12 Reasons Captain America Makes The Best Standalone Marvel Movies
3. Theres Genuine Emotion
Although you dont really go to a MCU movie for moving character moments, if it can deliver in that area then all the more power to Kevin Feige. At the moment theres only been two moments in the franchise where a situation has genuinely pulled on our heart-strings. And both come courtesy of Steve Rogers. The First Avenger ended with Rogers waking up in a time he has no comprehension of. Initially in an ill thought-out facsimile of the 40s, hes then thrust into a bright and bustling Times Square. And among this his thoughts immediately go to his crush Peggy; I just... I had a date. Likewise, The Winter Soldier pays off two films worth of development in beautifully-scored fashion with the near-silent realisation of Bucky that Cap may be speaking the truth, saving the guy hes meant to kill from death by falling helicarrier. In both cases the respective directors take a gamble on the audiences emotional investment and it pays off. Few other Marvel films try and when they do its often very throwaway (Thor's mother, for example).
