Review of Captain America: Civil War (2016) by Silverlining — 01 Jun 2016

Praises.

* The final battle between Captain America and Iron Man. It resembles a lot like Anakin vs. Obi Wan in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

* The visual effects.

* Robert Downey, Jr.'s dark performance as Iron Man. It contrasts to all the Iron Man performances he has done over the years.

* Chris Evan's performance as Captain America.

* The casting choice for Spider-Man, Tom Holland. He looks just like Peter Parker despite the flaws from the writing.

Criticism.

* The title of the movie being the third installment of Captain America instead of just calling it "Marvel's Civil War.".

* Too much characters who don't resemble at all to the Captain America franchise, including Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, The Vision, and especially, Spider-Man.

* Special criticism: SPIDER-MAN. He was supposed to be a very inspiring character with huge emotional background and very trustworthy to fight with. I prefer to call him, Peter Parker, "Jr." because he wasn't that young in the comics when he became Spider-Man. He got bitten by a spider during his senior year of high school. I really hate how they presented Spider-Man in the MCU because it doesn't relate at all to how Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield portrayed him. Tom Holland was better than Tobey Maguire, but not as good as Andrew Garfield, because Garfield put a lot of emotion and heart while in the suit. In this movie, Peter said it's been 6 months since he got his powers, but he never explained why he became Spider-Man to being with. That reason will always be Uncle Ben. When Spider-Man said, "Holy **** when Ant-Man grew, it literally killed my childhood. So, **** you, Marvel.

* Aunt May's casting choice was the worst. It's a way to make humor gimmicks like Iron Man flirting with her in front of Peter. Ugh!

* Civil War was supposed to be the darkest of the MCU, instead there was too much humor and too much meme references to mock.

* The Vision wearing human clothes. Are you ****ing kidding me?!

* It was meant to a Captain America movie, but they barely even focused on him. They focused more on the supporting characters than the actual main character.

* Stan Lee calling Stark, "Stank." Imagine replacing "t" with a "k.".

* Special criticism: No deaths involved. Marvel is so much of a **** that can't kill off any character in Civil War.

* Part Two of Special Criticism: The comic, Civil War, was supposed to be the most devastating storyline to be put in Marvel. What the hell was Feige thinking not resembling the majority of a darker tone from the comic to the movie? In the trailer, we assumed that War Machine was going to die and have Iron Man avenge him by fighting off Captain America even more. Nope, he gets paralyzed in the leg. That shot from The Vision could have killed him even before the fall.

* Part Three of Special Criticism: The most significant part of the comic was the aftermath of Civil War: THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA. In the end of the comic, Steve Rogers gets assassinated by a hypnotized Sharon Carter during his conference at the White House. This made a huge impact to the Avengers. Iron Man mourns for Captain America and regrets signing the Ant-Registration Act, including the harm he put into The Avengers. Iron Man was so mournful enough to recreate S.H.I.E.L.D. (New Avengers Initiative). Sharon Carter encourages Bucky Barnes to fulfill Steve Rogers's role as Captain America. He refuses until he finally remembers his entire friendship with him and Steve. He gazes at the suit and experiences hope. I wanted to see that as the end of the movie, BUT NOW I CAN'T. In the movie, Captain America is still alive and Bucky Barnes freezes himself again with no motivation (other than until the hypnotism wares off, but that doesn't count).