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I went to see Captain America: Civil War over the weekend. This was the first Captain America movie I went to see in theaters, and I was hoping for a good movie after seeing the other two on television. What I got was one heck of a Marvel masterpiece. From start to finish, it was the best blend of action, drama, comedy, and suspense that I've seen in a superhero movie in quite some time. I enjoyed the Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, but not like I did Civil War. This is (to me) easily the best Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to date, and has the potential of being THE best superhero movie in 2016, outdoing Deadpool (which I saw and enjoyed), Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (which I didn't see nor will I plan to see, and if you have paid attention to my social media posts, you would know why), and the upcoming X-Men Apocalypse movie (which according to critics are getting mixed reviews). The only superhero movie this year that I THINK will outdo Civil War is Suicide Squad, but that's for another post.
I liked how every single superhero in the movie had their own agenda on why they sided with Captain America or Iron Man, who had their own agendas as well. You may or may not like everyone's agendas, but at least you understood what they were and it didn't seemed forced or put together to see what stuck. NO ONE would be crazy enough to do that, would they?!
WOULD THEY?!
Anywhos, sorry, back on topic. The introduction of Black Panther was awesome and by the end of the movie, they had my money for the solo Black Panther movie, which I feel is gonna be amazeballs. Now Spider-Man...OH MY GOODNESS. If you had ANY doubt about Tom Holland as Spider-Man, take those doubts and throw them out the window. Smash them, beat them with a bat, I don't care what you do with it. Tom IS the Spider-Man that the fans have wanted forever. The way he was introduced in the movie...you couldn't have done it better. The dialogue/witty banter between Stark and Parker is stuff of hilarity and legend. Civil War restored my faith in Spider-Man, and I have a gut feeling Spider-Man Homecoming is going to be stuff of legend when it comes out late next year.
The airport scene...the less I say about it, the better...because I can't put it in words how freaking epic it was. Not one trailer did it justice. You will have to catch your breath afterwards. If you hate that scene, you have no right to ever see a superhero movie again, and that's real.
You will feel conflicted from start to finish as to whose side you're on. You will never see any of these superheros the same way again. In some ways, you will question if they even ARE superheroes to begin with. The upcoming Avengers movies got much more intriguing thanks to Civil War because I don't know how they will mentally be able to recover from the events from Civil War.
According to the Merriam‑Webster dictionary, war means "a state of competition, conflict, or hostility between different people or groups" as well as "a sustained effort to deal with or end a particular unpleasant or undesirable situation or condition". Captain America: Civil War did just that and then some. This movie changed the MCU forever...and it will be interesting to see where everyone goes as the biggest battle in the form of Thanos awaits.
Captain America: Civil War is in theaters now.
