I was in Florida with sporadic Wi-Fi.

It was absolutely fantastic, though I have to admit I didn't think about the PPC at all. My thoughts about the conspiracy were mostly 'I knew it!'. Not that there was a specific conspiracy with Hydra, but that SHIELD wasn't all great. I'm not exactly sure where I got that, but my sister pointed out to me that in Thor, SHIELD are kind of the bad guys because they took Jane Foster's equipment and (mistakenly, but still) tried to kill Thor. Basically, trying to suppress knowledge of anything fantastical. Which was sort of justified but also a tiny bit shady. And the movie where I really started to get into the Avengers fandom was Thor.

Plus, there was the bit with the weapons in the Avengers movie, and now we see that that was a precursor for the helicarriers. And I wasn't thrilled with the ethical decisions made in the first episode of Agents of SHIELD.

I also gained much more appreciation for Cap, I want Falcon to get his own movie, and am glad Black Widow is going to get her own movie.

So yes, I loved it.

I loved how the whole thing really shook up the universe and changed what we thought was the status quo.
And the realization that SHIELD thought they had been fighting for good and might just have been making things worse, because their resources were being diverted. That was just ... wow!

This may very well be my favourite of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies so far. And the funny thing is, that I'm not much into Captain America (thought he was a bit dull) so I would probably have skipped this one and caught it later on bluray, except that I had a couple of vouchers for free tickets that I needed to use. And boy, was I glad I did!

And I have to add that it was nice to see some diversity in the cast and female characters that actually do stuff and are there for other reasons than just to be female. It's not perfect, no, but it's good to see that maybe screenwriters are starting to climb down from Hetronormative White Dude Mountain.

Out of respect for those who have not yet seen the film, spoilers will be concealed.

It was funny when (SPOILERS), and then when they (SPOILERS). And the fight when (SPOILERS) were in (SPOILERS) and (SPOILERS) was awesome. And then the reveal that (SPOILERS) was pretty shocking, too.

All humor aside: My favorite part was the tech who Rumlow pulled a gun on. In a world of superheroes, the normal people who stand up to the monsters are always more amazing than their costumed counterparts.

"Sorry. Cap's orders."

I don't care what you say: THAT was the best line in the movie.

He's awesome. And Buck- the Winter Soldier is awesome too.

As for the whole spoiler level stuff- that was awesome too. Never saw it coming.

It was funny, because when I leaned over and told my mom, "Oh my god, it's just like the Black Cats in the PPC!" she just gave a 'what on earth are you talking about?' look.

It was the Reorganization that involved the Flowers running a Sue factory. After the factory was shut down, jobs for agents were suddenly much fewer, and wages had to be slashed.

Ahem.

Anyway, I thought the movie was excellent, though I really do have to question why Iron Man, at least, didn't show up to help. Yes, it makes sense from a movie called Captain America, but considering it takes place in the Marvel Universe where the Avengers are in contact with one another, you'd think a few of them would have shown up to help take down the giant airships.

Also, trying to convince the audience Nick Fury was dead won't work. I was a bit surprised for a moment, but then I was all 'pfft, there's no way they'll kill him off.' And nobody was shocked when oh, by the way, he only faked his death.

DAT ENDING, though! I'm excited for the next movie!

It was awesome! The whole conspiracy was interesting, the interaction between Bucky and the Cap was really sad, the introduction of Falcon was AWESOME (love the new design), the special effects were really good, the action was really well done and felt like the heroes could lose any moment now, the fact that we FINALLY got to see under Nick's patch...

The Emperor Protects!