Captain America Civil War *Some Spoilers*

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2016)

Captain America Civil war review. *Some Spoilers*
Where do you start? Well considering the amount of characters in this movie, Nearly everyone has a story Arc and ample screen time. The new character Black Panther is outstanding and well played by Chadwick Boseman. His character already seems to fit so neatly in the MCU. The new Spiderman Wow, as soon as I saw him playing Peter Parker I knew it was Spiderman , Tom Holland to me looks like a young Tobey Maguire his mannerisms and the way he acts is very much like Tobey's Portrayal of the character.
For me it's more important that characters are written properly, and are true to that character from one movie to the next than comic book accuracy. Garfields performance was all over the place, he was far too cool and tall to play Spiderman / Peter Parker.
The action Scenes. These were by far the best we have seen in any comic book movie. It helps having over powered heroes like hulk and Thor absent from the movie. Large destruction or flying scenes like in age of Ultron take you out of the movie to some extent, with there over use of CGI, there was CGI in this of course, but mixed so well with the live action.
Here most of the action takes place at ground level, particularly the Airport scene we are able to enjoy small character moments. I heard the Directors of the Keanu Reeves action movie "John Wick" helped with the action Choreography and it shows.
Small parts for Martin Freeman (Sherlock) who presumably is Secretary Ross's son, Alfre Woodard, and Marisa Tomei who plays Aunt May, a very young Aunt May! I could have done without the Ubiquitous Stan Lee Cameo however.
Robert Downey Junior steals the show for me though. His character has gone full circle, from being irresponsible and reckless albeit a genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist, to being a responsible protector, whilst understanding the value of loyalty to his friends. Also this time you actually feel sorry for Tony Stark when he is battling both Cap and Bucky, we learn Bucky was sent to kill both his parents, I did feel this back story was slightly tacked onto the script however, to add emotional weight to the fight, we didn't need it as there was ample motivation there already. Both Chris Evans and Robert Downey are the stand out performances for me.
The value of friendship is a key part of the story here, particularly Steve Rogers a man out of time, his only link to his past life is his friend Bucky Barnes, of course he wants to protect him, no matter what. The movie makes you understand this connection and the motivations behind all Cap's actions. It also expands the friendship between Roodey and Tony, which adds balance and further empathy to both those characters.
The directors Russo Brothers know what they're doing. There proper motion picture directors. Whilst I like Joss Wheedon (and the same could be said of JJAbhams) the tone of their films never seems to be that cinematic in its execution, more like a feature length TV pilot with a bigger budget, there good directors sure, especially Wheedon, but not great. Just my opinion.
Go and see Captain America Civil War, the first movie in Marvels phase 3.
Stephen Adam Clarke