Like its titular hero, it modestly embraced its silliness, creating a charming B-movie experience. The reason I found this to be a good movie was because I enjoyed it, plain and simple. The resulting battle drives a wedge between Captain America and Iron Man, and pits the Avengers against each other. Haley Atwell is a sidekick/love-interest with the rare quality of not being incredibly annoying, and Tommy Lee Jones is perfectly cast as Tommy Lee Jones. Store Free with ads Categories Marvel Studios Captain America: Civil War When an incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to hold the team accountable. As the Red Skull, Hugo Weaving was wonderfully evil in a nostalgic, serial-villain kind of way. I had my doubts that Chris Evans could pull off the modesty and heart needed for the role, but I was wrong. After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America. Fortunately the film, instead of getting to political, is more old-fashioned pulp like Indy or "Sky Captain," which thankfully never takes itself too seriously (which was one of the flaws of "Thor"). But its hard to translate any of this idiosyncrasy successfully in 2 hours. Any comic-book reader would probably appreciate the ironies and idiosyncrasies behind such ostentatiously patriotic code-name, mostly because in print Cap has challenged the assumptions behind his symbolism, becoming a more conflicted and universal figure. ![]() The guy is called "Captain America" for heaven's sake. This is not because the character has any less depth than other super-heroes, but I knew that it would be extremely difficult to transition Steve Rogers to film in a serviceable way. ![]() Like many comic-book fans I was expecting the worst from this movie.
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