Early reactions to "Civil War" enthusiastic

[Todd P.]

The early reviews for Captain America: Civil War are enthusiastic on Rotten Tomatoes.

I rarely see movies on the big screen anymore, and months ago I designated this new movie as one I wouldn't see. Lots of reasons, the primary ones being that the comic movies are running out of steam for me, I don't much like theaters and I dislike what I know about the story in the comics. But I may reconsider, especially if I find out this one isn't kid-unfriendly.

[raydrz]

i haven't given up per se but i am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind...

haven't seen:
thor 2: dark world...saw a bit on TV and 'DARK' is an understatement...i couldn't see shiz-nit
avengers 2: ultron
cap 2: winter soldier
ant man
xmen: days of future passed
bats vs supes
iron man 3...cuz 2 sucked so bad
deadpool
man of steel
wolverine (in japan)

HAVE given up:
spider-crap...gave up on this idiocy back with sandman & uncle ben revisionist history ...and reboots ad infinitum
guardians of the galaxy...not MY guardians
Fantastic four...again stooooooooooooopid revisionist history and failed rebooting

COMING NOT-SO-SOON to my DVD player:
Captain America: Civil War
X-Men: Apocalypse
Untitled Wolverine
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War Part I
Avengers: Infinity War Part II
Wonder Woman
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COMING SOON somewhere...i don't care:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Suicide Squad
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Justice League Part One
Black Panther
Captain Marvel
Justice League Part Two
Gambit
Cyborg (2020)
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PAINS ME TO ACKNOWLEDGE:
Power Rangers (2017)
Spider-CRAP: Homecoming
The Amazing Spider-CRAP 4
The Amazing Spider-CRAP 3
The Fantastic Four 2
Animated Spider-Man

[Cult of Personality]

I REALLY wanted to like this more than I did. Spidey and Ant-Man were high points, but like "Age of Ultron" the story was not as good as it's predecessor, and the fourth act, while a "gut-punch" , was also kind of a let-down based on a built-up potential climax that not only went nowhere, but was resolved offscreen. As were ALOT of plotpoints, seemingly based on Marvel's stinginess with actors and actresses. I would put it up there with Iron Man III; entertaining, but with misfires along the way, and not as great as the sum of it's parts.
Tom

[derekc62]

Because of the nature of the story this was in reality a third Avengers movie, not a Captain America story.
I think screen time was evenly split between Cap and Iron Man.
And that's too bad.
The Iron Man films have been about Iron Man and the Thor films have focused on that character and others from Asgard.
But I felt Cap was cheated in this film. I would have appreciated a full Captain America story instead of an Avengers installment.
Even though Cap proves more heroic in this movie I think this would have been better as "Avengers - Civil War." Then, I think I would have been more at ease with the decision to relegate the title character to co-star billing.
Just my 2 cents...

[Buc Wheat]

Enjoyed it! Wasn't impressed w/ the spidey costume, but liked the kid
playing him.

[Zeiram]

I thought it was better than the series it was based on. A worthy follow up to the excellent Winter Soldier (probably my favorite of the Marvel flicks) that does a decent job of juggling so many characters, and decent motivations for their behavior and actions. Probably the closest film version of Peter Parker yet, and Paul Rudd was great in the brief time he was given.

[Scott M]

I thought it was better than the series it was based on. A worthy follow up to the excellent Winter Soldier (probably my favorite of the Marvel flicks) that does a decent job of juggling so many characters, and decent motivations for their behavior and actions. Probably the closest film version of Peter Parker yet, and Paul Rudd was great in the brief time he was given.

Agreed on all points. Really liked the way they handled Parker, The Black Panther, and the unexpected (for me) transformation of Ant Man.

[angarles]

I thought it was the best Marvel movie yet. In fact, possibly the best comic book movie I have seen.