Great post - and spot on for me....
Stark has been portrayed very clearly as 'anit-establishment' from his first movie, yet in CW he tows the line without question.
Also, he's trying to reign Cap in because they cause too much damage - yet doesn't shy away from blowing the **** out of an international airport!
War Machine is useless... really, Rhodey would have had the armour taken off him and given to someone who could use it... there is zero need for him in the MCU.
Spiderman, while I liked how they played him very much - you're right he was shoe-horned in, and I found the fact that Tony Stark just so happened to know who he was, despite the fact he's never been mentioned in any MCU movie so far... yet people say that Lex knowing Superman's identity was terrible?!?
Also, the CGI of Spidey was truly awful - it's like they took the 80's animated series and spliced it into the movie.
Vision, again you are right - in AoU during the end fight he clearly showed that he was so powerful it rendered the rest of the Avengers pointless... but that is a MCU trait - the power of their heroes fluctuates - non moreso than Cap himself. He's gone toe-to-toe with Iron Man, Thor and Spiderman, in AoU physically threw a Motorbike and rider with ease - yet his fight with Strucker (who had no seeming powers) was an even contest!
Panther was a disappointment for me too... he's superbly fast and agile yet he was so slow to try and save his father (the scene chasing Bucky through the cars was poor... their feet were not moving at the speed they were. It was like the scene of a young Clark running throught the corn-field in Donner's Superman).
Ant-Man, again only added to show he can go giant... yet that made no sense either - his powers make no sense.
The only reason Thor and Hulk weren't in it is because the writers didn't know what to do with them.
Like i've said previously I acutally did enjoy the film, but in the sake of fairness the same level of critique needs to be aimed at this movie... and when it is, it doesn't stand up to the scrutiny.
P.S. Almost forgot - the Super Prision in the sea... Why??? The MCU hasn't produced a decent villain yet, who do they put in it?
Let's see...
1. Stark "tows the line" because he's guilt-ridden about the damage done by Ultron. Also Stark knows that the government is going to force oversight on the Avengers one way or another so Stark decides it's better to acquiesce now and get a good deal. All of this was mentioned in the movie. You didn't even need to see Age of Ultron to get this.
2. It was an empty international airport. And they destroyed a plane and part of a hangar. They didn't knock down skyscrapers full of people and wreck half a city. Also Iron Man had no choice in damaging the airport because he was there to capture Cap and his people and Cap wasn't going to surrender. Come on. This criticism was silly.
3. The problem with Rhodey in the airport fight is that his weapons are all lethal--bullets and shells--and none of the combatants wanted to kill each other. So it's hard to get Rhodey fully into the action. The War Machine suit could use some non-lethal repulsors like Iron Man has.
4. Tony could have found out about Spider-Man by setting up surveillance in New York after the news reported his existence. Remember that Tony could hack any government computer network--any public surveillance equipment (like traffic light cameras for instance) could serve as Tony's eyes and ears. Not to mention satellites. He could have repurposed a satellite to keep its eye on New York, then had his computer watch it for sightings of Spider-Man and triangulate until they found him in Queens, narrow the search from there, and eventually, they would have video of Peter climbing through his bedroom window in his Spider-Man suit. I for one didn't think it was silly that Luthor knew who Superman was. I've always thought it was silly that more people don't know who he is considering his disguise is--*snort*--a pair of glasses. ("But wait! He constantly vibrates his head when he's in his Superman costume so no one ever really sees his face!" LOL.)
5. I thought Spidey looked great. Very John Romita.
6. Where to begin? Cap has never gone toe-to-toe with Thor. He blocked Thor's hammer the first time they met. That's it. Vision is hugely powerful but Scarlet Witch showed she can take control of his mind gem whenever she wants and incapacitate him. How was Cap versus Strucker a "contest?" Cap took him down with a single kick!
7. You're one of a vanishingly small group of people who didn't find the Panther/Cap/Bucky chase scene with the cars absolutely thrilling, and I'd bet that all of those people are angry Batman versus Superman fans.
8. Ant-man was added to give an outsider's perspective on the conflict, to add some fun, and how do you not understand his powers? He can change size. That's it. He can get small or he can get big. Do you need someone to explain the scientific theory behind it? If so, tell them to explain how Superman can fly. If it's because Earth's gravity is lighter, why isn't he floating all the time like an astronaut on the moon? Also, how does he manage to actually accelerate while he's flying? His powers make no sense either, in much more significant ways.
9. Thor and Hulk are not on the planet currently; they're in space dealing with Ragnarok.
10. You think Civil War doesn't stand up to scrutiny--compared to
Batman versus Superman? LOL. If this was a drinking game where every time you said something silly I'd have to drink, I'd be seriously drunk by now.
11. The super-prison in the sea was designed to hold anyone who doesn't comply with the Sokovia Accords. it held Hawkeye, Ant-Man, Falcon and Scarlet Witch by the end. I'm assuming Emil Blonsky (Abomination) will go in there eventually. And do you really want to criticize Marvel's villains when Jesse Eisenberg's Luthor was so howlingly awful in Batman versus Superman?
