re: Captain America: Winter Soldier ***(SPOILERS)***

I too thought it was the best of the standalone movies.

I really liked the first CA and this one exceeded my expectations. Chris Evans was great in his role, trying to remain the moral compass even though everything and everyone around him was breaking down.

I was surprised we got the 'teaser' trailer of GotG in front of Winter Soldier. As a non-comic reader, I feel they are not marketing that movie well at all, and have a feeling it is not going to do well at the box office.

I think the reason why I like CA so much is he is grounded (literally and figuratively). Thor is so fantastical and while it's great (an my wife loves the eye candy), it's not as relatable.

And Iron Man is just played out. Great first movie but the next two were sub-par to put it kindly.

Winter Soldier was fresh, and built nicely upon the first one. Also, of the phase two movies it was the only one that really moved the story along globally. IM3 was Stark's personal journey and Thor 2 you got another infinity piece, but CA really feels like it moved the chess pieces around the board significantly.