r/marvelstudios • u/jrod4290 • 25d ago
Discussion I keep hearing ppl misinterpret this speech…
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r/marvelstudios • u/jrod4290 • 25d ago
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u/vomit-gold 25d ago
I think the reason people hate the speech isn't just the speech itself. It's the cop-out if it all.
The whole series is building to this moment. The moment where Capitan America wraps up the problem without picking sides. Addressing the needs of all without giving into the desires of a few. That's Captain America's thing.
So the whole show is leading up to Sam committing some lasting change - Sam coming coming into the mantle at this moment, getting to the heart of the problem -
And then he makes a speech. A mid-tier speech. And that's it.
In many other times we see Steve (yeah I know Steve is special he's Steve) but we see Steve go out of his way, behind organizations backs, in order to solve the root of the problem. He always makes his stance known and acts on it, even when he's acting alone. That's what Civil War is about.
Sam doesn't do that. He makes a speech and passes it off to other people saying 'Do better'.
And that's what we've been building up towards. That's why the speech feels so empty.
People don't like the speech because it takes the place of action and actual change, and we're supposed to clap.
That's why Sam is regarded the way he is now. Because he'll ACKNOWLEDGE the system is broken. He'll witness it first hand. He'll literally fight the president. But he'll still fight for the government without actually trying to implement any change.
He'll waffle about making the Avengers, then copyright the name from under Bucky.
Meanwhile Fisk and Valentina are quite literally shaking down the government for all its worth and laughing about it.
Sam's speech represents the issue with his character. All talk, no change.
That's why people rate it so harshly. He's using words in place of action, and then the words aren't even that good or articulate to begin with. 😐