Friday night we went to see Winter Soldier in the theater. For once we saw a movie in a relatively timely manner, so i'm going to keep things general to avoid spoilers. But from a certain point of view i thought it was a great movie. I don't know if i agree with MightyGodKing that it's the best Marvel movie, but except for one thing i'd probably have put it in my top three (along with Avengers and the first Iron Man).

But that one thing was pretty bad. And that's the strange and increasingly prevalent use of shaky cameras, jerky POV changes, and extreme close-ups that has been infecting more and more movies (definitely ruined our enjoyment of Pacific Rim). Normally it seems to be used as a way to obscure poorly coordinated fights, but in this case it seemed like there was cool stuff going on but it was impossible to see it. Now, we did wind up in a crowded theater and had to sit pretty close to the front, so i'm hoping that was a factor and it'll look better on a television screen ("gee, your movie sucked in the theater but maybe it'll look ok on television" is surely not what directors want to hear). Ironically, Saturday night we kicked back with Fast and Furious 6. And that movie had very clear action and some nice (if silly) fights. And let me tell you, Fast and Furious 6 should not have better action sequences than Captain America.

last wk's episode of the SHIELD tv show had better action sequences. even the one scene that took place in the dark. cause you could see what was happening. what an amazing concept.

Completely agree with you on every single point. Yes, it looked like there were some great action sequences buried in that movie, but the editing and camera work ruined it. It's the only reason why I won't rank this movie above AVENGERS. It's a shame because CATWS could have been awesome. It was THIS close...