Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Sci-fi September

#Something Blue

Captain America: Civil War (2016) 147 minutes

The Blue Ribbons:

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2017 * Saturn Award Winners:

Best Performance by a Younger Actor

Tom Holland

Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture

Best Director

Anthony Russo

Joe Russo

Best Actor

Chris Evans

Golden Schmoes Awards - 2016 * Winners

Breakthrough Performance of the Year

Tom Holland

Best Action Sequence of the Year

'Airport Battle'

IGN Summer Movie Awards 2016 * Winners

IGN People's Choice Award Best Action Movie

IGN Award Best Action Movie

RELEASED May 6, 2016

DVD September 13, 2016 RUNTIME 147 mins

DIRECTORS Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

WRITERS Christopher Markus (screenplay)

COUNTRY United States

LANGUAGE English STUDIO Marvel Studios

GENRES Action, Science Fiction, Adventure, Superhero

Streaming on: Disney+, USA, TNT

The plot: The governments of the world want to regulate the activities of superheroes. Captain America and Iron Man have opposing opinions on all of this. Also, whazzup Tom Holland?

Random Observations:

Evidence Tony Stark may actually be my dead grandmother from upstate New York: "Who's putting coffee grounds in the disposal? What am I running a bed and breakfast for a biker gang?"
How many superheroes took an airline to Vienna and how many just flew using their powers? I mean if they are going to sign the Accords that basically regulate their activities, it seems like it would give a bad impression to use your superpowers to fly to this meeting. Hmm... one wonders.
Sponsored by Dell much?

This Something Blue watch has about a billion different plot lines, so if you are unfamiliar at the very least Marvel characters, you might not want to start here. I can't imagine this movie being someone's first introduction to Marvel. In fact, I've seen this movie over 5 times, and I still get confused sometimes.

.7/1 Directing

1/1 Cinematography

.8/1 Visual design

.6/1 Editing

.5/1 Plot

1/1 Dialogue

.6/1 Acting

.6/1 Soundtrack/Score/Sound

.6/1 Originality

.7/1 Rewatchability

Total: 7.1 Binge Bones

Verdict: This one takes a little while before it can find its pacing. Tom Holland definitely steals the show and tends to stand out more in ensemble movies than in his solo endeavors so far. However, one of the common problems with the ensemble movies is we don't feel like we get enough time with any given character.

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