Okay but how amazing is this in terms of attention to detail? Ā Because very, very few people have a photographic memory, and the Winter Soldier - whose brain is essentially electrified pudding at this point - most certainly wouldnāt have total recall, even of a single instant that very clearly shook him, to the point of destroying his conditioning and requiring a full reboot. Ā This is the kind of detail that no oneĀ is going to notice who isnāt obsessively watching the movie over and over (aka, us), but they still did it ā and maybe more painful still, the alternate take (Buckyās memory) is quieter, somehow; it seems to be a take where Chris Evans is taking a quieter approach to the line. Ā Buckyās rewriting the memory in his head, trying to work out how he knowsĀ āthe man on the bridgeā ā and it isnāt his own name, really, thatās causing his confusion. Ā Itās Steveās face, perhaps, but itās the wayĀ heās saying his name; the way heās said it all their lives. Ā And maybe, just maybe, thatās why Buckyās reworked the memory in his head, shifted it, just a little - made it softer, made it a little more quiet. Ā Because what has him in knots isnāt just this one, single moment; itās the way that moment calls up echoes of his old self ā the man who heard this voice a thousand times, who called him this, over and overā¦and, very likely, who said it a little more like in his memories: softer, more intimate. Ā Buckyās taken away some of the shock; heās focused on the part thatās truly confused him, all soft lights and blurred camera and utter impossibility: heās focused onĀ affection.
