I have a soft spot for movies with lots of explosions and (cartoon) violence.\u00a0 I also have a soft spot for Disney.\u00a0 And a soft spot for the Marvel movies.\u00a0 And a *definite* soft spot for Jeremy Renner.\u00a0 So when you have a movie that contains all of those elements AND adds an extra element of whether government oversight is a good thing or not, it\u2019s enough to warm the cockles of my libertarian heart.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also interesting (and wonderful) to see the Captain America movies improve with every installment.\u00a0 I thought the original Captain America movie highly mediocre, but \u201cThe Winter Soldier\u201d was a pretty good movie, and \u201cCivil War\u201d is excellent.\u00a0 For those of us who have invested emotional capital in the Avengers characters, it\u2019s a bit heartbreaking to see the divisions between them.\u00a0 But the division is a result of a fundamental philosophical issue where reasonable minds can disagree, and so it\u2019s an understandable rift.\u00a0 And you know it\u2019s an important philosophical issue when \u201cThe Economist\u201d opines on it in its review of the movie (wrongly, in my humble opinion).\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0 (It\u2019s also completely in character for Steve Rogers and Tony Stark to almost reach an understanding and then divide again when Tony Stark overreaches himself.\u00a0 That was a nice narrative touch.)<\/p>\n
The movie also introduces two new characters to the Marvel universe\u2014Spiderman (who provides some needed comic relief but some nice action moments, too) and Black Panther, who has a nice storyline about the ramifications of vengeance as a motive.\u00a0 (And is just way cool, to boot.)<\/p>\n
Captain America: Civil War doesn\u2019t pretend to be anything it\u2019s not.\u00a0 The movie has a lot of action and is fast-moving, to the point where some of the secondary characters don\u2019t get a lot of screen time (ahem, such as Hawkeye).\u00a0 But there is surprising depth to this movie, with its philosophical conundrum and character development.\u00a0 Ultimately, it\u2019s an excellent addition to the Marvel universe.\u00a0 (And if you haven\u2019t seen it yet, there are 2 codas to the movie, so don\u2019t miss either one.)<\/p>\n
The movie gets a thumbs up from the entire family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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