Tag: performance

portraitofemmy:

debwalsh:

captnsunshine:

steve + grief

Powerful.  Heartbreaking.  The sniffle that launched a hundred thousand fan stories …

Can we talk about how important it is that Steve Rogers, who embodies the idealistic masculine image, is open about his grief though?

Can I just talk about that last gif? In the commentary track, Joe Johnson said that they filmed this take first, then called Chris back for a reshoot where he was more stoic. They ended up going back to this version because of the strength of Chris’s performance and the emotion was a much better fit. As a result we have an amazingly beautiful emotional beat between Peggy and Steve, but we also actually get to feel Steve’s grief for his friend rather than it just being automatically transformed into righteous asskicking and gunfire.

a-five-headed-dragon:

hobohairedbuckybear:

#can someone put this gif side by side with the gif of bucky post-‘let’s hear it for captain america’ #because it’s the same face #in two different instances #the same expression on two faces for the same reason #this is the face that says something irretrievable has been lost or taken #for steve it was bucky; plain and simple and easy as breathing #for bucky it was more than that; he’s realizing he’d lost the thing that had defined him #the thing that made him who he was #made him the kind of man he could stand #bucky looks at steve – six foot tall and goddamn close to bulletproof #and knows he doesn’t need bucky to protect him anymore #that’s what bucky loses #steve has a brand-new shield #so bucky has no choice but to become the sword instead #steve doesn’t need him to stand in front anymore; he needs bucky to stand at his side #it just takes bucky longer to sort that out #sighs (via weinersoldier)

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civicbooty:

inwhichiamasupervillain:

I am laughing so hard steve lands so lightly on his toes like a damn ballerina and bucky just drops like a ton of bricks on that car and fucking CRUSHES IT

So, in parkour, there is a practice of trying to land as quietly as possible. This is because landing lightly and softly absorbs the energy from the impact into the muscles as opposed to the bones where they may do some hard damage.

So, by landing lightly on his feet, Steve is employing good practice, showing training that works with his body, to get the most out of his super-soldierity.

However, the Winter Soldier lands harshly and without regard to the well being of his body. His objective is only the kill, and he will sacrifice his body and push through considerable pain to complete his mission.

dendritic-trees:

frrancesc:

“What would I give for a playboy who couldn’t keep it in his pants, and who runs through women? What I have is a son who shows no interest in them. What you do at night with your boys, after your show of skirt-chasing, is a disgrace.”

#his acting in this scene #just #just this alone #oh my god #the way you can feel every single emotional punch his father lands on him #and how he still tries to keep it together#not let the tears fall #don’t let him see #how he grits his jaw #that little spasm #an he’s about to roll his lips into his mouth but doesn’t #just breathe #breathe breathe breathe #it fucking murders me #every time #your talent blows me backwards #you’re such a gift #im forever thankful that you”ve graced my screen

uncensoredsideblog:

People saying nice things about Sebastian Stan 5/?

AMC’s John Campea gushes about Sebastian Stan’s face (again)

Everything, all this. It’s my favourite moment in the entire movie, and if you listen to the commentary, you find out it wasn’t just thought up ‘for something to put there’ and casually tacked on, it was ALWAYS how the movie was going to end. It was going to be pre-credits, for a while. Bucky’s face while he’s looking at his own memorial is and always was the final shot of Cap 2.

rennerandcats:

sebastianstanbear:

Sebastian Stan vs People Calling Bucky Barnes a Villain/Bad Guy

Bucky Barnes is not a villain, but we are witnessing Sebastian Stan’s super villain origin story right before our eyes. 

“He’s the world’s longest serving POW!” he shouts, before roaring and tearing his shirt off to reveal the spandex villain costume underneath.

thedancingcow:

Samuel L. Jackson on Nick Fury’s relationship with Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 

And when I talk to Natasha, it’s as a father figure because he loves her in a way that he doesn’t love anybody else as part of that whole group of people. The fact that they’re both members of this shadow world and he knows her past in a way that no one else knows it, there’s an affection and a respect there and a knowledge of that kind of person she is in there. Even if she loves him, if she had to kill him, she would, and he understands that. There’s a way of dealing with her that he can’t deal with anybody else. (x)

firstenchantervivienne:

There’s a post going around critiquing the idea that Natasha had any kind of control over her causeway fight with Bucky, that it “dehumanizes” her by not letting her have faults/get into trouble. Except it doesn’t, because she was not “terrified out of her mind.” 

We’ve seen what she looks like when she is that scared when she was up against the Hulk. Natasha facing the Hulk looks nothing like Natasha tangling with Bucky. You didn’t see her smiling at the Hulk when she was running from him, even those few times she managed to slip out of his reach successfully before he caught up with her. Furthermore, that was a very deliberately filmed reaction shot. The directors wanted that smile in there, to show her state of mind, and they made sure Scarlett would be able to concentrate on the perfect smile – she was literally given running shoes to wear for that one shot so she could focus on her acting and not worry about tripping in her high heeled boots.

I don’t know how anyone could miss the symbolism of Nat cracking his goggles and forcing him to remove them, giving us the first glimpse of the man behind the mask? She opened his eyes. Not only that, but she’d made him angry, the first sign of human emotion he displays in the movie – a rather emotional outburst of rage as he shoots down at her.

(under a cut because this got a bit longer)

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