Marvel Movie Minute • Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Minute Eighty Three: From The Helicarrier Tipping to Thor BellowingMike Gravagno from The Superhero Show Show and Movie of the Year joins us in this episode!
In the eighty-third minute of The Avengers...We’re really listing now, but what’s important is that only the bridge lists. The rest of the ship doesn’t. Actually, we realize that even on the bridge, only some people list. One person who doesn’t is Agent Sitwell. He remains in his seat working on his computer. (Wait, didn’t it shut down?) Some may say that Agent Sitwell sits well... Yeah...
We find Natasha still in shock and likely injured after getting backhanded by Hulk. We debate the nature of her character in this beat in relation to the writer/director’s handling of female characters, and think this is likely okay, but maybe that’s just because Scarlett Johansson is performing so well here. It’s a tough bit, but what’s great about it is that she’s triggered back into the fight because of her connection to Barton. Her pursuit of him, or really of snapping him out of whatever spell he’s under, plays well.
We spend a bit of time with Iron Man making the terrible decision to get into the fan and spin it manually, and we see Steve slip and fall off the helicarrier, luckily grabbing onto a loose cable. And the minute ends with Thor seeing his brother stepping out of his cell. Lots to talk about in this one! Tune in!
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Minute Eighty Two: From Barton’s Mercenaries Approaching Engine Three to Engine One in Shut-Down
Mike Gravagno from The Superhero Show Show and Movie of the Year joins us in this episode!
In the eighty-second minute of The Avengers...Barton’s and Loki’s mercenaries finally make it to engine three where they prepare to sabotage it further with a grenade, but Steve sees them and does a wild move to block the grenade, then parkour his way to the merc to take him down. It’s a pretty cool bit, and we’re here for it. Plus, Steve and grenades... they have a history. We talk a bit about Steve’s crazy move to kick the gun out of the second merc’s hands UP to the catwalk by the red lever. It’s as if he knew he’d need it... Hrm... We also get to talk about Steve’s penchant for tossing people off of planes. Perhaps he prefers that to shooting them? He certainly never hits the guys with his shots. It’s like two Stormtroopers here.
We go from here to the bridge where Fury takes down the fifth mercenary trying to get in. What’s up with the ever-multiplying mercenaries? Did Barton have some planted on the ship? Regardless, why is Fury so confused about the fact that they just keep coming?
He’s interrupted in his thinkining, though, because Barton finally pops up – in a vent – and starts shooting arrows. Why doesn’t he take Fury out? It does give us a chance to talk about his data arrow though. Yeah, that’s a thing. The arrow shuts down engine one, along with the computers on the bridge – well, select computers, at least – and everyone starts listing. Even Agent Sitwell! Tune in!
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Minute Eighty One: From Moving Into Position to Massive Falling DebrisRyanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode!In the eighty-first minute of The Avengers...It’s our SHIELD pilot up against Hulk. Who will win? Well, we all know how this is going to play out. Hulk stomps everyone. He’s stomping Thor (the puny god). He stomps the aircraft our pilot’s flying, and let’s be honest – he’s now thoroughly stomped the helicarrier, which certainly won’t be able to land in the ocean now that it’s got this giant hole in the lab windows. How do they fix it anyway? We talk about Hulk taking out the aircraft, and the horror of 1) having to use an ejection seat then 2) being caught and thrown by Hulk in the process. At least his chute still opens! Hulk manages to blow the aircraft up before falling to New Jersey. Iron Man’s also irresponsibly knocking pieces down to New Jersey. So much for anyone below! But it’s a great minute and we have a great chat about everything going on in it. Tune in!Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel’s Discord channel!Film Sundries

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Minute Eighty: From Thor Trying a Choke Hold on Hulk to The Young SHIELD Pilot Dropping into PositionJason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode!
In the Eightieth minute of The Avengers...We start this minute with some awkward shots of Thor and Hulk fighting. Is that because of the shot construction trying to make room for the CG Hulk? We’re not sure, but it certainly stands out.
From there, we go to the bridge, just in time for a grenade to land, throwing Agent Hill back. Fury takes out two of Barton’s mercenaries, which sets us off on our tracking of the various operatives to see if there truly are just seven. We also debate if Nick is truly the best super spy as well as the best helicarrier pilot, or if he’s actually quite mediocre at both, but happens to know how to do both so comes in handy.
We get a bit of Coulson as he sets out to retrieve something from a secured locker, we get Thor and Hulk landing in the Wishbone lab, and we get Hill giving orders to one of the nearby Lightnings – real planes! – to take on Hulk. It’s a full minute! Tune in!
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Minute Seventy Nine: From Tony’s Tech Jargon to Hulk Failing to Pick Up MjølnirJason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode!
In the seventy-ninth minute of The Avengers...So much of Tony-science in this minute! We get to talk about magnetic levitation, or mag-lev. We also get to discuss stators and the potential logic behind what Tony’s trying to do. It somewhat makes sense. Is that good enough? There’s also some serious discussion about the red lever and how it plays into Tony’s dumbing down the conversation.
From there, we return to Thor and Hulk. We get a nice dutch angle of Thor – a nice nod to Kenneth Branagh’s style. We also get the surprising return of tiptoeing Hulk. Why is he so quiet in his approach to Thor? There’s also the calling of Mjølnir which elicits some concerns. That being said, we do get some fantastic beats of the fight through the rest of the minute – Thor undercutting Hulk with Mjølnir, hurling him into a harrier jet in a speed-ramped shot shines. Thor dropping and sliding on his knees while leaning back to dodge the harrier wing is another. And Hulk grabbing Mjølnir, only to get pinned by it is a third. 
We struggle through some of this minute, but still genuinely enjoy it, and have a great conversation about all of it. Tune in!
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Minute Seventy Eight: From The Hallway Chase to Steve Warning Tony About That Thing Getting Up To SpeedJason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode!
In the seventy-eighth minute of The Avengers...The hallway run as Hulk chases Black Widow is a fantastic shot and something that’s perfect for the trailer. What about the logic of designing a ship like this? Does the space make sense? We also run into some issues talking about the writer/director’s decision to have Hulk backhand Natasha, then shortly after prepare to do it again. It feels a bit... gross.But Thor arrives to save the day. Why not with Mjølnir? Oh yeah – we need to save that moment for a cool entry later. But can Thor really move this fast otherwise? He and Hulk end up in the lower docking area where we’ll see them fight for a few minutes. Why did it take Thor so long to join the fray though? And at what point did he learn that Bruce turns into this green monster? Does it matter that that’s never set up? Regardless, Hulk smashes him a bit more.
We end the minute back with Tony and Steve as Tony talks super conductors and kick-starting the engine, things that don’t make much sense. But it’s fun, right? Tune in!
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Minute Seventy Seven: From Tony’s Engine Analysis to Hulk Doing What He Does BestJason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode!
In the seventy-seventh minute of The Avengers...Tony and Steve continue their work on repairing the engine. We’re not sure about Steve’s decision to perform gymnastic feats on this damaged part of the aircraft, but he seems to be a monkey without fear of gravity, and we’re okay with it. Chris Evans delivers his line well here. Tony does his usual thing.
Back with Natasha, she’s now hiding from Hulk, who seems to have learned the art of tiptoeing. Why is he so quiet? And why has he decided to specifically single her out as his target? Wouldn’t he normally forget about her shortly after losing sight of her? We also get to talk about a deleted scene and the start of the hallway run. Tune in!
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Minute Seventy Six: From Black Widow’s Trigger for the Hulk to Iron Man Arriving at the Scene of the Damaged EngineJason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode!
In the seventy-sixth minute of The Avengers...Natasha breaks free from the pipe, which causes Hulk to turn and see her. The chase begins! We talk a bit about this pursuit, which takes place over the next few minutes. We see Loki smiling in his cell as he hears Hulk roar, which leads us to discuss the cage in the first place – why did they put Loki here instead of a different non-Hulk related cell? How do they get Hulk into it? It doesn’t make a lot of sense.
From there, we head to the bridge where Nick Fury works to get his crew moving the helicarrier out to sea to protect the people on land below them. That, of course, leads us to discussing the reasons a flying aircraft carrier would ever exist in the first place. We also get to meet Jesse Garcia, our Carrier Bridge Tech, who learns to navigate with the sun. 
The minute ends with Steve heading out to the damaged engine where he meets up with Tony, now in his Iron Man suit. It’s a busy minute of action. Tune in!
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Minute Seventy Five: From Tony Preparing His Suit to Natasha Pulling Herself FreeKurtis Findlay from the Epic Marvel Podcast joins us in this episode!
In the seventy-fifth minute of The Avengers...We get to talk a bit about Tony and his bespoke traveling closet for his Mark VI suit, as well as the fact that it powers up, presumably to warm it up for him and his arc reactor. 
But really, this minute is about the impending, hulking conflict between Natasha and Bruce. Natasha’s pinned down and Bruce is, well, losing control. Is it Natasha that finally pushes him over the edge? Or was he going there anyway? We get to talk a bit about these early stages of his transformation, what works, and what doesn’t. We also get to discuss our maintenance guys who come running in only to be shooed out by Natasha. It’s a great minute and our first chance to see any of Bruce losing control and becoming Hulk! Tune in!
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Minute Seventy Four: From A Shaken Nick Calling for Hill to Tony Telling Steve He’ll Meet Him at Engine ThreeKurtis Findlay from the Epic Marvel Podcast joins us in this episode!
In the seventy-fourth minute of The Avengers...The helicarrier’s under attack and Nick gets everyone to work. We talk about the team building going on here, even if it’s not under the guise of the Avengers as the team. It’s great to see them all working hard to save the helicarrier. We talk about how much of this film takes place on the helicarrier. We also discuss Warren Cole a bit more, correcting our earlier conversation that pegged him as Galaga Guy. So now the question is... who is Galaga Guy? We chat a bit about the motives of Clint and Loki, and we get to chat a bit about Natasha and Bruce lost down in the equipment room. Tune in!
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