The sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers is more of a direct sequel to both films then I had anticipated, it brings together lose ends and bits, particularly from the first movie, and more or less logically fleshes them out. I feel like I have a much greater understanding of how Hydra works as an organization and philosophy then I got from the first movie, its operations make more sense to me now and I think its a better more dynamic nemesis for the Captain as a result.
Whereas The First Avenger was handled as sort of a World War II movie disguised as a super-hero flick, Winter Solder is a 1970's style conspiracy film in super hero clothing. This aspect of the production is brought home by among other things, the unexpected (and effective) casting of Robert Redford, a veteran of perhaps the paramount 70's conspiracy film All The President Men, to play a government official with 'complicated' motivations.
The stories intriguing and the pacing's good, striking an effective investigation to action sequence to character arc ratio, and there are a couple of genuine surprises. The film does somewhat over relay on a certain slight of hand the franchise has done before already. Chris Evans is great again as the Captain, a role he perfectly embodies, and he has an enjoyable give and take dynamic with leather clade Scarlett Johansson. I think that Marvel Studios continues to do an unexpectedly good, even sophisticated job handling this giant multi-franchise universe they've created, and hope to see future Captain America, Avengers, etc. films continue in this pattern. ***
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