The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 1 is up.
It really bothers me that Sam doesn't wear a helmet or any kind of thing to protect his head. Like a dozen guys fire guns at him during that opening action scene and it's like, "Well it's a good thing they always aim at the parts of his body he can cover easily". Actually, he probably should wear on in general zooming around all over the place like that.
I REALLY disliked the shaky cam on the flying scenes. I get they're trying to make it look more realistic, but it kind of has the opposite effect. It's so distracting.
I was not expecting Rhodey to appear. Was that listed in the cast beforehand? Must have missed it.
I had been wondering if Bucky had anything to do with that old man's son dying, and when they showed his picture that definitely was a "Oh shit" moment.
Just finished
The opening action scene was my least favorite part of the episode and it's weird to go on reddit and seeing some of the top posts be people praising it and comparing it to MCU films. The shaky cam was clearly to hide the budget and the less than stellar cgi. It wasn't bad, but it definitely didn't have the production value of the films, or even the end of Wandavision. The Bucky fight at least was really good but that's obviously because it was very practical and not green screen/cgi.
Bucky obviously killed his son as soon as the old man mentioned it in the restaurant >_>
The actor who plays the soldier helping Falcon is not great at acting.
I know I'm picking nits but I really enjoyed it! I was hype for some ridiculous over the top action but I found the character stuff to be by far the best parts. Bucky on a date and dealing with his past/Falcon dealing with being gone from his family for so long that they're in financial ruin was really compelling.
