Enjoyable but not convincing

Rating: 6/10 (13 May 2016)

Let me begin by saying I was waiting for this movie to come out ever since I saw the Winter Soldier movie. It turns out though the movie was enjoyable, but it didn't do much for the comic book fan in me.
* SPOILERS - Don't say you weren't warned *
My main grouse was with Tony Stark.. It looked as if he was going through a mid-age crisis.. Perhaps the director wanted to play Tony at one of his low points in life. It also made sense because of the Ultron debacle and Pepper leaving and everything. But Iron man looked distinctly out of character and is manipulated quite easily IMHO and shows no sign of the great Tony Stark. Steve Rogers is steadfastly stubborn and dead set against common reason and firmly believes his old friend must be redeemed. I have heard some people say Bucky represents Steve's dark side, and this movie nails that odd feeling. But the conflict in the beginning between Tony and Steve is not as fluid and clear as one would have hoped to. Collateral damage is a part of the job and one cannot believe that Tony only just realized the other repercussions of their avenging. Natasha's motivations are not clearly explained - is this her way to wipe out red in her ledger? This coming from the person who had to destroy a government agency because it had grown corrupt? It was not convincing at all. Also she disappears leaving her friends to be in jail? Not the Natasha we all know and love.
Ant man was there for comic relief and though Paul Rudd does a good job of the "common man superhero" - sometimes you think Ant man had no place in this movie. Spider man is the charming and the talkative teenager you know him to be and does a good job and hopefully is the right Spidey! But the most wasted character was Vision who conveniently disappeared after the airport fight. Tony didn't even call him to accompany him to Siberia (or wherever that was)!
The Scarlet Witch looked incredibly powerful to me.. I mean she looked strong enough to take on entire Iron Man's arsenal. In her case she has no choice but to join Cap's team, since the government want her to be responsible for her (accidental) actions.
Clint returns because he has to repay a debt (i.e. to Pietro ) and winds up in jail. He is one of the more convincing characters.
My most favorite character was the Falcon, who was both trying to be Cap's voice of reason and right hand man Both Bucky and Sam, and their unwavering loyalty to Steve are endearing, and they look like a close knit boys club. I loved their car scene!
Bucky looks like a man on edge who would be rightly so.. but I felt the remorse was underplayed and it was mostly the self-preservation instincts of the Winter Soldier that we got to see.. At the end when Steve is helping Bucky, he could have at least looked guilty.. I was however happy seeing Sebastian Stan get so much screen time as compared to the Winter Soldier.. It seemed in all the Captain America movies, he is the one who looks totally different in each one.
The Black Panther has got its rightful actor and I cant wait to see how his solo movie plays out.
As of the villain, well, nobody thought about him too much. A waste of Daniel Bruhl.
The hand to hand combats were great - which IMHO is much better action to watch than things exploding in air.
In conclusion, Tony and Cap's fight became real (and personal) at the end I felt, the registration was not a very strong topic that could have driven such walls among friends.