Thoroughly underwhelming. More is less!!!!

Rating: 5/10 (12 May 2016)

There has been an alarming amount of Super hero films in recent times, as much as one would like to take a break from them, it does seem unlikely because the moment one franchise ends, another starts, and don't you just crave for something different. When the best film you have seen so far this year is 'Eddie The Eagle' (which is very engaging and entertaining), you know you've got problems.
The last super hero film I saw was Batman v Superman. I went with some friends and when we left we were scratching our heads unable to decide whether we liked or disliked it. Sure there was a lot wrong with it. The colander script, the irrelevant characters, Superman still not having a personality..... the list goes on. But Ben Affleck's portrayal of Batman and the action scenes at least rescued it from being a complete turkey.
But yesterday my friends and I saw the latest Captain America film. Having not being a fan of the first instalment, I didn't bother to see The Winter Soldier. But when I clocked the favourable reviews of Civil War, I thought maybe I should see The Winter Soldier before watching Civil War.
I already had preconceived ideas of it being more like the Avengers than a film about Captain America. As long as it wasn't like Age Of Ultron, I didn't care. The reviews seem to be very favourable, and I was very impressed with The Winter Soldier, so what could go wrong?
Well everything. Something I discussed with my friends after this movie is how easy it is to say what the best film you have ever seen is, as opposed to the worst. If I ever disliked a film, I don't think I have been able to watch it til the end or give it my full attention, so how could you truly say a certain film is the worst film you have ever seen if you have not been fully conscious to appreciate the ordeal?
While Civil War is far from being the worst film I or anyone else has ever seen, this film does fall into the category of indifference or making you feel ambivalent. The three of us saw this film in the Everyman Cinema in Reigate, England. This is a very twee cinema. Very small and cosy, where the priority seats have sofas and small tables for you to rest your chocolate chip cookies and drinks on. Yes, so far I have already given a review of this beautiful cosy cinema, where as the film is about to start, an employee introduces the film and themselves and tells us that they hope we enjoy the film.
Oh we enjoyed the cinema. It felt like the three of us had hired the room just to watch the film. Yes, just the three of us, no one else. Despite this we still whispered to each other until I realised that we could have shouted and we would only have annoyed ourselves. I did start a Mexican wave, but it didn't catch on.
Then when we stopped whispering, we started talking amongst ourselves. We were bored and endlessly reminding each other how long this film was as yet another new super hero was being introduced. There were too many of them. When Hawkeye appeared I thought maybe Cup Holder Man was about to make an appearance. Why not? Everyone else has.
With all the characters on screen, we found it somewhat confusing, and whatever criticisms that Batman vs Superman had, was magnified here. Sure the script is nowhere near as bad, but the sheer volume of characters doesn't make this film feel like it's about Captain America but actually about The Avengers. Even though Iron Man doesn't have much screen time in the first half of the film, if you walked in half way through, you would be forgiven in thinking the film was about him.
Other reviewers will give this film far better scrutiny than I ever could, but when a film stops you caring about the characters the way this did, it's hard. Only time I cared was when Captain America gave Iron Man a kicking, but that is a small portion of an overly long film.
Think I'll go and watch 12 Years A Slave again to chill out.