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Mega Mana
First Moment That Comes to Mind: Cap reading the accords with Falcon and War Machine conversing behind him

Civil War may be my favorite MCU movie and one of my favorite films ever (Infinity War and Winter Soldier all jockey for first place, really). It's a movie dealing with consequences. Is it an Avengers movie? No. The Avengers are in Captain America's life and they are brilliant supporting characters in his story, getting their own side stories advanced forward (particularly Wanda & Vision), and we get two amazing introductions for Spider-Man and Black Panther, but first and foremost this is about Captain America. The First Avenger was about what makes Captain America a great hero and establishes his moral fortitude and duty to protecting and saving others. The Winter Soldier was putting his integrity to the test against country and power if the corruption is pervasive. Civil War... is the first big test of grey. There is no black or white answer here. This isn't HYDRA. This is about beliefs, trust, friendship, moral quandaries, choosing between two difficult choices, and standing up for what you believe in.

There are a lot, A LOT, of rambling paragraphs that get muddled coming out of my head that I'll forego expanding upon here, e.g. the role of how guilt affects decision-making (Cap, Tony, Panther, Spider-Man, Zemo, Vision, Bucky), the toxicity of vengeance, accountability of actions, fatherhood and male role models, easy vs. difficult decisions and slippery slopes, etc. My brain sees so much minute wonderful detailing in this superhero movie that I wish I had more collegiate and dexterous ability to focus and express. I love thinking about this movie.

Like, I sometimes forget there's the big superhero battle in the middle, but also... Spider-Man has an incredible debut as both Peter and as the Brooklyn-based webslinger; Black Panther is absolutely key in the themes of this movie and his scene at the end with Zemo is such a perfect contrast to Tony vs. Cap; Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Falcon, Winter Soldier, Spidey, and Black Widow bring out some full belly laughs; the non-twist of more Winter Soldiers to fight is wonderful; Iron Man vs. Captain America and the Winter Soldier is beautifully choreographed; the running in the tunnel soooo good; ahhhh.... I love so much of this movie.

I think Winter Soldier is a better crafted film. I think Infinity War tugs my heartstrings so much more. But Civil War just has all the action, heart, comedy, drama, characters, theme, pathos, and juggled storylines wrapped together in a big present that works on so many levels for me. That's why it's my #1. I cannot gush enough about Civil War.

BetrayedTangy
Theres a reason people call this movie Avengers 2.5. We get a ton of characters, the fight scenes are epic and it sets up a lot of the universe going forward. The only thing keeping it below my number 1 is that its still technically a Cap movie and his character is definitely given the higher priority. Its really a shame too, because RDJ does a great job of showing how much this situation pains his character. Also one of my favorite details from this scene is when Clint introduces himself to TChalla to which he replies I dont care. Then later in Endgame he actually refers to him as Clint. Such a nice detail that says a lot about TChalla as a character.

MetalDK
Black Panther was more intriguing in this than his own movie

ScepterOfLove
(No write-up.)

Corrik7
Getting to see the avengers against one another was great to see on film. It was also good to see Spider-Man finally get involved with the other characters too. The Stark / Captain / Winter Soldier angle was good and intense.

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