![]() Yeah, sure, Batman wants to hang up his cowl in TDKR and has to literally climb his way out of a hole to come back to being himself again. The Batman in Batman Begins is pretty much the same Batman in The Dark Knight Rises. (Image credit: Disney) Captain America Grew More As A Character Throughout His Trilogy Than Batmanįinally, I feel like Batman never really changes all that much throughout his trilogy. The Winter Soldier is freaking phenomenal, and while it wasn’t the game-changer that The Dark Knight was, it’s still an excellent second movie in a great trilogy rather than just an excellent second movie in a GOOD trilogy. It’s also the only film in the MCU that I view outside of just being a comic book flick and would actually compare it more to the Bourne series than the Marvel movies. It’s a lot more grounded than almost all of the other MCU films, so it has more in common with The Dark Knight than any other Marvel film. The Russo Brothers made an enthralling, pulse pounding espionage film that stands out from the other movies in the MCU. And so in their eyes, it’s not even worth considering Captain America: The Winter Soldier in the discussion.īut I say, let’s consider it, since I still find Captain America: The Winter Soldier to be the best movie in the MCU. Many people consider The Dark Knight to be the greatest comic book movie of all time ( Not me, but other people do). I already admitted that The Dark Knight is better than Captain America: The Winter Soldier in the intro, and yeah, I’ll commit to that statement. (Image credit: Disney) The Dark Knight Is Better Than The Winter Soldier, But The Winter Soldier Is No Slouch, Either So, yeah, Captain America: The First Avenger is better than Batman Begins, and I’m sticking to that statement. Bucky came back as the freaking Winter Soldier in the sequel, and even the Red Skull returned in an awesome scene in Infinity War. Inversely, the period piece in The First Avenger feels novel now. And the awesome, troubled Batman we got in the first flick had him nodding to Alfred in that cheesy ending in the third. ![]() Ra’s al Ghul was interesting in the first movie, but I hated the reveal of his daughter in The Dark Knight Rises. Scarecrow, while cool in Batman Begins, was cheapened in the later films. I thought the period piece origin was lame, I thought Bucky’s “death” felt pointless, and I thought the Red Skull was corny.īut, after seeing where both trilogies eventually ended up, my opinions have flip-flopped. In contrast, I found Captain America: The First Avenger to be pretty weak. I loved The Scarecrow, I dug the League of Shadows, and I was really fascinated by Christian Bale’s take on the Dark Knight. When I first saw Batman Begins , I thought it was amazing. (Image credit: Disney) The First Avenger Actually Holds Up Better Than Batman Begins The Dark Knight Rises almost feels silly in comparison. In the end, both sides have a point, and those points wouldn’t be as salient if we hadn’t seen Captain America’s belief system over the course of three films. In this way, pro-American, Captain America, is the Republican to Iron Man’s Democratic sensibilities. The entire plot hinges on Cap’s moral beliefs that superheroes shouldn’t be run by the government. But that’s bull since this is very much a Captain America movie. Many people don’t even consider Captain America: Civil War to be a Captain America movie at all since it’s more like The Avengers 2.5 with its large ensemble (I mean, this is the movie where we’re introduced to both Black Panther AND Tom Holland’s Spider-Man). The Dark Knight Rises is nowhere near as good as The Dark Knight, and you know it.īut Captain America’s trilogy ends off on a banger. Bane felt like an afterthought with that whole Talia al Ghul reveal, Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman had an undercooked feeling to her, and that conclusion with Batman in the Florence Café felt super cheap. When he asked me why, I said, “Because it sucked?” Now, that was a very unpopular opinion when the film first came out, but many people now agree with me that it wasn’t the best possible conclusion following The Dark Knight. My good friend, Brian, asked me what I thought of it, and I gave him a big thumbs down. I remember when I first saw The Dark Knight Rises in theaters. (Image credit: Disney) Captain America: Civil War Is A Stronger Finish Than The Dark Knight Rises
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