Review of Captain America: Civil War (2016) by Healingtoolbox1 — 26 Aug 2016

Hmm I see no mention yet of a truth I perceive. The better a super hero movie script is, the more it will be about the wins and losses of choice, as perceived from the viewpoint of the ego.

Not the first super hero movie to highlight the sordid choices and recriminations; as well as the heights of victory of egotistical choosing, this movie definitely highlights ego struggles the LONGEST of any such movie in my memory. Without a whiff of transcendent surrender of hardened ego positions, I found it wearying after a time.

I also did not see mentioned elsewhere yet the fact of FIVE second unit directors. When this happens you almost always get an over-long movie with too much plot. I first noticed this on some James Bond pics.

As film-production it of course spectacular. Let's also note the car chase in the underpasses is one of the most complex chases ever staged as I can recall. What it unfortunately suffers from is lack of clarity in the blocking of the pre-vis. It's not clear the chase changes direction on the highway one or more times, perhaps three times. This was not made clear visually somewhat spoiling a historically ambitious chase sequence.