I just saw Captain America: Civil War tonight, and while I plan on writing a full review for both it and The Jungle Book soon (I hope), I thought I’d just give a few quick little thoughts right now.
To get it all out of the way, I really enjoyed the film, and thought it was probably one of the best films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far. Having the main conflict be between Captain America (and company) against Iron Man (and company) was a refreshing change of pace, and brought to mind what Batman V Superman might have been like if it were actually a good movie.
The action scenes were some of the best to come out of the MCU (there were a few “shaky camera” moments though, unfortunately. But they were never excessive). I also thought it brought out new dimensions to the returning characters (Tony Stark is the bad guy of the equation, as far as I’m concerned), while smartly introducing and integrating the new additions of Black Panther and Spider-Man into the MCU (thank God we don’t have to see Spider-Man’s origin story again!). It even had a more interesting bad guy than the last umpteen Marvel movies, which is good since that’s become a recurring complaint of mine every time I walk out of a theater showing an MCU film.
Perhaps yet another highlight was how it served well as its own movie while still having a plot that involved events from previous movies. Some of Marvel’s recent picks have been so preoccupied with foreshadowing future films that they themselves end up feeling like little more than a full-length trailer of what’s to come. *Cough! Age of Ultron! Cough!*
I’ll try to write my full review soon and go into a bit more detail, but as it stands, Captain America: Civil War is a great addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hopefully, future installments will take notes.
I will watch it tomorrow. Hopefully, I will like it as much as you did.
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