Falcon Appearing in Conjunction With The Winter Soldier

I finally caved and got a Disney+ subscription and the first thing I watched was the Mandalorian but I have nothing to say about it so moving right along to other things I have nothing to say about, but will anyway: Not Only Falcon But Also Winter Soldier.

Confession time, the few MCU movies that I watched have almost all been blasted into my brain from the back of airplane seats at 30,000 feet above the Pacific, so nothing has really stuck. Needless to say, everything I know about this world has come second or third hand from social media but luckily we all know what a reliable source of information that is.

That said, I kind of liked this.

The opening and set up in particular were solid, especially the Bucky stuff with his psychologist and Sam's stuff with Isaiah. The whole question of whether a Black man could or should become the symbol of America was well-handled I thought, acknowledging both history and present issues, but also making the case for people to define for themselves what their national identity is.

That said, this was Subway sandwich overstuffed. I really wish Bucky had more airtime, because that's another fascinating subject they could have tackled--guilt, forgiveness and redemption. How do you make amends when "Sorry" does not even begin to cover it? 

But nope, no time for that because in addition to race in America, we've also got immigration and the refugee crisis to deal with, and the dark side of being treated like a hero, and the radicalization of youth, and political accountability, and and and and it's all too much. The bad guy aims are vague and unconvincing and Bucky's redemption arc gets wrapped up off-screen.

Random thoughts:

1. More Bucky and Yori and the cute waitress from the sushi place. 

2. It was just bizarre to me that they had Nubian women in full tribal regalia wandering around Latvia or Lithuania oh come on like you can tell the difference, you'd think that would have drawn more attention

3. Didn't know who Sharon was so the whole "Power Broker" subplot was a bit ?

4. Karli was in the Han Solo movie that nobody watched, too

5. Mackie going from practicing with the shield with Bucky in one scene, to not being able to catch it the next was just an odd bit of editing

6. More Zemo. Yes I know everybody loved his dance. More villains with comprehensible backstories and identifiable goals, please.

7. Is "USAgent" supposed to be significant? And who is Seinfeld lady? Don't make me google essential plot details please, shows.