10 Really Annoying Moments In Captain America: The Winter Soldier
9. Nick Fury Fakes His Own Death
Samuel L. Jackson has signed a nine movie deal with Marvel, and thus far hes appeared in six (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers and The Winter Soldier), so forgive us for not shedding a tear when he died at the end of The Winter Soldiers first act. For the H.Y.D.R.A. infiltration plot to push forward, Fury needed to be out of the picture and theres nothing totally wrong with how the film dealt with the Directors fall from the top; in fact, his sudden attack was an action highlight. But the film attempted to turn it into a big shocker when it was revealed hed only flirted with death. Look, we know the Avengers reused the Joker escape from The Dark Knight, but you dont need to copy Gordons fake death too. What makes this even weaker is that the previous film in the series did the exact same trick, only considerably better. In the build-up for Thor: The Dark World, word that Loki wouldnt appear in Avengers: Age Of Ultron had people theorising the mischief maker would end up biting the dust before his brother's second outing was over, and that seemed to be the case, until its revealed he is in fact playing the long-con by impersonating Odin and allowing Thor to leave for Earth. See? It works if theres a chance the character will stay dead, but Fury was never likely to die, making the secrecy unwarranted.
