Marvel's Captain America: Civil War is without a doubt, one of the best superhero films of all time and Marvel Studios' greatest film.
Now, why do i say that? For those who haven't watched it and you're waiting till you see Marvel's latest adventure, well, you're in for a treat.
Civil War has action, heart, emotional weight, and gut-wrenching moments, that make it impossible for Marvel to top this film.
Today, i am gonna break down the negatives and positives of Marvel's Phase III film.
THE STORY
We all know the Civil War comic book storyline, right? We've all read it, at this point. The story in this goes like this: A tragic event happens involving the Avengers happens (The africa mission) and tons of civilians die , and the government puts restraints over what the Avengers can and can't do, and the Accords, which include them revealing themselves, puts the Avengers at odds. With Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and the other Avengers, fighting, against each other.
Now the film's plot is executed perfectly, and allows for all the characters to be explored (except maybe War Machine and Hawkeye but....you know..Barton needs a Netflix show) and the spectacles of this are....Cap and Tony! Yep, these two characters have the right motivations to fight, and when the heart breaking discovery that Bucky killed Tony's parents, Howard and Maria Stark, then Tony says that Cap doesn't deserve to wield the shield. That was a moment of pure brilliance, really.
Now, look i am not writing this review, and just liking this movie because it's Marvel. I did admit Age Of Ultron was not a good film, not. at. all.
I am more of a DC fan, well, i am equally a Marvel fan and DC fan, so even if Civil War turned out bad (which it didn't) then i would have said it was bad.
But it is a fantastic movie and you should watch it! When it comes to a theatre near you.
CHARACTERS
The standout characters in this film are 1. Spider Man/ Peter Parker 2. Black Panther/T'Challa.
They're great, and they're the ones that surprised me, and they're new, and for the hell it, they may become the new faces of the MCU!
The others were amazing, but what i want to focuse on, is that all characters get light to shine. And that's amazing!
Spidey was my favorite, and for the 30 minutes of screentime, he gets, he's amazing. Hell, being a SW fan is enough for me, which he shows when he webs Giant Man into an AT-AT from the Empire Strikes Back which he refers to as an 'really old movie' or along the lines of that. And his 'hot aunt' May was good too, and CW makes me so amazingly excited for Spider Man: Homecoming.
And T'Challa/Black Panther was amazing, and a good showcase of his skills heritage, and his homeland, Wakanda. Easily one of the film's best characters. Here's Chadwick Boseman and Ryan Goggler do something spectacular with the character's solo movie.
Iron Man and Cap were interesting characters, their brawl was awesome, and they have mostly good reasons to fight.
And smaller characters like Agent 13, Falcon, Black Widow, Everett Ross, and Zemo are given their fair share of screentime.
This movie juggles it's characters pretty well.
Now to...
VERDICT
Positives:
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Great Action
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Decent Score
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Amazing Character And Every Single Of Them Given Attention
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Epic Fights
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Fantastic Storytelling
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Emotional Moments That Make The Most Cynical Tear A Little
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Spider Man And Black Panther
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Great Dialogue
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Easy To Follow Story
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Decent Villain IN Baron Zemo
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Iron Man and Captain America's Fight
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The Airport Fight (Holy Jesus!)
Negatives:
(This movie hasn't that much, but these are more things that bugged me)
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Ending That Didn't Offer Much
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The After Credits Scene Should Have Been Different
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A Little Unclear View For The Future
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No One Dead, And That Takes Out the Meaning of A 'War'.
END.