The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a brief respite in a post-Thanos world

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a brief respite in a post-Thanos world A good balance of quiet moments and typical MCU action  . s — that make   Falcon and the Winter Soldier  By  Julia Alexander     Mar 19, 2021, 8:00am EDT If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our  ethics statement . For the vast majority of  Bucky Barnes’  106 years on Earth, his life has consisted of running from fight to fight without a second to sit down and simply exist. Now, Bucky Barnes is faced with a new reality he doesn’t know how to navigate — what happens after the knuckles are bandaged and the bad guy is dead? The  Marvel Cinematic Universe  spent 11 years building up to its climactic battle between Earth’s mightiest heroes (and a couple of pals from space) and the  Mad Titan, Thanos . There were some hiccups along the way — Ultron nearly  destroyed the world , countless other villains like Loki, Red Skull, and all of Hydra tried to kill the Avengers a few ti