I thought they gave the movie a sense of being in Steve's PoV that made it more personal and grounded it, personally. I agree it brings down the pacing, but I thought the pacing was brutal from beginning to end and had to catch my breath when the credits rolled; I had trouble transitioning from ha-ha-joke! now-everyone's-getting-killed and back and forth even during the movie.

So, I mean. I think it's a fairly subjective thing? Steve's scenes were redundant beyond the grounding/making the whole waitress tidbit and victims more personal, but I got to say one of the main for me appeals of the next Captain America movie is going to be watching him flounder a bit in the 21st century.