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Snake5555555555
Despite its title, this is definitely an Avengers movie in disguise. I think you can make Age of Ultron about Iron Man instead and have a better movie for yourself there, while just calling CW by what it really is. Still, thats just a title. The film is great regardless! It was a nice parralel to the Avengers: instead of coming together, theyre torn apart and were shown a different perspective on their characters and dynamics that feels like a nice soft reset for upcoming stories. Though, Ive always agreed with what Scarlet has said about this film, like its a family dinner gathering or something along those lines, whereas comics Civil War was a grand epic that may not have always worked but touched on practically every corner of Marvel from the A-Listers like Spider-Man to Z-Listers like NFL Superpro. CW shouldve definitely been down the line a little bit longer and 100% shouldve had the Netflix heroes but I digress; its still a satisfying film that especially magnifies CA & IMs personalities and brings the former up a lot in terms of character development. I love the beginning with Crossbones (RIP), I love everything about Black Panther in this movie, the use of Spider-Man is some Grade-A certified unmatched fan-service, the portrayal of Zemo is spectacular, its an absolutely thrilling film with just a slightly unfortunate title.

Jesse Custer
This Avengers movie masquerading as a Captain America movie was mostly pretty good, with well choreographed fight scenes, solid introductions to the MCU for Black Panther and Spider-Man, and a conflict between Cap and Iron Man that felt like it actually mattered (in contrast to what Batman v Superman tried to achieve). But Civil War had its problems too. The main villain was forgettable, while the far more interesting minor villain, Crossbones, was wasted all too quickly. And the culmination of the villains plans to break up The Avengers felt kind of contrived. Still Civil War is a movie worth watching for reasons other than simply following the overall story of the MCU.

Johnbobb
Even as I write this I think I might have put this too high. I definitely have some issues with its base qualities. Captain America is and always has been the villain of Civil War in both the comics and the movie, regardless of what they both want you to think. Zemo is a boring and forgettable villain. The whole premise just felt a little goofy. That being said, it's definitely one of the better of the "turn your brain off and just enjoy it for what it is" movies in the MCU.

Paratroopa1
I don't find the political intrigue involving the Accords as interesting as most people seem to - there's a whole lot of "who's right, Captain America or Iron Man?" and I kind of just don't give a shit? The whole movie is really sort of a bummer. I really don't like the idea of actually ruminating on the collateral damage that the heroes are causing and the idea that innocent people are getting killed in it - it makes big action scenes that take place in crowded areas really distracting. In movies like this I've always been kind of anxious about all the property damage that happens - someone has to clean that stuff up! - but to make me think, every time Hulk slams into the side of a building he's probably killing or seriously injuring ten people, it just sort of takes you out of the whole idea of it being fun, so I sort of hate that Civil War introduces this concept to us. Plus, people get kind of obnoxiously hardass on the Avengers - like, they get criticized for the events of Avengers 1! That incident wasn't their fault and their actions created a completely absurd best case scenario when the entire city would have otherwise been nuked! So the premise of the whole plot just kind of annoys the hell out of me, and the first hour of the movie feels like mostly an excuse to try to get two factions of heroes to face off each other. Which is fine, because once they do, it's a hell of a lot of fun, and the final action scene between Iron Man and Cap is pretty great too. So, alright, it's worth it in the end, but I can't help but find the premise of the whole movie frustrating.

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