There’s an effervescent ease to his presence onscreen, whether acting opposite Daniel Brühl’s Baron Zemo or Erin Kellyman’s Karli Morgenthau.
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It’s telling that the two best episodes of the series were the second, where our titular leads reunite after spending the pilot apart, and the fifth, which saw them (with only brief detours to Baltimore and Sokovia) fight side-by-side in Latvia and mend themselves in Louisiana.Īnthony Mackie deserves any and all accolades that come his way for playing Sam Wilson, the man who would become Captain America. One would assume a show called, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” would not only feature these characters, but perhaps even show them sharing screen time with one another.
The structural missteps of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” however, were many: a formulaic episodic construction that saw some kind of fight shoehorned into every entry, a constant case of ignoring the golden storytelling rule “show, don’t tell,” but no sin was greater than the criminal underutilization of its two leads. Both shows have seemingly been huge successes, and there’s a chance that both will pop in awards conversations.īut what’s truly baffling about Marvel’s failure to embrace the form is that all the best elements of enduring shows and/or limited series were present here: two charismatic leads with great chemistry, enough mystery and mythos to propel a longer, 13-episode arc, and an incredibly relevant socio-political message. (The fact that they keep referring to the shows as hours-long movies is a bad first step.) And here’s the thing, they might not care. Look, making prestige television is hard, and both “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” have shown that Marvel has yet to master the steep learning curve in transitioning from films to television.
(To say nothing of the highlight of the episode: Sam’s nephew using Bucky’s outstretched vibranium arm as a pull-up bar) Adepero Oduye, Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” Courtesy of Disney+ “Hell yeah! That’s the Black Falcon there! I tell ya.”Īnd finally, in perhaps the most unexpected resolution, there’s genuine sweetness in Sam taking Isaiah and Eli Bradley to Steve Rogers’ memorial to see Isaiah now immortalized for his bravery in the face of unspeakable evil - both at home and abroad. Sam going toe-to-toe with Batroc (perhaps to eschew his non-super reputation) echoes Steve’s own battle with The Leaper at the beginning of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” and it’s similarly great.Īdditionally, it would be hard to stave off goosebumps the moment after Sam saves the day, lifting the trapped members of the Global Repatriation Council to safety when two Black onlookers have the following conversation: Sam’s first entrance as Cap - giving the audience a glimpse of what Bucky used his final favor from the Wakandans for - is glorious (and perhaps unsurprisingly pretty faithful to the comics). ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Will Run as a Drama Series at 2021 Emmys - ExclusiveĪnd let’s be clear: There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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