I have watched this movie many times but now I have to write a review of this movie while watching the "mess" of Falcon and Bucky on their own show at the present time. I won't say much about that crap show, but you can compare to see the characters in this show and the difference in the "Falcon & Winter Soldier" show. Clearly Steve doesn't need to be everywhere for the story to be interesting. He's obviously the main character, but the fun comes in how the story is told. Spies, suspicion, conspiracy, and the ideal of a superhero. All are wonderfully blended with A-class action scenes and music, intelligence in filming scenes... all create a 5-Michelin star dish. Friendship and love are also expressed so well. What's not perfect here is probably just a few scenes that try to be funny, the politician characters look like weird scarecrows, and the climax and sacrifice are incomplete due to the continuity factor over many movies of the MCU.