MY SPOILER-FREE REVIEW
For those who have not seen it, you can be safe... I also posted a SPOILER REVIEW.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
SPOILER FREE REVIEW
Joe and Anthony Russo bring us the third installment of the Captain America series that feels like Marvel's The Avengers part III at first glance, but it truly is a Captain America movie.
This is a direct sequel to the events in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Where the entire world considers if having the Avengers saving the world is a risk worth taking due to the destruction and human loses they cause.
The performances are great and the writers went above the call of duty in combining the tone of Captain America: The Winter Soldier which is a bit more somber, and the lighter side of the Avengers films, something the directors have already mastered at.
It brings all but two of The Avengers and introduces us to The Black Panther and to The Friendly-Neighborhood Spider-Man. Whose entire time he's on the screen is absolutely enjoyable, some said having a teenage Spider-man in the mix was a bad idea, I respectfully disagree. This is THE BEST live-action Spider-Man we have EVER seen.
This has to be the most emotional movie that Marvel Studios has ever released, it balances the action packed sequences with real emotions and a truly outstanding villain, arguably THE best villain in the entire saga, yes... arguably at the same level as Loki.
But while the villain is great, the real components that make this movie as outstanding as it is are the Avengers, who have faced Gods, aliens, terrorists, robots, but they have never faced the consequences of their actions nor do they had their friendships tested in such a powerful way before. This is not just about Tony Stark against Steve Rogers, this conflicts involves the entire team and the compromises people face when they are forced to choose between freedom or security, and the overreaching power of global politics.
I will go on the record and say this was The Best Marvel Movie as of yet.
I also have to say that I can probably teach a clinic on the Marvel Cinematic Universe as I have guessed the major plots of the movie beforehand, I am also a Comic Book reader and therefore familiar with the material source of this particular story, none of which made me enjoy the movie any less.