Well folks here we are, the last part of the Road to Captain America: Civil War. Let's get to it.
Captain America: Civil War is a comic book movie loosely based on the Marvel Comics' miniseries Civil War. The movie serves as a sequel to the first two flicks and is the 13th installment to the MCU. Marvel Studios produced while Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures did distributing. The Russo Brothers returned to direct and also writing to write was Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
The story is, after an explosion killed several humanitarian workers during a mission the U.N. has had enough of heroes doing their own thing. They pass the Sokovia Accords which will oversea and control the Avengers. Because of this, Captain America and Iron Man have not only gone head to head with each other, but have also started to bring in others in their war as well.
- Negatives
I've got nothing.
- Mix
There's quite a few slight issues, one being the use of humor. Now in some instances it's very effective and can get a laugh out of you. But there's other times when it's just not needed. Like for instance Black Widow and Hawkeye are fighting, but instead of the exchange being heated it's just them cracking jokes at each other even though this is supposed to be a war of both physicality and ideologies. So if there was ever a time when the humor factor should've been very very very low, this was one of those movies.
Then there's the villain. Yes while the heroes are fighting each other there's a villain pulling some of their own strings. And I gotta say this guy needed more development. I liked that pulling the string factor that was good, but we don't get to know a single thing about him until the third act and by that time the movie's wrapping up. I get the writers wanted to do a whole shrouded in mystery thing but we could've have gotten information sprinkled throughout.
Lastly there's the story. Let's talk about the good. I liked how Captain America and Iron Man got great development. We get to know how they feel about the Sokovia Accords, and why Tony supports it and why Cap is against it. And much like the graphic novel the question is brought up about how much control should the government how over something like superhumans. Those parts were truly the best and I loved that stuff. However we do got two other problems. One being the structure. Now we do get a couple of moments to breath and see a debate between Iron Man & Captain America. But then in what felt like a snap of a finger we're in action scene and then another action scene. It's like they couldn't decided whether to a serious political thriller with bits of action or have an action flick with some slight slow moments. So they thought "Hey let's try the best of both worlds". Then there's character development. Now like I said before Cap & Tony great stuff, everybody else not so much. Okay not everybody everybody. Black Panther has a good revenge arc and the story between Wanda & Vision is alright. But other than Steve, Tony, Black Panther, Wanda, and Vision, others don't have much to do. Some are just standing around waiting for the next thing to happen or they'll be shoehorned into the story, *cough Spider-Man cough*.
- Positives
Alright I'll get this next part brief cause you're probably winded after my mix feelings. One positive is the Russo Brothers' directing. I mentioned in my Captain America: The Winter Soldier review I said they weren't the flashiest directors. I misworded. What I should've said was they weren't the flashiest for that movie. Here, there were a lot of good looking shots. So with this movie while not having the strongest story, I think I saw the Russos' step up, like they took the next step when it comes to style.
The last thing I'll touch on is the action. I can't deny it, I will debate about the story until the end of time, but I won't deny that the action is awesome. The airport fight and Iron Man vs. Captain America & Bucky being the biggest highlights. Especially Iron Man vs. Captain America & Bucky, that had some great, intense emotions put into along with some great fighting.
While it has flaws I still enjoyed Captain America: Civil War. It's serviceable and if somebody whether it'd be friends or family decided to watch it with me, they won't hear any arguments.
My final rating is, Okay.
So that's all for now. Come back on Thursday, Jan 16th, for my review of Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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