A very watchable Superhero Movie

Rating: 8/10 (13 September 2016)

This is my first review on IMDb which itself means something. That's because before seeing this movie I saw many other good movies last year as well as this year but never got to write a review. But for this one, especially seeing the very negative reviews from some people – I simply felt that I wouldn't be doing the movie any justice if I didn't write one.
I was fortunate enough to watch Captain America : civil war last night with my wife. Both of us are HUGE movie fans and this was a welcome surprise to us considering it was another Super hero movie. I say that only for the reason that Hollywood made so many bad super hero movies in recent times, so before you see them in the cinema it makes sense to see the reviews of that movie to make up your mind. Regarding Captain America : civil war, I must admit that some of the extremely negative reviews were simply misleading. Here is why : This movie, is clearly not an epic movie like "Gladiator" or "Saving Private Ryan" and you know that anyhow, because it is a marvel comics film. There is a lot of fantasy involved. So you need to be OK with that first. Having said that, I firmly believe that a good movie should have a "central message". This one clearly does. It is the fact that "united we stand, divided we fall". In this movie, the conflicting ideals between two good men – Tony Stark (iron man) and Chris Rogers (Capt America) reaches a point where they think one must act against the other at all costs.
Both men are absolutely convinced that they are 100% right. And as viewers we also can't really say who is right or wrong because the issue at hand is a bit complex. And so starts a fight – a civil war between a set of individuals each fighting for what they strongly believe in. Fighting until one side is ultimately defeated ! Somewhere in the latter stage of the movie, the villain (well played here by Daniel Bruhl) is heard saying something like "I knew the avengers were a very strong unit, so instead of confronting them, I let them fight each other to their own destruction".
If we think closely enough about the world we live in today, this keeps happening all the time. We are so divided than ever before, on how to tackle issues like war, poverty, education, famine, natural disasters and global warming. Instead we fight among each other to express our individual opinions and so hell bent on trivial stuff whereas the real issues all get lost in the scrum.
In other words, these petty fights are a distraction to our real issues. I think, in bringing that important central point to our attention, I think this movie succeeds greatly. It also focuses on the concept of friendship. After all, this is a group of former friends (the avengers) who are now fighting against each other. They are all much better off working together instead to "save the world".
On technical aspects, such as great camera work, great fight scenes etc. the movie scores quite highly too. Acting is quite good. Chris evens is again superb as Captain America. Robert Downey Jnr is excellent as Stark. Paul Bettany, Scarlet Johansson, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Rener etc. all add value to the script. All in all it's a very interesting film where not a moment is dull and boring.
Finally, I must say that compared to Batman Vs Superman earlier in the year, this movie is a 100 times better as the plot is much stronger and characters seem real. It is a must see for any action movie enthusiast. 8 out of 10 definitely !!