Had some nice build-up, but too linear and it has the usual Marvel problems of being bloated with too many characters and plotlines, an underwhelming villain and rather predictable. I wish they'd put the 'waking up in the present' twist halfway through.
Had enjoyable sections where I thought "YES! This is what I want from the whole film!" but didn't manage to maintain them.
EDIT: on another viewing, I didn't feel it was quite so bloated. Basically, it's really good for the first 80 mins or so, up to the train sequence but then the structure gets very floaty and everything starts to feel rushed. And yeah the end confrontation is a bit weak: a brief punch-up in a plane. They should have gone straight from rescuing Bucky to losing Bucky to Cap *and* Red Skull freezing, then had them both wake up for a modern day confrontation in the second half. This would also allow cutting the Howling Commandos, who are introduced but never paid off.
Along with Iron Man 2, these flaws are an early example of the Marvel serialisation getting in the way of the films working as individual pieces.
Rating: Good
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