Over the past week I got the time to watch ‘Captain America: Civil War’ which is the 3rd instalment of the Captain America series. This Captain America is based on the ideal clash between Iron Man and Captain America. Cap thinks the Avengers do not need to be bound by rules and Iron Man thinks the Avengers needs rules because there have been too many people caught in the crossfire. So the characters are split into two sides: ‘Team Cap’ and ‘Team Iron Man’. The movie does a terrific job at displaying this ideology clash between Cap and Iron Man.
I’d say all the characters in the film played their roles brilliantly, stand-outs in my opinion are Black-Widow and Black Panther who were superb in their roles. Also probably the highlights of the movie are the characters of Spider-Man and Ant Man who when introduced were hilarious and enticing for us. The interaction between Spider-Man and Iron Man was a class act to watch, Spider-Man wasn’t this ‘superhero’ kind of character, more like a massive fanboy of the Avengers. This made his performance much more likeable and in my opinion the best comic book to screen spider man to date.
The ideology clash between ‘Team Cap’ & ‘Team Iron Man’ was a different approach to the typical superhero movie. Rather than the beat the big bad boss scenario we are given this ideology clash between heroes. This scenario in itself was both suspenseful and unpredictable to watch. Unpredictable in that we aren’t expecting the heroes to overcome the big baddie, but we are seeing heroes going head to head and the outcome is ambiguous until the end. It is ambiguous because we can see both sides of the story, Team Cap believes the Avengers need to be free because it covers all bases, he believes they (The Avengers) have an agenda to serve the people and do the right thing and being bound by rules and restrictions may impede with this. Team Iron Man believes there are too many casualties and the Avengers need to be put in check to minimise casualties because he believes at times the Avengers can be too dangerous even though their goal is to save lives. We see the inevitable clash between ideals and personalities with some of the best action sequences in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with the introduction of some new characters breeding a new wave of life into the superhero genre.
Overall, Captain America Civil War was a gripping and enthralling watch because it is not your typical beat the bad guy superhero movie; it is an ideology clash between heroes with twists and turns that keeps us on the edge of our seats the whole time. The runtime of this movie is quite long but very rarely does it feel dragged on and the movie does an amazing job with editing so it does not feel too long.
Best movie of the year so far for mine. Now for the wait till X-men.
