If you're a fan of what Marvel's been doing, I'd say Civil War has to be the peak of what this sort of long form storytelling can achieve.
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I liked the movie a lot but I don't think it captured the themes of the comic arc at all, honestly, beyond paying lip service to them in the first half and then completely ignoring them throughout the second half. Nothing like Thor being brainwashed and murdering heroes or Capt being killed. The airport scene was pure fun, definitely not a war. This was not a war between two sides at all. The Civil War arc was compelling specifically because it was a war between two sides. Iron Man basically joined the opposite side, and the violence happened due to him seeing Bucky kill his parents, which has nothing to do with the Civil War arc. If someone has a good explanation I would love to hear it because I can't think of anything.įor me at least, I knew it would be impossible to accurately depict all the characters and events of Civil War but this film instead managed to capture all the themes and ideas present in the comic book and present it in a coherent manner that would fit in well with the current MCU.Ībout halfway through the film it stopped being an ideological conflict. Overall, it was an okay movie but I have no idea why it's getting so much love by everyone (except for the fact that there are recognizable superheroes on the screen). I get he was pretty much just a device to pit the heroes against each other, but the writers could have done much better than that. He was probably the worst and most forgettable Marvel villain yet. The whole "Are they heroes or vigilantes?" thing has been done in so many superhero movies and stories that it just feels lazy.Īlso, there is a villain. I kind of wish they kept the Age of Ultron surveillance argument plotline so the characters would have had more of a reason to be on the side they were on other than the fact that they were asked by one side before they were asked by the other. Besides Iron Man, Captain America, Bucky, and the Black Panther, every other character felt like they could have been on any side for any reason and it wouldn't have made a difference. Although character motivations were made fairly clear, they felt arbitrary and contrived. The script was nothing to ride home about either. There were a couple of visually stimulating and impressive shots but I guess the editors felt the audience would lose interest after a few seconds. MCU movies have never been the most visually rich and this film did nothing to change that. It felt like there was no effort put into composing the shots and they just got enough coverage to cut to a new angle every 2 seconds. The cinematography as a whole was just completely lacking. There's some neat stuntwork in Civil War but the poor cinematography does it no justice. For instance, the scene where the team was saving people from that runaway train and the hulk/Iron Man fight.
Not only was it a lot more humorous and took itself less seriously, but there were some inventive action scenes. And this movie had a lot unconvincing dramatic moments, poorly filmed action, and not nearly enough humor to make up for it. I don't go to watch the drama because generally MCU drama really doesn't do anything for me (and this movie is no exception). When I go out to see a Marvel movie, I expect to laugh, watch some people beat each other up, and. Although it was receiving massive praise from critics, my expectations weren't too high as I am not a huge MCU fan (I've enjoyed pretty much all of the movies, just on a very superficial level).įirstly, I was not entertained for the majority of the film. So I just got back from Captain America 3 and it was.
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