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I saw CATWS at the movies yesterday. Two words - LOVED IT!

The movie was over two hours long but it didn't drag. The story was well paced and the action, wow. The fight scenes were amazing, whether the opponent was human or mechanical. When MTV does its nominations for the Movie Awards later in the years, it woud have plenty to choose from for Best Fight. (Personal favorite - Cap vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. jet.  Spoiler - S.H.I.E.L.D. jet lost, badly)

The Cap and Peggy reunion was soo touching and heartbreaking.

HYDRA collaborators - they don't make good henchmen these days. Back in the day (1944) when a lower level HYDRA agent was caught he took the cynanide pill way out. Now they are quick to talk, after a litte "friendly persuasion". SPOILERS - Sitwell squealed like a pig after Black Widow kicked him off the top of a building and Falcon picked him up. Winter Soldier got a hold of Sitwell and threw him in front of an ongoing truck. HYDRA's other motto - snitches end up in ditches. Senator Stern, the other HYDRA stooge, was picked up by the FBI after Black Widow aired HYDRA/S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dirty laundry on the Internet. Dollar bet Stern gives up a lot of people to save his skin. Alexander Pierce, the brains behind the plot,  earned a body bag courtesy of Nick Fury.

S.H.I.E.L.D's incompetence - I knew from previews and spoilers that HYDRA compromised S.H.I.E.L.D. from the beginning, but after hearing the amount of time (70 years) I'm still stymied. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s founders, which include Howard Stark, opened a Pandora's box when they brought in Zola for their scientific knowledge. Zola's brain (you won't believe how it's stored) practically bragged that HYDRA ordered the hit on Howard and Maria Stark to set events in motion. Tony Stark's reaction to that bit of news would be interesting. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fallout should be good; it's already been revealed online that May was making her secret call to Fury.

There's much more but I wanted to talk about the parts that stood out to me the most, just to get a conversation started. 