Unconsciously, the score of "Falcon and Winter Soldier" on Douban has dropped to 7.6 points.
For a series, this rating can only be regarded as a pass.
Although this Marvel Studios work has a certain realistic critical ambition, because "Wanda Vision" raised the audience's expectations, the lack of surprises in the uneventful story line led to disappointing results.
What gives fans a little comfort is that Marvel's good character building has not completely failed.
Neither The Falcon nor the Winter Soldier showed breakthrough character progress, but "Captain America 1.5" John Walker, who was half a villain, braved controversy and won the sympathy of many viewers.
At first, he was very unpleasant.
Because the image of Steve Rogers as the US team 1.0 is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the Falcon is scheduled to be the US team 2.0, he is such a Cheng Bite Jin halfway out, Marvel has specially selected an actor whose temperament is difficult to match any of the original members of the Reunion, and he has no reason to be recognized immediately.
As the plot progresses, John Walker becomes familiar with the person.
The first turning point is the loss of sanity and revenge.
Killing someone in broad daylight who can no longer resist, for whatever reason, whether that person has made a mistake or not, is never the right thing to do.
But the point is not on right or wrong, but on why the audience can understand why he would do it.
His loss of reason is entirely excusable.
Yes, he was wrong.
But who can guarantee that you will never make mistakes?
Think about it from another position, as a party, you will definitely be able to calm down, hand over the criminal to the law, and not personally avenge and solve the hatred?
Or is it that the idea of revenge does not arise at all? (Some people really don't have the guts to do that.) ）
Steve Rogers is a righteous character, and perhaps, when Bucky is killed, he can also control himself. Like DC's Superman, he is a character with a sense of distance from the audience, with a certain symbolism, and it is almost impossible to find such a person in reality.
John Walker, the US team 1.5, is a level that ordinary people in reality have the opportunity to reach.
He was just an ordinary man, but he had won a lot of honors in the army and performed particularly well.
As a result, his appearance has made the identity of the US team have more empathy effects.
This is the basis on which he wins empathy, a flesh-and-blood human being.
Many times he would be powerless, such as facing the Women's Royal Guard in Wakanda. It's like many people being pushed to a high position and having high hopes from their leaders, but their own abilities are far from enough, and this frustration is real and credible.
Then there is the sudden emergence of a new US team, and the real "behind-the-scenes culprit" is the US authorities.
Two weeks before joining the new American team, John Walker was still on a mission in Chile, he should have been directly selected, and he was not so confident at the beginning of the second episode. If it is a lot of selection, combined with his strong personality, he should show more confidence.
Yes, he is a "tool man".
Steve Rogers has serum help, and even by the time of Captain America 2, he still has the power to fight the system.
John Walker was different, and by the time he was on the U.S. team, the U.S. authorities had learned from the past, controlled him more strictly, and, even with the serum, in an era of superpowers, he couldn't do anything.
So his attitude is to try his best to do the job well.
He was just a hitman.
An ordinary person who, like many boys, wants to be a superhero.
In mcCu, most superheroes are out of reach.
Iron Man Genius Plus Rich II;
Not to mention, Thor, is a god, or the heir to the king;
The US team, not to mention the super physique, selfless and fearless spirit of few people can achieve;
Hulk, Spider-Man, mutated to gain superpowers that don't exist in reality;
Black Widow, Hawkeye, an elite of hellishly trained agents;
Even if it is a falcon, it has the skill of flying with equipment, and it can become the right-hand man of the US team as soon as it comes up, and it can enter the reunion without super powers.
John Walker offers the path and perspective of an ordinary person becoming a superhero.
First, by joining the army, perform well, and then get a chance to be praised as a high-profile hero.
But it's a sad story.
The limitations of ability and human nature doomed John Walker to become the true Captain America. After all, he was only a small person excluded from the Reunion group.
He thought he was approaching his dream, unaware that he was just a pawn that could be sacrificed at any time.
Stripped of everything, Walker ended up building a shield of his own, like the cosplay of many superhero fans.
The shattering of the homemade shield meant that his heroic dream was shattered.
Becoming an American secret agent, perhaps more, is a kind of self-consolation, where the gap between reality and ideals lies in front of us, which is universal and makes sense to win empathy.
The little people failed to fight back after all, and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" is indeed very realistic.