Hey there!!! Love your gifsets! I’ve been on a Danny boy kick lately and i am binge watching his movies. I wonder if you have any suggestions on his lesser-known movies that I should watch next? (So far I’ve watched Me and Kaminsky, The White Sound, Lessons of a Dream and Woman in Gold) Thankssss

Awww, HEY, thanks! Along with Salvador which I hadn't watched at the time of posting and Love in Thoughts which I didn't fully appreciate until my second viewing, THESE are my "musts" for Danny binge-watching. For lesser-known films (of course not to this fandom), I'd check out Joyeux Noël, Schule, Entebbe, Ladies in Lavender, Eva, Colonia, and Lila, Lila. Throw in All Together if you can find a copy without Russian dubbing over the French dialogue.

Personally did not enjoy Krabat, The Countess, and The Pelayos but I know those movies (and those Danny characters) have a following so feel free to check those out if they interest you. Did not regret watching The Coming Days, Alone in Berlin, In Tranzit, My Zoe, and Intruders but I don't think they lived up to their full potential. A little more mainstream, not as well-received, but still worth seeing: The Zookeeper's Wife, The Fifth Estate, The Cloverfield Paradox, and Burnt (you will hate Bradley Cooper's character but you will adore Daniel's Tony Balerdi). The King's Man you can enjoy if you go in knowing it's nothing but campy fun. Don't bother with The Bourne Ultimatum, A Most Wanted Man, 2 Days in Paris, and 2 Days in New York if you're watching them just for him because he is barely in those. He also has a fairly minor role in Dinosaurier but if you enjoyed him as Sebastian Zöllner, you might want to add this to your list, too. Definitely skip The Face of an Angel, Cargo, and 7 Days in Havana if you love yourself BECAUSE THOSE ARE HOURS OF YOUR LIFE YOU CAN NEVER GET BACK. p.s. apologies for the long-ass reply. To make up for it, I leave you with THIS amazing resource for some of those hard-to-find movies. You'd be surprised at what you can find on YouTube, too!

Bucky: Don’t be nervous. You got this.

(Puts hand on Zemo’s shoulder)

Zemo:…You’re, like, super nice to me…

Bucky:…not really. I’m just doing the bare minimum here.

Zemo: You’re the best friend I’ve ever had.

Bucky: Oh, that’s sad.

Zemo: I think I’m in love with you.

Bucky:(walking away, uncomfortably) Okay…

back in game baby

I have Age of Ultron on in the background and my brain is like:

1) Pietro no :’( WHAT WAS THE REASON

2) Zemos family died during this :(

Baron Helmut Zemo Masterlist

Baron Zemo x Original Female Character

Work of Art - (NSFW One-Shot) While waiting for Sam and Bucky to get back, Zemo compares their partner to a classic painting by Klimt.

Point of No Return - (NSFW One-Shot) - Zemo helps his colleague get into character for an undercover mission.

Baron Zemo x Female Reader

What I Paid For - (NSFW Drabble) - Zemo wants to see what your new lingerie looks like.

Without a Trace - Zemo up and leaves without saying goodbye…

More - (NSFW Drabble) Zemo pushes your body to the limit.

Delightful - (Drabble) Zemo comforts you in the freezing cold.

Ruin Your Plans - (Drabble) Zemo finds you after being on the run.

Baron Zemo x Female Reader x Bucky Barnes

Russian Roulette - (NSFW. One-Shot) Zemo propositions you and Bucky for a threesome.

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June 16, 2023

Happy 45 Birthday to Daniel Brühl.

I miss Zemo so much, pls give us a sign of him in Thunderbolts .-.

so i did a thing

My humble thoughts on

Series Review (Spoilers!)

With the completion of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now 22 films and 2 TV shows deep. It’s not often that Marvel Studios drops the ball. I think it’d be fair to say that while not all the movies may have been home runs, they've hit more often than they've missed. However with two small screen ventures now under their belt with many more to come, it’s disappointing for me to say that I feel they’re only batting one for two so far.

WandaVision may not have been everyone’s cup of tea due to its unique premise and deeper focus on character study over action but it was successful in what it was trying to accomplish. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier by contrast appeared to be a more traditional Marvel action/adventure while exploring equally heavy themes as WandaVision. However unlike WandaVision which was able to remain honed in on its themes and story, TFATWS story was often meandering in direction and mired in bad pacing and heavy handed dialogue scenes. Coupled with sub plots that were either rushed or just unnecessary contributed to the series overall feeling of being uneven and messy.

One of the biggest criticisms of the Netflix Marvel shows was that they perhaps had too many episodes and not enough story to fill them which often resulted in some episodes feeling like a lot of filler. TFATWS had six episodes each roughly just under an hour and in this case six may not have been enough to fully explore the characters in a more compelling fashion. Especially when too much precious screentime was devoted to less relevant material such as Sam trying to get a bank loan to fix his family’s fishing boat, or the many scenes of the Flag Smashers standing around discussing their crusade.

John Walker was the one character that I felt was very short changed in this series. His arc was extremely rushed as by episode three he was already becoming unhinged despite nothing all that traumatic having happened to him yet. One of the things I loved about the comic book storyline was that it showed Walker and Lemar Hoskins going through training and Walker having to learn how to use the shield similar to Falcon’s training montage in episode five. Walker and Hoskins also had several missions on their own which helped illustrate Walker’s more extreme methods and gradual descent into mania which culminated when his parents were killed by villains using them as hostages to get to Walker. This series didn’t have or provide time enough to include any of those sorts of explorations. Lemar’s death was substituted for Walker’s parent’s death to trigger him over the edge. While it provided the same result for Walker’s character it didn’t feel quite as earned as it too came quickly before we got to know Lemar or see him in action enough with John.

Another area this series struggled was with its villains. The Flag Smashers were incredibly bland and ultimately ineffectual in their purpose. They never felt like a legitimate threat and they spent more time sitting around talking about what they wanted to do rather than actually carrying out action to accomplish it. The comic book Flag Smasher was always a D-list villain and the actress chosen to portray the group’s leader was not imposing or interesting enough to elevate the character above that lackluster reputation.

Fans were extremely excited for the return of Zemo, the villain responsible for engineering the break up of the Avengers in Civil War. Unfortunately instead of returning to this series to be one of its antagonists he was instead used to form and uneasy alliance with Sam and Bucky to help track down the Flag Smashers and the stolen Super Soldier Serum. While Zemo, played brilliantly by Daniel Brühl helped elevate and invigorate every scene he was in with his sinister charm and dry wit you couldn’t help but feel like he would have benefited the series much better as its principal villain. Especially considering how blasé and forgettable Karli Morgenthau turned out to be.

Genuine surprises were also something this series lacked. The biggest mystery presented in the series was who the mysterious black market arms dealer, The Power Broker was. Unfortunately many fans including myself saw the reveal coming a mile away and the character revealed to be the Power Broker, Sharon Carter was a head scratcher. There are any number of other characters I would have liked better as the Power Broker which would have been far more interesting and made much more sense than Sharon.

The action and fight scenes left a lot to be desired. Almost all of them were very underwhelming and felt very much like typical tv show fights you'd see on any other random small screen series. The one fight that did manage to rise to the occasion was the three-way fight between Sam, Bucky and John Walker in episode five. It was fast, hard hitting and edited pretty well so you could see the action clearly. That fight felt more like the type action you’d see in one of the movies.

As I mentioned earlier the themes this series was attempting to explore were pretty complex as well as topically relevant. For the most part I feel they were successful in developing these themes even though often it was accomplished in very dry and exposition heavy manner resulting in many overly talky scenes. For example the backstory of Isaiah Bradley which is a tragic one, is related to Sam in a lengthy one on one dialogue scene. That’s not to say it wasn’t a well acted scene but it would have been nice if some of these types moments could have been shown in flashback rather than simply told. Better to show rather than tell.

All of these types of issues continued in the finale resulting is a very messy, poorly paced and ultimately unsatisfying conclusion. The lone bright spot was the debut of Sam Wilson decked out in his new awesome, comic book accurate Captain America uniform. Also as expected John Walker received his black and white uniform to officially become the U.S. Agent which was also a welcome throwback to a cool comicbook moment.

Overall while there were many elements in this series that worked it just wasn’t enough to gel into a cohesive whole. Unfortunately I don’t foresee myself revisiting this series too often if at all. The Loki series is up next and while I thought the trailers looked good, TFATWS has forced me to curb my expectations a bit. ⭐⭐½

The strange and highly niche cinematic universe of Daniel Brühl being forced to take a bite of aspic by a stranger who holds him and his dirty secrets hostage:

Letterboxd party of 2: Lila, Lila (2009) & Nebenan (2021)

No thoughts...just Zemo with this look vibing to a French song! 🎶

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If Zemo were to show up in Thunderbolts:

Zemo: (singing) James, James, James, are you finally single?

Bucky: No.

Zemo: (singing) I respect that.

Zemo and Thor haven't met in the Marvel Cinematic Universe because if anyone ever allowed that to happen, things can get kinda . . . racy

not that we're in a rush but yeah

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Daniel Brühl as Helmut Zemo • for @daniel-bruehl

June 16, 2022

Happy 44 Birthday to Daniel Brühl.