Last night, Captain America: The Winter Soldier played for press in Los Angeles, and while full reviews are embargoed until March 20th, reporters were free to tweet out their reactions.  We’ve collected some of those tweets, and the praise was effusive.  Steve was among those who saw the film, and tweeted afterwards, “The CAPTAIN AMERICA sequel blew me away. Movie has a fantastic script, amazing action, and great character moments. Just about perfect.”  Earlier this morning, he added “if you missed tweets from last night: CAPTAIN AMERICA sequel is fantastic on every level. Fanboys and casual moviegoers are going to love it” and “until I see it again I won't say exactly how it compares to other Marvel films, but it's easily one of the best they've ever done.”  Captain America: The First Avenger is my favorite movie of Phase One, and it’s wonderful that the sequel is receiving such high praise; now it’s up to the rest of us to try and keep our expectations in check.

Hit the jump to check some more Twitter reactions.  The film stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Georges St-Pierre, Frank Grillo, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Emily VanCamp, Maximiliano Hernández, Robert Redford, and Samuel L. JacksonCaptain America: The Winter Soldier opens in 3D on April 4th.

Marvel Studios gets Captain America better than any of their other heroes. THE WINTER SOLDIER is terrific.

— Jeremy Smith (@mrbeaks) March 11, 2014

 

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ is Marvel’s best movie to date. You thought the trailers were great? You ain’t seen nothing yet. — PJ Campbell (@pj_campbell) March 11, 2014

 

Captain America: The Winter Soldier had me at the edge of my seat! Great action film, @Marvel does it again! #CaptainAmericaEvent — Deanna, mommyGAGA (@Mommy_Gaga) March 11, 2014

 

Just finished watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier. What an awesome action packed movie! #CaptainAmericaEvent — Mommy Enterprises (@mommye) March 11, 2014

 

Captain America: the winter soldier just blew up my mind!!!! #ChrisEvans #ScarlettJohansson #awesomeness

— Winter Wonderland (@_Winter_wind) March 11, 2014

 

No joke! @CaptainAmerica the winter soldier is one of the best action movies I have ever seen!!! Everrr!! #CaptainAmericaEvent — Vanessa -QueenofSwag (@queenofswag4u) March 11, 2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is absolutely incredible. Best action in a Marvel solo movie and perhaps the best of them all - around. — Eric Eisenberg (@eeisenberg) March 11, 2014

 

@SweetiesFree it was debatably the best #Marvel film yet. My jaw hurts from clenching my teeth. Action packed! #CaptainAmericaEvent — Trippin With Tara (@tasalinas) March 11, 2014

 

Wow. Captain America: TWS is great. One of the best action films I've seen in ages, maybe ever. You want to see this. #CaptainAmericaEvent

— Matt Blum (@cerebus19) March 11, 2014

 

Oh, wow is CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER a perfect film. Wow wow wow. — Silas Lesnick (@silaslesnick) March 11, 2014

Really liked Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Proves Joss isn't only 1 in Marvel's arsenal who can craft a compelling/fresh female char — Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 11, 2014

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER is just phenomenal, in so many ways. Believe the hype, and prepare for so much more! — Brian Gallagher (@GallagherMW) March 11, 2014

 

Super surprised and impressed with @AnthonyMackie as a the Falcon. He totally rocked it! #CaptainAmericaEvent

— Andrew (@Mommys_Busy) March 11, 2014

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER: Phase 2 is 3/3 for me. Anthony Mackie has finally found that breakthrough role. — Damon Houx (@houx) March 11, 2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is awesome. A tad too long, a tad too plotty, but its action & MCU impact will blow your damn mind. — Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) March 11, 2014

I saw Captain America 2 last week and I really enjoyed watching it, but when I try to explain the plot out loud I sound like a crazy person.

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) March 11, 2014

 

Here's the official synopsis for Captain America: The Winter Soldier:

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” finds Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

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