Captain America: The Winter Soldier

There was a time when Steve Rogers was the average Avenger: less amusing than Tony Stark, less conflicted than Bruce Banner, less weird than Thor. He was, as his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut put it, The First Avenger: a staunchly ancient-fashioned do-gooder whose monochrome morality rendered him slightly dull, despite Chris Evans’ simple-vacant charisma in the role. When Evans proposed retiring from…