Quick recap: In "Civil War," the Avengers are facing growing international criticism for the way they handled the events in "The Avengers" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron". Fun movie, and I would recommend it without hesitation.īut while it was a good movie, it would have been so much better if they'd just cut all that stuff about the Sokovia Accords, which was unnecessary, muddled and made Steve Rogers look like the bad guy for no reason whatsoever.
I may have gotten a little snuffly at times.
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The action was some of the best ever in a Marvel movie (up there with "Winter Soldier," which the Russo brothers also directed) and the emotional beats hit hard. Tony Stark going after him, assuming that Steve's blinded by loyalty to his friend, is also believable. Steve going on the run to save his friend Bucky, who he believes is being unfairly framed, is great and believable stuff. Because while we all know and love them as the Avengers, hero squad, the brutal truth, which the movie does admit, is that is exactly what they are: A mercenary group who has resisted even the most basic oversight from democratic governments, oversight that would allow the people that the Avengers are supposed to be protecting some say in what this militaristic police force is allowed to do.ĭon't get me wrong. Which is why I was sorely disappointed that the latest installment of the Marvel cinematic universe, "Captain America: Civil War," decided that, for no reason whatsoever, Steve is now a guy who believe it's cool to belong to a secretive paramilitary that rejects oversight and accountability to the public. Instead, in both the first movie and in "Captain America: Winter Soldier," we get Steve the liberal: Anti-racist, anti-sexist, valuing transparency in government and his belief that we the people should hold power instead of some unaccountable tyrants who believe might makes right. Most corporate blockbuster movies would cave into the temptation to make the character some kind of generic, apolitical "patriot," abandoning the comic tradition that has painted him as a New Deal Democrat standing up consistently for liberal values. The Captain America movies have been the crown jewels of the robust Marvel cinematic universe for a lot of reasons - great casting, fun action, and a strong sense of genre - but for me, one of the most satisfying aspects is how much the movies really get Steve Rogers, aka Captain America.