Who's Worse: Tony Stark or The Winter Soldier

Who's worse: Tony Stark or The Winter Soldier

Comic book movie fans are more anxious than ever to see the new Captain America Civil War movie after watching the new trailer during the Superbowl. There's been a lot of buzz on the internet about people all of a sudden switching sides from Cap to Iron Man. Is it because we see Stark with a cool new gadget that helps him from being killed by the Winter Soldier? Or is it because we see War Machine is fatally wounded or even dead in his cut scene? What ever the reason we won't find out until movie comes out of course, but I recently came across a comment that said that the Winter Soldier had done more wrong than Tony Stark before he stopped making weapons. Lets look at the good and bad of each character and determine who's worse.

Good: Bucky Barnes (before becoming the Winter Soldier)

- was not a bully, he was best friends and defended Steve Rogers long before he became a super soldier
- was drafted into the Army during WWII and became the rank of Sergeant
- was a POW (prisoner of war)
- became part of the Howling Commando's
- was an amputee (wounded warrior)
- was experimented on, mind controlled, lost all memory of his former life, frozen and had his memory erased after each mission as the Soldier
- saved Captain America from drowning after remembering who he was
- takes the place of Captain America in his absence (in the comics)

Bad: Winter Soldier

- was an assassin who killed anyone from scientist to political figures
- killed Tony Starks' parents (maybe Iron Man finds out about this in the movie and goes after him)
- attempted to kill Nick Fury
- shot twice and attempted to kill Black Widow
- shot Captain America and attempted to kill him
- killed and destroyed numerous Shield agents and equipment

I'm sure there's a lot more good or bad that he had done that's not on my list. Although the Winter Soldier committed the crimes, should he really be held responsible? I know I probably sound like a lawyer, but he was not in his right state of mind. This guy is a hero in my eyes, WWII vet, POW, amputee, all in the name of defending his country. His previous life and the good deeds he has done far outweighs the bad things that he did. He was forced and did not choose to do those bad deeds. Now let's look at Iron Man.

Good: Iron Man (post capture from the Ten Rings)

- undid wrongs against the people who were using his weapons for bad/terrorism
- stopped making weapons for profit (making for self)
- made a eco friendly sustainable energy source
- provided the government with an Iron Man suit (War Machine)
- joined the Avengers and saved New York from aliens and a nuke
- took down Aldrich Killian, Whiplash
- Helped create Vision
- funded the Avengers and built them their buildings, inhanced weapons, and armor

Bad: Tony Stark (pre come to Jesus moment)

- was self centered
- sold weapons for profit and didn't care about the consequences
- was captured and held prisoner to make one his weapons under the order of his business partner  because of the lack of leadership he took in his business
- he rushes into situations without thinking
- he could have prevented Aldrich Killian from being a bad guy if he wasn't drunk and selfish
- he could have easily made Extremis for good use a long time ago (At the end of the third movie he said it was an easy problem to solve)
- responsible for creating Ultron ( although Scarlet Witch pushed him on that direction)

Like I said with the Winter Soldier, I'm sure there last a lot of good and bad that I've missed on the list. My opinion is that Bucky was and has always been a good guy at heart. Whereas Tony chose to be a self centered asshole. Don't get me wrong, I love RDJ and the Iron Man/Tony Stark character. But if you think about it most of the problems that he had faced or even the entirety of Avengers 2 were based on his actions. He has caused so many problems in his life that he wants to try to fix things before they happen. It's a very logical way to think, but I think that we're going to see the results of his actions play out in the new Captain America: Civil War movie. If you didn't know already, I'm team Cap all the way.

Tell me what you think. Are you for team Cap or team Iron Man? Will Tony finally find out that the Winter Soldier killed his parents? Wouldn't it be a great plot twist if Bucky was still under mind control throughout the entire movie and he was the one to kill Captain America?