12 Marvel Cinematic Universe moments that made no sense

1. Steve Rogers didn’t give a proper farewell to Bucky Barnes

This one hurts a lot.

Up until Avengers: Infinity War, audiences worldwide were more than aware of how important Bucky Barnes was to Steve Rogers. The events of Captain America: Civil War were driven more by their friendship than by the Sokovia Accords themselves. Steve even used all of his strength to stop a helicopter from lifting off to ensure Bucky would be safe.

Worse of all, he destroyed his relationship with Tony Stark in favor of supporting the Winter Soldier and covering up his secrets. It truly seemed there wasn’t anything they wouldn’t do for each other… except maybe having a proper farewell before going their separate ways.

Avengers: Endgame was a really long and crowded movie. No one questions that at all. However, was there truly no time for a two-minute scene where Steve and Bucky say goodbye to each other before Steve goes to the past? Was that too much to ask for? After everything they went through, Captain America just disappeared and left him behind without any sort of explanation or farewell in what may be the hero’s most selfish moment ever. (Or at least that’s what it seemed when Avengers: Endgame premiered).

See, It has since been confirmed during an interview that a conversation between Steve and Bucky did happen off-screen. It doesn’t matter if no one in the entire world saw it, their farewell did take place, so that should be more than enough to fix this whole confusing moment, right? Well, it doesn’t really work like that.

For all we know every entry on this list could have a perfectly reasonable explanation that was given in an interview offscreen. If that were the case, then it would be up to audiences to be on the lookout for every interview with directors and writers to fill in all the gaps the MCU has. But that’s not how films are supposed to be enjoyed. People should be able to go to movie theaters to get a complete and cohesive experience. We shouldn’t wait for a seemingly random interview long after a project was released to realize there were a few pivotal moments that were left out.

For that reason, this might be one of the most confusing MCU moments of all. Especially when taking into account that a two-minute scene could’ve easily fixed it.