From: Avengers: Endgame
Genre: Movies
Who said it?: Captain America/Steve Rogers
The story behind the quote: This quote comes from the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame. This film not only closes out the Infinity Saga but also serves as the conclusion to some of the Marvel heroes’ stories, such as Iron Man/Tony Stark and Captain America/Steve Rogers, among others. The story picks up around five years after the events of Avengers: Infinity War with the heroes picking up the pieces after Thanos‘ successful purge of half of the universe’s population.
The quote comes near the start of the film with Captain America/Steve Rogers (played by Chris Evans) returns to the Avengers base after leading a group grief counseling meeting and has a talk with Black Widow about what he discusses during these meetings but he knows what he’s saying is hypocritical by delivering the quote.
Geek wisdom: It is important to move on from the past. But, like with what Captain America said, it can be very difficult and, at times, it actually might be the right way to handle things. Simply moving on may not be the answer when you can still do something about what happened in the past. Sometimes, focusing on what went wrong may be the only way to find a solution.
