The trailer for Captain America: Civil War was released on Jimmy Kimmel Live (my very own scoop!) a little over a week ago. It received universal acclaim from viewers everywhere. The newest trailer for Batman v Superman was released a couple of days ago and received mixed reactions. I was somewhat underwhelmed by it. The Comic Con trailer was better. Now onto the reasons why Civil War's trailer is better...
Tone
This trailer clearly shows that
Civil War continue the same serious tone from
The Winter Soldier. That is a major plus because people loved
The Winter Soldier's tone since it was the pefect mix of humor and seriousness.
NOT Avengers 2.5, this is Cap's movie first
A lot of people were worried that this would be just another Avengers movie due to its many characters. Well this trailer shows that Steve Rogers is still the primary focus. It continues his relationship with Bucky. It's very personal for him.
Team Cap vs Team Iron Man
We have grown to love and care about these characters over the past years. Now they have to fight. It is family against family. Friends against friends. So much emotional intensity.
Action Sequences
This trailer shows that
Civil War's fight scenes and action sequences will be just as great as
The Winter Soldier, if not better. It proves that a trailer doesn't need excessive CGI or massive explosions to wow the audiences.
Black Panther
Black Panther is one of the greatest comic book characters ever. Look how badass he looks! The true king in all his glory.
The end of Stark and Steve's friendship
We have seen their relationship develop over the past few years. Now it has come to an end. It breaks my heart to see Stark say that line. My emotions!
This scene
The trailer ends on this epic scene. Cap and Bucky double team against Stark! It looks like it's straight out of the comics.
Now onto my complaints about the latest trailer for
Batman v Superman...
Lex Luthor
I love Jesse Eisenberg as an actor. I loved him in
The Social Network. I just think something is off with his Lex. He seems corny and cartoonish. I hope the movie proves me wrong.
The trailer gave away the entire plot
What ever happened to the element of surprise? The first two trailers did what it needed to do without spoiling us. Now we know Lex will manipulate Batman and Superman to fight against each other and then they will team up to fight Doomsday (Zod?). Please take note from the trailers for
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Doomsday
I know that the CGI is not finished yet, but come on. He looks like a troll from
Lord of the Rings. I hope they perfect his look.
Enough with the negativity already. Now onto the things the trailer got right...
Clark and Bruce Interacting
It is so great to see Clark and Bruce interact in their civilian attire. There is so much tension between the two. It's obvious that they know each others secret.
Wonder Woman
Look how awesome and badass she looks! DC's most iconic character! This trailer continues to prove Gal Gadot haters wrong. She is the perfect Wonder Woman. You go girl!
The Trinity
'Nuff said.
This editorial is not meant to start a flame war. I wrote this to prove that you could be excited for both movies. Although I prefer the
Civil War trailer and was somewhat underwhelmed by the newest trailer for
Batman v Superman, the latter has great parts as well. I want both movies to be amazing. That would be good for the whole genre. I know I'm going to see both films opening night! How about you?