Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Defrosted Edition

I'll start with a couple comments on the editing skill of Bobson Dugnutt: in a word, perfect. Honestly, without my familiarity with the source material, I wouldn't be able to tell you what is from the theatrical release and what was added. Video is solid, audio is clear, and edits are precise. Tens all around.

If you've read my other reviews, you may have learned that I'm a sucker for extended editions. For films that I like, I often want more, more, more -- and extended editions give me just that. However, it's an open question whether the additions add to the experience. Some scenes are cut for time; some are cut because they just didn't work or they took the narrative in a different direction than what was intended by the filmmaker. There are three main scenes that are added in this EE, and in my opinion each enhances the narrative. The first is the rogue SHIELD finding Cap's discarded uniform. Not only does this close a plot hole as to why they weren't tracking Cap in the first place, it's a nice little action set piece. The second is Hill and Sitwell talking about loyalty. While the scene itself is a bit clumsy, it makes Hill's rescue of Our Heroes later make more sense: she now knows where to place her loyalty. The finished SFX in this scene are nicely executed as well. The third scene is a little character moment with Fury and Black Widow. This doesn't add much to the narrative, but is a nice little breather before the big final battle gets started. All three of these scenes are welcome additions to the film.

This version of the film is now my go-to version when doing rewatches. Highly recommended for fans of the film, of Captain America, and of the MCU.

Why isn't this out on Blu-ray with the theatrical cut? Damn this is a great edit!

This is the version that stays in my library now. The edits are seamless, and everything adds to the movie.

Outstanding extended edition, thank you!!

I am a huge fan of CA:TWS and naturally was very interested in watching this edit of the film. I loved it.
I have only one word to describe it - WOW! Bobson took a fantastic film and made it even better!
The deleted and extended scenes are weaved in seamlessly, and truly improve the film. Both Video and Audio are top notch, and TM2YC's work on one of the deleted scenes looks professional.
The only thing that was missing for me was subtitles for the foreign languages dialogue, which Bobson later provided.
Bottom line: Highly recommended.

This is the go-to version of Cap's Winter Soldier adventure. Video editing is seamless for transitions and quality matching (on a 106" projection). Audio editing is seamless (on a 2.1 channel system). All additions are worthwhile.

The green-screen is finished so well I didn't notice it when I watched the movie. Afterwards when I specifically went back to that scene to look for it, I recognized edges during a few moving shots. Very impressive editing!

The only debatable point is whether the movie would be better if some scenes are trimmed. For my preference Barnes gets too much screen time, but I do think that the pacing of the movie is great as it is. So I'm not sure if trimming any Barnes would work well for the risk of throwing off the overall pacing.