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sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“As small as [this scene] is, it’s a great window into Steve Rogers. He does not know how to ask a girl out. A journalist who we were talking to loved the idea that Cap could clear the elevator but have trouble asking a girl out. A great character paradox but that’s the thing: he is always the 90-pound guy. That guy is still in there, and has not had any time to improve his life skills. Even though he was in ‘show business’, on the USO tour, he was fumbling then. He’s not good at it.”

sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“This 1st act [of the movie] is all about him trying to find an identity. We wanted to give him some great character moments that really illustrated existential crisis that he’s going through. In no other movie could you have a character walking through their life at the Smithsonian. It happens to work for Cap’s Rip Van Winkle story, it happens to work for who he was in WWII, but it also puts him in a unique situation. He’s constantly asking, “Who am I?” Even his past is not his anymore, it’s history. Everyone here can go look at who he was. You really start to feel how alone and isolated he is, and that his life is gone. Even though he is an incredibly proficient fighter now, he has no identity, really doesn’t. He’s working for S.H.I.E.L.D., he’s got a relationship with Natasha and Fury, but it’s not substantial. And he doesn’t know who he is.”

sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“Steve’s arc is not like other people’s arcs. He doesn’t have his dark nights of the soul. It can be a failing in the character if you don’t do it right. But the idea that he sees things clearly and gets other people to change their points of view is ultimately heroic. He does it on a gigantic scale. He reshapes the country if not the world to fit his views when no one agrees with him just by standing still.”

sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“This is a critical moment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is when SHIELD turns bad. In one scene you realize that something is going on on a much deeper level than anybody is aware of and clearly that the enemy is within. And I think this [scene] was able to reflect the audience’s sense of tension and 8 movies of build up to this elevator sequence. I think that’s why this is such an effective sequence because you’re in the same place Cap is. You have all this historical information telling you that SHIELD is good. And in about 5 minutes you’re discovering that they’re rotten to the core.“ 

sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“I think people miss the concept. When you call the movie ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, the notion of the Winter Soldier is from a quote from Paine about Summer Soldiers and Winter Soldiers. Winter Soldiers are the real soldiers ‘cause they are the soldiers who would fight through the winter. In a way, by Paine’s definition they are both Winter Soldiers, which is the great thing about the title.
People have said, “He is the titular character, why isn’t he more in the movie?” When really, Cap is the titular character. Cap is the Winter Soldier. The whole film is about a character who is the greatest of soldiers. He will fight through the darkest times and the coldest winter to see his principles through. That’s really what the movie is about.“