cool cool cool I just wanna say one of the most heartbreaking things about rewatching endgame was noticing that steve looks to natasha for EVERYTHING. it’s his automatic response to anything unexpected.
the first thing he does when he notices the stones aren’t in thanos’s gauntlet? he looks at her for her reaction.
the first thing he does when they get out of the car at tony’s, and tony maybe doesn’t react the way steve had hoped expected? he looks at her and waits for her signal to approach the house.
the first thing he does when they’re experimenting with time travel and things start to go south? he glances at her, expecting her instructions, even though bruce is literally the one manning the time machine.
it’d become second nature for him to look to her for guidance and direction, for him to gauge her reaction before forming his own, because she had more experience than he did when it came to a lot of things, and she was the one who helped him and taught him to find his feet in the present. she was his anchor to this world, but she was also his guiding light. i can’t imagine what it was like to lose that.
This is a little analysis I came up with last night. I will solely focus on angles and shots.
Let’s start with the church scene in Civil War. What struck me back then was how the scene was almost entirely filmed with low-angled shots (the only exception being the shot of Peggy Carter’s photo frame).
As you can see the camera is clearly placed low and therefore allows us to have a direct, unobstructed view of the characters. It also creates a very intimate vibe.
It gets even more intimate with close-ups (still low-angled) such as below
The background is blurred and all the attention is put on Natasha’s facial expressions.
I recall thinking back then that it was a very intimate, raw way to film their conversation. And too intimate to be friendly connotated.
Now, after watching Infinity War, I stared with big eyes when I found the same technique used to shoot a ScarletVision scene:
As you can see, we have the same features: low-angle and close-up.
Wanda and Vision are a couple and it can’t be more intimate than that. So the fact that the Russos shot the Romanogers scene in a very similar fashion proves that the two pairing at put on the same level: romantic.
As a reference, I decided to rewatch the kiss scene between Steve and Sharon in Civil War in order to compare. And it’s a whole different vibe:
Here we have behind-the-shoulder shots which creates far more distance and therefore does not allow the viewer to get emotionally invested. Really strange way to film a scene supposed to build up to a first kiss. From the start, you can tell St*ron is not depicted like ScarletVision and Starmora (and Romanogers).
There is something off.
There is no-close up and every shot we get is obstructed by the other character appearing in the frame (unlike the Romanogers scene). As a director, your aim should be to build anticipation where the kiss is the culmination of it. But not here. The viewer is now allowed to get closer and it is therefore difficult for them to engage emotionally.
In my opinion this definitely confirms that the directors never meant to make this relationship believable, and furthermore I’d say it was their intention to make the kiss feel awkward, distant, not organic.
One more thing: this scene does have one low-angled close-up and it’s a significant one. It’s the one where we see Steve’s reaction to the kiss
As established, he doesn’t exactly look overwhelmed (as his answer “late” confirms). How weird is it to shoot a whole scene from a distance only to have one close-up where he character does not look thrilled.
Again, I believe this was all done on purpose in a way to let the viewer know that St*ron isn’t romantic. I don’t think the Russos failed at building their romance, they deliberately chose to build it wrong, in a way that it feels wobbly and not believable even to us.
How do I see things? Natasha is the real love interest, not Sharon. Their relationship is far more developed and deep and it shows in the way their scenes are shot. Clearly, the Russos have a specific way of filming romantic scenes and they readily use it when it comes to Romanogers scenes just like they would with ScarletVision and Stamora.
“I still have red on my ledger, I’d like to wipe it off.”
The biggest lie Natalia Alianovna Romanova ever said. Here’s why…….
Iron Man 2, she assisted Stark in defeating Ivan Vanko’s terrorist plots against him.
Avengers, she did everything she could to get Clint back. And was a key part in destroying the portal, effectively ending the entire invasion.
Captian America: The Winter Soldier, Natasha helped expose Alexander Pierce’s evil schemes to the world, which also resulted in all of her own morally dubious history being revealed. As a result, she was forced into dropping off the grid again to begin rebuilding her cover.
Age of Ultron, Despite being captured, she was able to inform the team of Ultron’s location on Sokovia, resulting in a final battle in which the Avengers had defeated Ultron once and for all.
Captain America: Civil War, she tried to prevent the fight, went with Steve’s to Peggy’s funeral, betrayed Iron Man’s team in order to assist Steve.
Infinity War, Thanos effortlessly overpowered her. But did that stop her trying? No. Did she keep fighting to save everyone? Yes.
Endgame, when the whole Avengers collapsed. She kept on hope. When the rest of the avengers where doing other things, who kept together a team which were working to keep the world at peace? Who sacrificed herself to save everybody?
My point being, Natasha wiped the red of her ledge in 2008. Natasha Romanoff, I love you 3000. thank you <3
Okay so it’s 3am and it just hit me why Steve acted and said what he did in the elevator scene. It was because of what he’s learned from Natasha Romanoff. He could’ve gotten what he wanted with a fight but instead he leaned over and said Hail Hydra and walked out of the elevator with the scepter. That is exactly what Natasha would’ve done in his situation. We all remember how easily Natasha got intel on Loki’s plan in the Avengers. In The Winter Solider when Steve and Nat were on the run it was Natasha who got them out of the mall without being caught. Steve was prepared to fight but Nat used her knowledge to their advantage. She knew public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable and she used that. She knew to tell Steve to walk don’t run and to look like they were having a fun conversation because she knew they’d blend in. Natasha Romanoff analyzes situations and finds the best solution to the problem. Things don’t have to end in a fight you can get what you want by simply using your knowledge of your surroundings. Steve Rogers manipulated those guys into giving him the scepter in Endgame just like Nat manipulated Loki into giving her the information she wanted in The Avengers. He took a page out of Natasha playbook.
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