Just another misunderstood anti-hero

I saw Captain America The Winter Soldier a week ago and became somewhat obsessed with Sebastian Stan the actor who plays Bucky Barnes.  I like the idea that the character was once a totally good guy but that he got captured, tortured and brainwashed into an assassin.  I love the idea that he could be redeemed due to the love of his friend.

Anyhow, this is the repository of my geek.  So a few Winter Soldier gifs...

This is Bucky in WWII.  He's already been experimented on...but he's just an American Soldier on a mission.  Here he is shooting a sniper who had his sights on Steve.  I love that they made Steve and Bucky best friends (early comics made Bucky into a scrawny teen who adored Steve) and equals.

Here, he looks just a bit...ruthless.  His looks hint toward the man he will become:

The Winter Soldier when we first see him (standing in the street staring directly at Nick Fury).

There are a ton of fight scenes in the movie.  In fact there is a lot more shooting, punching, running, driving, then there is dialogue.  So the intensity of body language is key, especially for Sebastian Stan, who has few lines in the whole movie, yet lends a gravitas to the whole thing.

"Who the hell is Bucky?"

Everything changes when Steve realizes the Winter Soldier is his best friend.  I am a sucker for that kinda of devotion.

Steve won't kill Bucky, he wants to break through to him, have him remember the good man he once was.  Finally something does stop Bucky from delievering the killing blow.  And when Steve falls to his death in the water, you just know that Bucky will remember just enough to jump in and save him.

I love this fanart from sandara at deviantart It's called The Light Before We Land.

I'm hoping that we get to see Bucky and Captain working together in the next movie.