Movie Review: Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier

May 14, 2014 22:56

Okay, so I promised katsheswims that I'd do a reaction post about the Captain America movies. So, HERE IT IS ( Read more... )

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dairygirl May 15 2014, 12:02:42 UTC
I agree about not being sure if I would like Captain America or not but when I broke down and borrowed the movie from the library, I realized it was interesting (and enjoyed the ensemble cast although your point is well-taken--it would have been nice to spend more time with Bucky individually and the Howling Commandos collectively) so I impatiently waited for the new Captain America movie. Now I cannot wait to own it myself and keep watching it. The dynamic among Steve, Natasha and Sam is interesting and one that definitely kept me watching. I think it really hurt Steve that what he fought for in World War II, the defeat of Hydra, ended up disguising itself inside SHEILD, making the dubious morality of what he was seeing even more painful. Let's just say I am looking forward to the third Captain America movie and see where they take the characters.

Plus, I want to know where you are reading these awesome fanfiction stories you are really enjoying.

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hells_half_acre May 15 2014, 19:23:54 UTC
Agreed agreed agreed. I really want to both own the Winter Soldier movie and also really want it to be 2016 so that I can see the next Cap movie. :P

As for fanfiction - all I've been doing is going to AO3 and doing a search through the Captain America (Movies) fandom tag for completed works. I usually narrow it down by saying I want Steve/Bucky fic and sometimes I further specify that I want hurt/comfort... I first started sorting by kudos, so I got the (supposedly) the most loved fics first - but these days I just see what has been added since the last time I checked and sort by "update date".

But this is an example of one that I read before I saw the movies and enjoyed: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1533116

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dairygirl May 16 2014, 02:27:42 UTC
Thanks for the link. I read it instead of doing work at my workplace and totally worth it. If you have any more recommendations, please let me know. I see how you might enjoy the story without knowing the movies but I have been hooked on the Marvel Cinematic Universe since The Avengers, then watching Captain America, Thor and Iron Man on DVD and I cannot divorce myself from knowing these characters so it seems odd to me to read stories without knowing about them.

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hells_half_acre May 16 2014, 02:58:44 UTC
Unfortunately I don't bookmark that often, but I'll see if I can come up with any other ones...

This one is a series that I read and liked enough to bookmark: http://archiveofourown.org/series/99215

Um, there's this one too: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1582175

I also read this series: http://archiveofourown.org/series/97541

And this fic: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1427173

And then there's two "Bucky makes friends" fics that bookmarked recently, because they're cute:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1616906
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1591619

I cannot divorce myself from knowing these ( ... )

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dairygirl May 16 2014, 03:20:24 UTC
Thanks for the recommendations. I will work through them and hopefully, enjoy them as much as you did.

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