers for cap confirmed? 😅🤣

[@hootsifer-darling]

Yep WS rules

[@DRush76]

Why do people keep constantly posting these video clips about how wonderful the Marvel characters are? It's becoming redundant and these video clips reek of a propaganda campaign. Why do you feel that you have to post them, if the franchise is so successful?

[@DouglasBailey]

It's cause franchise so popular so the videos drive clicks. Not that complex.

[@Psychebo]

Every Marvel character is two dimensional and the plots are just rehashed. And don't even get me started on the humor. It's just cringy and awful. You can easily make out that they're trying too hard to make people laugh. And by far, Black Panther was the worst movie I've ever seen.

[@CabezasDePescado]

"America morals" was cringe worthy, first of all, America is the continent, not the country, second, what Captain America represents is propaganda, they have changed it, but what he represents goes deeper than just the "morals" (lol) of a country. By the way the mcu does not take care of the characters as much as you say, look at Iron Man 3, look at Thor Ragnarok

[@jonasbatistafrancisco6040]

That's why I still prefer Winter Soldier rather Civil War. CW didn't keep up, and I think that's because they didn't feel personal enough. If it was just between Tony and Steve/Bucky, and the villain was someone from his past, it could've surpassed Winter Soldier.

[@zingzaber6989]

I understand that criticism but Civil War felt super personal to me so many intimate moments between characters like Natasha and T'challa, Wanda and Vision, and Tony and Steve. But I get why you'd want a more grounded, focused narrative centralized around the title character.

[@jonasbatistafrancisco6040]

Zing Zaber Exactly, still one of the golden Marvel comics adaptations.

[@CabezasDePescado]

The formula is there besides someone wanting to see it or not, the movies are literally made with a cookie cutter and a marketing team debating how to appeal to the audiences. Also most of the joeks are awful and really out of place. And JL was bad because of executives meddling.

[@toadboy7493]

I never thought about it until now but this is probably why I burst into tears and soon as Falcon disappeared in infinity war despite his character having said nothing in the scene. Cap had lost his old best friend and his new best friend in a matter of seconds

[@bluechick7113]

@@shahwarbasith2295 It's not as much of what he did, but what he represents, especially for Cap. From his first scene in Winter Soldier we notice his bond with Steve. He's Steve's friend in the modern world, who always stood at Steve's side, especially in the second and third Captain America films. We know that Steve can count on him, which wasn't the case with Bucky, because of the brain washing. When Steve loses both in the end, it makes it more tragic

[@Evil_Peter]

@@shahwarbasith2295 How can it be hard to find notable things Falcon has done? For one he was one of the very few Cap could count on when his entire new life was shown to be compromised by Hydra in The Winter Soldier. That continues as Falcon stands on his side in Civil War, even when it means becoming a criminal. Still after that he's kept on being at Cap's side, doing covert missions between CW and IW. It couldn't really be more obvious that Falcon is a huge part of Cap's new life, only rivaled by Black Widow.

[@SonRob01]

Great video

[@themexican8720]

Who needs My Little Pony to teach about the "magic of friendship" when you have Winter Soldier. Great video by the way.

[@emdivine]

Now just to wait for the most ambitious crossover of all time: Avengers x MLP.

[@sierralvx]

Ohmygod, I was thinking that too!

[@JaimeD.]

@@emdivine There's a fellow KZbinr who goes by the YTC name: *Draft The Filmmaker.* He's done MCU trailers with various MLP: FIM series scenes as the cover. Is good you can almost picture like it happened. LOL Give it a spin.

[@SkarrGaming]

Yes, Winter Soldier is the film that made Captain America my favorite Avenger, and that was something I never expected. Up until that point they were all pretty much on the same level.

[@Nain9]

Same here!

[@antona.1327]

I assume you never read any of his comics? I certainly didn't see anything revolutionary about what Captain America's second movie did with the character. He was an idealistic badass supersoldier in the comics for many decades at that point.

[@armandharris100]

@@antona.1327 That's the beauty of the MCU, even if u dont read the comics it still teaches the modern viewer the Values of these characters that many ppl dont know but comic book readers do

[@swanpride]

The had me with The First Avenger already. I straight up HATED Captain America up to this point. But then it was so refreshing to see a hero who is just, well, good. And they did a great job divorcing the character from the propaganda tool.

[@magnusprime962]

swanpride To be fair, he hasn’t really been a propaganda tool since the 60’s. And at his inception he was punching Hitler at a time when many in the US not only wanted to stay out of the war, but quite a few actually supported the Nazis openly. I agree that it was First Avenger that brought me on board with the film version of the character though, it was a perfect exploration of why he’s such a great character.

[@unknownuser2897]

I've always disliked the constant critique that Marvel movies follow the same formula. They simply don't. I really like how you phrased it as a set of values, which is not much more positive and accurate, especially when you look at behind-the-scenes stuff and interviews with the cast and crew.

[@brucesnow7125]

The Once and Future Nerd I would say that they use same structure for their movies, but obviously structure without story is nothing, and story is where Marvel excel at. There's surprisingly so much going on with these characters that it's just amazing. For example, every single time I rewatch Civil War, I find something that I didn't notice before, and that sometimes changes a lot of my initial interpretation of a movie. When I first watched Civil War, it seemed like normal superhero movie and the ending was the only moment where movie gets unique. But now I can see that movie isn't normal superhero stuff, it's the flaws of characters, especially flaws of Cap that drives the movie and leads to that beautifully tragic climax. That movie is fantastic character piece that solely focuses on emotions and psychology of the characters and by the end showcases that these superpowered heroes are just human. I'm just oversimplifying here, and it's just one movie and there's so much more to talk about in it, and so many more movies have these great subtle story beats that make Marvel so great.

[@unknownuser2897]

onyourleftbooob Would you care to explain what that formula is?

[@zingzaber6989]

I'm curious as well, enlighten us.

[@CabezasDePescado]

They simply do and those who say and think they dont is just becaue they have been paying zero attention to the mcu movies. The only time the formula changes is in the Avengers movie, otherwise we get always the same movie with a different flavour.

[@zingzaber6989]

Et Cogito Ergo Sum I pay quite close attention and they're all different to me. I'll ask again, WHAT IS THE FORMULA?

[@BreakingBanter]

I think you just made me love The Winter Soldier...

[@PascimanArc23]

You didn't love it before? Fool! Slaughter him!

[@BlazerManiacNumber96]

I don't know how you couldn't have loved it before

[@anurodhpathak9725]

You're the only guy I know who didn't love Winter Soldier because of Winter Soldier.

[@MartianDX]

I absolutely love Peter’s introduction in Civil War. It was such a perfect set-up for his character and while I’ve always been a Spider-Man fan, that scene and Homecoming turned him into my favorite Avenger. I cant fucking wait for Far From Home.

[@CabezasDePescado]

Yeah it was okay, but Homecoming was pretty bad, the character and actor does not resemble Peter or Spiderman at all and that is a real shame because they could at least try.

[@antona.1327]

Spider-Man would not have entered that fight just because someone asked him to. Spider-Man is not someone's hired gun. In the Civil War comic, he was given a room for thought before he joined Tony's side, and it was primarily because of his difficult juxtaposition at the time and the Registration Act would have affected him personally. Not to mention, he quit Stark's side after things got out of control. His introduction in the movie made him seem inept. Like, "Yeah, Mr. Stark, I'll totally go with you on that German trip and will fight people I don't know personally for you."

[@FearingVirus]

@@antona.1327 No, it made him look like a kid. Which he is. Jumping into things without thinking the whole situation through is LITERALLY a long-established central character trait of Spider-Man, and one that often makes as many problems for him as it solves. Jumping straight into a problem because one of the greatest heroes on Earth literally rolled up to his house and told him "we need you"? There are things that could be more Spider-Man than that. But not a lot.

[@antona.1327]

​@@FearingVirus, Spider-Man developed great rational thinking when he was still a kid. That's why he decided to hide his identity to protect the people he cares about and why he never abused his powers as Peter Parker against those that were bullying him in school. Peter Parker would not give up so easily to Stark. He'd ask more questions. He'd never just be Mr. Stark's fckboy. The first thing he'd say would be "Why should I fight your fights, Stark?" That's his attitude. Spider-Man is a selfless hero, but not an idiot.

[@FearingVirus]

Anton A. Sorry, but I really don’t find it idiotic to get an invitation from one of the worlds greatest heroes to help with an Avengers threat, and not be an asshole about it, as you seem to want him to be. I don’t recall ever reading a Spider-Man comic where say, Captain America asks him to help on a mission and Spidey responds with “why should I flag-head?” In most of them that I remember, he LITERALLY does the same thing: jumps on board almost immediately, excited to work with a world famous hero.

[@maxmarks3503]

Great video! I agree with everything you say. I would argue that Civil War takes this characterisation of Captain America even further and does even more amazing things with it, by juxtaposing it to the overarching characterisation of Tony (Over the course of these films Tony learns that he can't trust himself, whereas Steve learns the ONLY one he can trust is himself). It's a beautiful showcase of Sam's undying loyalty to Steve, Steve's undying loyalty to Bucky, and Tony's resentment of the fact that Steve doesn't show the same loyalty to him. And I use their first names here instead of their superhero names, because I think that is what is key to the success of this film. They are presented as people, before superheroes.

[@martinolsen660]

Damn dude. You are so god damn good at making videos. Winter soldier is probably my favorite MCU film. In my country (Denmark) I generally find that the overblown patriotism of americans, is something we laugh a whole lot at. This mindset really made me despise Captain america growing up (Also Superman for many of the same reasons) - not only that, but I consider CA: The first avenger to be the very worst MCU movie by quite a margin, even to this day. The crazy thing is that despite everything in the world pointing towards me hating Winter soldier, I absolutely loved it. It is such a well made action/thriller and the characterization, as you point out very well, is not only great, but it's fast and effective, making me go from - Not caring about cap at all - going into the movie, to rooting for him 15 minutes in. What the Russo brothers did with Winter soldier is really amazing and I'm glad they're the ones directing Infinity war. You truly make great content Films&Stuff, don't you dare take a half year off again! I will be SO sad :'(

[@more-reasons6655]

Martin Olsen I'm from England and didn't think highly of cap in his first movie and Avengers Assemble, but after watching cap jump out the quin jet without a parachute I was like yep, he's a bad ass now

[@martinolsen660]

Agreed, that was pretty damn awesome. I also think they did an amazing job communicating his powers visually. In First Avenger, Cap jumps around like he's on the moon and it looks incredibly stupid. In Winter soldier, his powers feel very grounded, which helps humanize him and create tension in fight scenes. Films&Stuffs comparison to the Bourne films, is something I never considered, but it's very obvious when you think about it. The Bourne films make Jason look amazing, but far from invincible - Winter soldier does the same thing.

[@Some_Lame_Stuff]

Another big characterisation moment I feel most people might miss is in Sam Wilson's house, when he brings his file out to Steve and Natasha. Widow focuses on the mission (Is this Bakhmala? The Khalid Khandil mission, that was you?), while Steve focuses instead on the other guy in the picture (Is this Riley?) whom Sam mentioned in passing in the earlier scene in the VA.

[@gilbert00mtz]

Martin Olsen Same here. Except I think the worst one is Guardians 2.

[@martinolsen660]

Gilberto Martínez Really? Did you enjoy the first one? 'Cause I think they are very similar and while I do prefer 1 over 2, I still thought 2 was alot of fun. Something one should watch with friends and have a good time :)

[@Eudomac99]

Before this gets any more views, please change the spelling error in the title

[@Eudomac99]

Thank you

[@FilmsStuff]

Thanks, fixed. CharacterizaRtion, LOL.

[@SadKeanu13]

This is why Captain America: The Winter Soldier is my Favorite MCU Film ever before Infinity War Came in

[@TheImmutableTruth]

"When I watch Marvel films I don't see a formula, I see a set of values. On the surface it's about saving the world, but really it's about helping each other." This.

[@agirlnamedbrett.]

the best marvel movie period. totally made me fall in love with capt. and love the soundtrack ooh yes.

[@zandythecandy]

He’s back. Each essay better than the next.

[@bplusstudios9031]

*last

[@dannybenhur6123]

Winter Soldier made Captain America Fan base increase greatly...

[@urbz6712]

Same with the Civil War comic.

[@thishandleisntakenyethaha]

“Cap’s superpower is friendship” Me: Oh wow very intimidating superpower Captain Carebear

[@sierralvx]

You just put into words how much I love the opening of TWS. It's all about friendship and how these super characters get their motivation not from their victories like run-of-the-mill heroes do, but from their friends and a shared interest in protecting the world. That's what held them altogether after shield fell. And coincidentally today I was talking about endgame with some of my college friends and all they could talk about was the power loopholes and theories that Natasha's weak and even Clint could kill her but I rebutted that by saying 'They're friends, it doesn't matter that one of them's more powerful than the other, cuz they're stronger together. I am so invested in the characters and I hope endgame delivers! Also This video was so well edited, I love the overlay you did at 2:50

[@holup454]

Already know this will be a good video without watching. I WAS HERE THE MINUTE IT WAS POSTED THANK U

[@prettyaverage97]

Man, this was hell of a GOOD video. I wouldn't complain if you made a 1 whole our video talking about the evolution and narrative treatment of all the main characters of the MCU. It's incredible the way Marvel Studios has worked on its characters and their personalities.

[@rialyandriamiseza9814]

I juste realised now how important Falcon was in the Winter Soldier. He is the embodiment of hope for Cap. The only person who share his values. It justifies perfectly that he passes the mantle to him afterwards

[@edudzimamattah1355]

"Cap' s real superpower is friendship" Captain America and Naruto are the same 😵

[@biglineman34]

You've explained how Captain America: The Winter Soldier is Captain America as a shonen anime. I didn't think that I could like it anymore until this video.

[@axeltrujillo5693]

Marvel is at its best when it has heart, got it.

[@IrondragonGamingYouTubeChannel]

Heyyy!! Film's and stuff uploaded! It's a good day now!

[@ElijahPickleFISH96]

I would love to see you discuss Tom Holland's Spider-Man in a video as for I haven't really heard what your opinion is about him. Love the channel!

[@TheYoungMoriarty1]

Holy damn, the mini-arc reactor (still) representing Tony Stark's heart? Rogers digging in the shield and splitting that thing in half during the final Civil War fight just got a whole lot more weighty and symbolic to me...

[@67jeffbustos]

Thank you for your amazing videos! I'm bingeing thru them and each one is better than the last. You put into words, quite succinctly, and much better than I could, why I, and so many others, love these movies & characters.

[@emekaokuzu583]

I love your channel deserve 10 million subscribers

[@YUM0N]

Been waiting for a new upload

[@chiaoutzu7732]

Curious question: similar to how iron Man 3 was a follow up to Avengers, and Captain Marvel was the predecessor to Avengers: Endgame, do you think both films performed financially better because of the Avengers films before/after?

[@videocassette1986]

That’s why I don’t care so much about how they will defeat Thanos or save the universe, I’m getting sleepless just for thinking how they will save each other and hopefully continue the franchise with the same characters and actors! “Chis Evans, please don’t kill Captain America!”

[@brycetorres5011]

I wanted to laugh when he said Cap's power is friendship (even though it is completely true) but I was scared steve would punch me in da face

[@claudebaron9525]

Talking of the power of individuals, Loki who everybody’s look’s only as Thor adopted brother must be so much stronger than everybody’s think so because since they talk of infinity stones they all say that just to old one stone you need to be a very powerful person just look at the gardian of the galaxie at the end they all need to touch each other even tho star lord is a child of a celestial ( even if he didn’t know it he still his !) and if you think of the first Avengers movie the enemies is Loki tho they had a hard times beating him you clearly see Loki using his staff witch hold the mind stone ( the same one that’s in vision forehead so very powerful and Loki was able to hold it he used it and also at the same times he stole the tesserac witch hold the space stone so Loki was able to have and hold 2 ininifty stone and didn’t need a special glove to do so and that’s saying that Loki is way more stronger that everybody’s think and in movies he’s only a second place who only gift is to mislead everybody of everything but to be able to mislead everyone from himself he’s really the God of mischief 👍👍👍. Can’t wait for the series ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lo4tr]

He didn't need a special glove because the stones were already housed in other objects... the Staff and the Teseract. Like, back in Guardians of the Galaxy, when normal ass people were capable of handling the Power Stone because it was sealed in that little ball. Loki's strong, sure, but he would absolutely be unable to handle the power of two raw Infinity Stones. I would say that he'd have a hard time using one stone for too long.

[@Hapsetshut]

*insert friendship is magic joke here* Really that would have been gold you should include one

[@SerjEpic]

Black Panther was a good movie but average to many MCU movies. I can name 5 or more that were better

[@pvthitch]

In the original Avengers Comics, Cap was frozen in the Mid 40s. He was thawed in the Mid 60s. He was only a "man out of time" for 20 years. When Cap ran into the middle of Times Square, other than the bell-bottoms and afros, little would have appeared to have changed. Men still wore suits and ties. But 70 years on ice? In the film, the first thing he sees is a stadium-sized TV screen with a Japanese logo? Mind-blowing! And in 70 years, men's suits still haven't changed.

[@Nytellem]

Its almost depressing seeing where this franchise has gone with all this woke female agenda BS. These stories and CHARACTERS were just that and meant so much to people. but now look, directors dont read the comics anymore, everything is done to check a box to isolate specific groups, and everything is done in spite of the core audience instead of telling compelling stores about super human characters who are more human than we know.

[@Psiberzerker]

D.C. is the Mind of America, the Ego. Kansas City is the Heart of America, the Id. (Also where all the blood flows through.) Or arguably St Lois. I'm pretty sure that Dallas is the groin, but don't quote me on that.

[@benjaminritchie4126]

Agree with this completely One of my favourite scenes is one people seem to overlook from the original iron man. When Stark is sitting on the couch watching TV and tinkering with his Ironman arm. He see’s the news about Yinsen’s town being taken over by the terrorists It leads into the very first time stark actually goes out of his way to protect others. It’s the true turning point of him going from I want to stop ‘helping’ people from being hurt “stopping his weapons manufacturing after he see’s they end up in the wrong hands” and gets to I’m going to stop people from being hurt. Actually becoming so driven by what he saw and his connection with Yinsen to put himself in danger to save others and actually become a hero

[@thisislydiarae]

Captain America makes leadership seem like a superpower.

[@MusicLover-ti6zo]

I believe that Winter Solider is one of the best action movies to come out in the past few years. It reminds me of Tom Clancy movies from the 90s starring Harrison Ford involving some levity, relationship challenges, and great action set pieces.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Grunge?! Tony Stark is a metal head!

[@tiktokmemes5923]

I don't wanna kill anyone, I just don't like bullies. That suns up all of what cap is. He is a good man

[@Concetta20]

Captain America is my fave too.

[@michaelhead875]

The most thoughtful commentary on superhero films I have seen, Well done!

[@smileyShiiZniTZ]

black panthers ending is absolute shite, everything else was good tho.

[@Xob_Driesestig]

Is the better battle of the five armies still coming?

[@ruelandres6471]

But but but but........ Marvel movies are for kids.....=(

[@Hapsetshut]

Comic books give me a reason to live

[@ejoshcoron]

I love The Winter Soldier 💙

[@Belbecat]

Hell yes it's good to hear someone else say Capt is their favourite Avenger. There are too few of us!

[@farhanshameel7810]

So great to see how you also became a captain america fan the same movie as me, this was a great analysis you did

[@bloobaaq]

0:45 i was cooking & listening to the video & you made me check my phone cause I thought I got a text 😂