But Captain America: The Winter Soldier may be the first movie to beat Honest Trailers at its own game. Why? Because the film’s directors designed it that way on purpose.
In a recent interview with Collider, Winter Soldier directors Joe and Anthony Russo were asked how they felt about achieving a positive Honest Trailers review. Joe Russo answered:
“Flattered and amused. What’s so funny is that I’m an avid honest trailer watcher. I love it, it cracks me up… We used to sit in the room and go, ‘This is not going to end up in an honest trailer. This logic isn’t sound enough yet.’ We literally tried to Honest Trailer proof the movie. Because what Honest Trailers really is… is ‘How sound is the logic in your film? How ridiculous are the buys that you’re asking the audience to make?’ So we would just comb through the script over and over again and go, ‘How do we shore up this logic?’ So it was a very helpful exercise for us.”
This movie as a nerd-only production, istg.
Chris Evans shows up wanting to fight like a videogame character.
Sebastian Stan shows up with 10,000 Bucky headcanons.
Anthony Mackie shows up demanding he wears red spandex and wings.
Scarlett Johansson shows up asking for an arrow necklace.
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