The movie itself:
Already before the release of this film there has been a TON of positive reviews and word of mouth. And I
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will agree with out much fun and exciting the movie is. I don't think this was the best movie in the MCU but it sure is wonderful and time well spent. Especially after the recent disappointment Batman v Superman was to me. Civil War had everything that Batman v Superman was missing. The story was clear and well flushed out and the reasons behind everyone fighting made perfect sense and not once did I think to myself, "What's everyone's motivation--why does this person have such hatred for this other person?" There were jokes and fun during the movie to help break up some of the doom and gloom and each character was portrayed in a manner that is becoming of the character that was already established in the other movie. everything felt seamless and well mapped out. There are lots of repercussions in this movie that will be felt and touched on in other MCU movies for a long time.
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Black Panther was a very large part of this movie. He is in the movie way more than the trailers made me believe he would be and he had more screen time than most of the Avengers other than Cap and Iron Man. Like I said before--his reasons for being on Tony's team was explained well to you and it fit within the bounds of the story established. This was a back door prequel to the Black Panther film and I can't wait for it to come out. This was a Black Panther origin tale, too.
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Just like with Black Panther, Spider-Man had much more screen time than I originally thought based on the trailer. Not much more but what we did see of him as both Peter and Spider-Man was the best Spider-Man movie we've had. Yes, even more than Spider-Man 2. The chemistry between Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr is amazing. They gave us Peter's origin in the movie, but it wasn't yet again retelling of the death of Uncle Ben. There were hints and slight mentions to Uncle Ben dying but it was more like, "Hey we know that you know about Uncle Ben already and we're not going to waste time showing it for the 100th time. But we will put these easter eggs in to make you excited." I can not wait for Spider-Man Homecoming.
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He stole his scenes in this movie. I liked him much more here than I did in the actually Ant-Man movie. We also got to see Scott change into Giant Man and fight against Team Ironman. This was a huge moment in the movie.
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There are two, like usual. One that leads into the Black Panther movie and the second one--I will not spoil.
This movie is hero vs hero, friend vs friend--
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friendships are lost and the MCU feels like it will not be the same because of the events in this movie. Yet at the end (especially after the second bumper scene, I walked out with hope and excitement for whats
Grade:
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A-